Gaming as serious work for students, and trees that celebrate girls
1. Guatemala
Geologists detected a sprawling Mayan site hidden underneath the Guatemalan rainforest. Aerial lasers can penetrate thick tree canopy, in this case revealing nearly 1,000 settlements dotting the Mirador-Calakmul Karst Basin, a region that spans northern Guatemala and southern Mexico, and the surrounding ridge.
The scans show evidence of ancient cities, towns, and villages home to pyramids, canals, and reservoirs and connected by some 177 kilometers (110 miles) of elevated causeways. The remains are predicted to date back to the pre-classic period between 1000
