The Addicted Gardener: The 'big stories' of science from 2020 Donna Lane, Columnist I think we can all agree that 2020 was a real corker and that we are happy to be ringing in a new year. Rather than post a lengthy “remembrance” of all that happened in 2020, I thought I’d share some of the interesting things I’ve discovered in the past couple of weeks. According to CNN, 503 new species were named this year by London’s Natural History Museum. They include a critically endangered species of monkey, an armored slug and a lungless salamander that breathes through its skin. None of that will help you grow better tomatoes, but I thought you might find it interesting. I did.