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Hey, how's it going? Nat here.
Let's check out
what's been making news.
We're one step closer
to understanding
one of the world's most mysterious
and famous monuments, Stonehenge.
Archaeologists have just made
a new discovery near the site
they reckon is
more than 4,500 years old.
Here's Charlotte.
It's clearly from some, like,
prehistoric sacred site.
Nah, I reckon it's some sort
of, like, sun calendar thing.
Hmm, look, I'm just saying, guys,
but maybe aliens put them there.
No, definitely not.
Oh, yeah.
We're not the only ones
scratching our heads.
For years, people have been debating
the origins of Stonehenge.
These massive,
carefully-arranged stones have been
standing relatively strong
on Salisbury Plain
in Wiltshire, England,
for thousands of years.
But today we still don't know
who built Stonehenge or why.
Now archaeologists reckon
they're one step closer
to finally understanding
what it's all about.
They've just discovered a series of
huge holes, or shafts, near the site.
They say there's at least 20 of them,
each about 10 metres long
and 5 metres deep.
And they reckon they might've acted
as a boundary to a sacred area
connected to the henge.
The orientation of them,
the spacing of them, would suggest
that they have some organised
sort of ritualistic reason
for being there.
Researchers say the find shows
an even more advanced society existed
thousands of years ago
than we could ever imagine.
So, while we're getting answers,
we also left with
a lot more questions.
Oh, I know, it's like
a game of dominoes for giants!
Oh!
Oh!
If you go to school
in New South Wales,
well, you're gonna start learning
a new curriculum from next year.
It'll affect everyone, from
kindergarteners to high schoolers.
You'll have fewer subjects
to choose from
and spend more time studying
English, maths and science.
The State Government says
it's all about getting to basics.
It'll set our students up for life.
It'll improve their opportunity
to be their best,
and most importantly,
raise standards across the board.
Australia along with New Zealand
are hot favourites to host
the 2023 Women's World Cup.
There's just one other
candidate left, Colombia,
after Japan pulled out
of the hosting race.
FIFA will decide who gets it
on Friday morning.
Some students at Good Shepherd
Lutheran School in South Australia
are farming fish
to grow fresh fruit and vegies.
You're probably thinking,
"What? How does that work?"
Well, it's called "aquaponics",
and we'll let them explain.
Today, we're gonna teach
you about aquaponics.
Aquaponics is basically
a system we have here
where we grow a lot of plants,
but instead of using
your normal ground and soil,
we use the water and fish
to fertilise it, like fish poo.
BOY: So, fish poo has
lots of nutrients in it,
which is good for the plants.
So, it uses 90% less water
than most farms
because it is recycled
through the plants and tanks.
So, this is where it all begins.
We've got some goldfish in here,
small perch here.
They start off very small, but some
of them, like the rainbow trout,
they grow very quick, very fast.
We have to make sure
that they're fed every day.
And we do quite a lot of tests
to make sure that the water
is the right temperature,
is not too toxic for the fish,
so they can stay nice and healthy.
The fish group is basically
the roots of it,
'cause if the fish group fails,
then the whole project fails.
I've also learnt how to, like, plant
and harvest a lot of things,
so that's really fun.
Thanks for letting us
teach you about aquaponics.
BOTH: Bye.
Now I'm gonna put on my suit,
shine my shoes
and find my best monocle
because these next stories
are "a bit fancy".
2,292 potted plants have been
treated to a special show
at Barcelona Opera House.
The string quartet wanted to do
something a bit different
to celebrate the end
of Spain's strict lockdown,
and these leafy listeners lucked out.
OK, we've mannequins
in restaurants before,
but how about
Victorian-era mannequins
in a Victorian-era
establishment?
Well, to be accurate,
they're all dressed like characters
from the book
Around the World in Eighty Days.
I mean, if you told me
at the beginning of the year
I'd be dressing mannequins,
I wouldn't have believed you.
This hair salon in New York is famous
for its $1,000 beauty bundles.
Yep, you heard that right,
USD$1,000.
That's nearly AUD$1,500.
But that hasn't stopped 1,200
customers joining their waitlist
after 100 days in lockdown.
Well, that's all we've got
time for today.
We'll be back again tomorrow
with more fancy news.
