Top 2024 Google searches

Popular Science Magazine names Top 50 Innovations of 2024 | Best Northern Lights photos of 2024

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Ismael Nafría & Clara Nafría
December 11, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

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Here are the three resources we've prepared for today:

  • Top 2024 Google searches

  • Popular Science Magazine names Top 50 Innovations of 2024

  • Best Northern Lights photos of 2024

Top 2024 Google searches

Google has released its annual "Year in Search 2024" report, showcasing the most popular topics, terms, events, and people in user searches throughout 2024 across global and country-specific rankings.

Google Trends categorizes the year's fastest-growing searches by theme.

Google Trends offers an interactive special where you can explore both global search trends and country-specific data for nations like Spain, Argentina, and Mexico.

The global trends are categorized into six main sections: Trending (current affairs), Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle and Gaming, Hum to Search (music), and Google Maps.

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Popular Science Magazine names Top 50 Innovations of 2024

In 1988, Popular Science magazine launched its "Best of What's New Awards" to showcase "the very things that make our lives more comfortable, more rewarding, more exciting, and more fun," as explained by then-editor Grant A. Burnett.

Today, 36 years later, Popular Science maintains this tradition with its annual roundup of the year's 50 best inventions. "We are proud to bring you promising innovations—from things that make life at home easier to literal out-of-this-world explorations."

The list organizes products by categories:

  • Gadgets

  • Entertainment

  • Aerospace

  • Personal Care

  • Auto

  • Engineering

  • Sports & Outdoors

  • Home

  • Emergency Services

  • Health

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Best Northern Lights photos of 2024

The company Capture the Atlas has published its seventh annual "The Northern Lights Photographer of the Year" contest gallery, featuring the 25 most extraordinary aurora borealis photographs captured worldwide this past year.

As the organizers explain, "photographing the northern lights is an unforgettable experience. Few natural phenomena match the thrill of witnessing the aurora borealis illuminate the night sky with its vibrant greens, purples, and reds. Under its mesmerizing glow, every landscape transforms into something truly magical."

In 2024, both the northern and southern lights showed unprecedented activity, resulting in spectacular images captured across diverse locations worldwide.

Capture the Atlas is a company that organizes photography expeditions and provides photography education, helping "photographers of all levels develop their photographic skills and creativity while exploring the world's most impressive destinations".

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