On a tiny Indonesian island, a large number of ancient cave paintings have been discovered. The island is called Kisar, which measures just 81 square kilometers, and was previously unexplored by archaeologists. Now, a team of researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have found a total of 28 rock art sites. The sites date ...
The small carnivorous marsupial, known only from fossilized bone fragments called a crest-tailed mulgara, (Dasycercus cristicauda) has been extinct in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, for more than a century. Well, that’s before discovering it in the Sturt National Park, northwest of Tibooburra. The unexpected discovery was made by a team from the University of New South ...
With globalization, the world has become more accessible, and moving from one country to another is easier and more affordable than ever. Experiencing and discovering new places, cultures, and people is readily available to many. As someone who can speak three languages and has lived in different countries, I believe that traveling is life-changing and ...
A video of U.S President Trump’s granddaughter Arabella Kushner reciting ancient Chinese poetry and singing Chinese songs in fluent Mandarin caused a sensation among Chinese worldwide. Chinese netizens have called her adorable and hope she can continue to contribute to amicable exchanges between China and the United States. Arabella Kushner joins many others, such as ...
When thinking of Italy and Italians, what immediately comes to people’s minds are pizza, pasta, fashion, cars, and mafia. But what makes an Italian? As a proud “member of this species,” I have been trying to find the best possible answers, because, beyond these stereotypes, there are traits common to all of us. When I ...
Split by the State is a short film about a 17-year-old refugee boy living in Australia who becomes hopeful after learning Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will visit China. He writes and hand delivers a powerful letter to him, sharing his story and pleading for the government to intervene in the case of his father — a ...
China has banned the import of foreign soft cheese, angering foreign trade officials who say it is unjustified. The nationwide ban — which came into place earlier this month — stops foreigners providing soft cheeses, such as Brie, Camembert, Gorgonzola, and Stilton, to China’s relatively small but growing soft cheese market. Chinese officials say foreign ...
The word eucalyptus is derived from the ancient Greek word eu, meaning good or well, and calyptos, meaning covered. When early explorers arrived in Australia, they collected samples of various plants, including eucalyptus (from which we get eucalyptus oil), and sent them back to England for study. In 1792, French botanist Charles Louis L’ Hertier ...
Jenny van Sommers is an award-winning still-life photographer who grew up in Australia, but is now based in London. Her work often brings to life mundane objects, and she is known for her rich ideas that add “tongue-in-cheek” humor to her work. She was awarded the prestigious Golden Lion at Cannes for her work with ...
An Australian academic has likened the large-scale killing of prisoners of conscience for organ harvesting in China to crimes committed by the Nazis during World War II. “I’m a professor of ethics and medicine; the parallels to what was happening to Jewish prisoners and others in Nazi concentration camps in Germany were too obvious to ...
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