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…
California’s Berkeley High School had a 16-year-old student arrested after it was discovered the boy intended to recruit a team to shoot up the school. Source: Berkeley High School Law enforcement arrested a 16-year-old boy in Berkeley, California on Monday after learning he was recruiting a “team” of students to shoot up a high school.…
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…
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…
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 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…
Five people are dead, including the alleged shooter, in a Oklahoma mass shooting just over a week after the horrific Robb Elementary school shooting in Uvalde,Texas. Source: Reuters Less than a week after a horrific school shooting in Texas that left 22 people dead, another mass shooting has occurred in an Oklahoma hospital this morning,…
More than 15 restaurants and bars will have to make the move elsewhere in the CBD. Source: Eagle Street Pier. After more than 30 years as one of Brisbane’s major dining precincts, Eagle Street Pier will close and get a $2.1 billion makeover to usher in a new riverfront experience. Businesses will close up shop…
There have been calls for legislation to be changed, with researchers saying it should focus on the time period where drivers are most at risk. Source: Freepik. A study by The University of Sydney has revealed that THC affects drivers differently, citing that not all related skills are severely impaired. Undertaken by the Lambert Initiative…
Get back to work, or get fired is basically the message from Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Source: Flickr Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has told his employees that they can no longer work from home, warning that if they don’t comply, they will leave the company. Two separate sources confirmed the authenticity…