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2018 top science stories: Rhino skeleton, climate change, and Lego heads
As we wrap up 2018, the Mind Movers of the Mind Museum write about some of this year's most important science stories


EU drifts toward rocks on populist tide
'2019 will be a pivotal year with major challenges,' says Jonathan Faull, a former senior administrator at the European Commission

2018: Trump's year of disruption – and danger ahead
From trampling near-sacred allies like Canada to trying to make good with rival Russia and enemy North Korea, Donald Trump's foreign policy shook up the world

Iran deal, Saudi murder: Turbulent year shakes up Middle East
In another turbulent year for the tinderbox region, Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad appear ever more powerful and Washington's promised Israeli-Palestinian peace plan seem ever more elusive

Migration crisis hits Americas, reaches U.S. border in 2018
Latin Americans have long migrated to the United States – half a million Central Americans cross Mexico each year to chase their American dreams – but they used to do it in secret

Notable deaths in 2018
Here are some of the notable figures who passed away in 2018

10 major world events coming up in 2019
From Brexit to Japanese Emperor Akihito's abdication, here are 10 major events taking place around the world in 2019
