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Ancient city found deep in the Bolivian Amazon

Screenshots from a 3D animation of the Cotoca Site. Source: H.Prumers/DAI. Utilizing mapping technology, archaeologists were able to discover a lost city that’s been hidden under the Amazon for centuries. Researchers believe the two sites called Cotoca and Landivar, measuring in at 147 and 315 ha, belong to the Casarabe culture which existed around 500…

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Be Brave. Make Change: National Reconciliation Week

This year we are asking everyone to make a change beginning with brave actions in their daily lives – where they live, work, play and socialise. Source: Independent Education Union. This year’s National Reconciliation Week was themed “Be Brave. Make Change” urging Australians to make greater efforts of reconciliation. Running from May 27 to June…

Recycled tyre rubber the key to preserving roads

RMIT University’s Filippo Giustozzi is leading a research team into using recycled rubber as a solution for road degradation, and the results are highly positive. Source: RMIT Rubber from used tyres acts like “sunscreen” for roads and can halve the rate of sun damage when properly mixed with bitumen, a new study has found. Engineers…

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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations begin

The official Royal Portrait to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Source: Royal Family. Festivities have kicked off in London with Queen Elizabeth marking 70 years on the throne, however she’s already had to cancel an appearance due to “discomfort”. She appeared alongside the Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace where she waved to…

NSW identifies second case of monkeypox

NSW Health say they have discovered the second known case of monkeypox in Australia. Source: CDC A second case of monkeypox has been found in NSW, after a man in his 50s reported symptoms upon arrival in Sydney (from Queensland). The man’s GP referred him to hospital with symptoms clinically compatible with monkeypox, whereby urgent…