Glass Wings Blog: Life

20 Years of Digital Life, Gone in an Instant, thanks to Apple
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator
A decade after the release of ‘The Martian’ and a decade out from the world it envisions, a planetary scientist checks in on real-life Mars exploration
A prophetic 1934 novel has found a surprising second life – it holds lessons for us all
A Ukranian writer – her life cut short – and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the ‘people’s war’
A walk across Alaska’s Arctic sea ice brings to life the losses that appear in climate data
The acquisitions of a fortunate life have accumulated over the years. All must be culled while I have the wherewithal
Adopted by Denmark, a Bombed-Out Ukrainian City Is Given New Life
AI systems are great at tests. But how do they perform in real life?
‘Almost life-saving’, Moby on the healing power of sound
Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water
Australia must ‘step up to prevent catastrophic and preventable loss of life’ amid Trump cuts, former CDC boss says
Australian Life photography competition 2025 finalists – in pictures
Beautiful, isolated and expensive: US expats on life in New Zealand
Botanists decode secret life of rare plants to ensure reintroduction success
Brawls, racism and cocaine: Lawsuit reveals life inside Tesla plant where Musk was directly involved with HR decisions
Can a book help the left rebuild the good life? Ezra Klein’s "Abundance" is the talk of Washington – and Canberra
Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?
Capital grains: the urban trees getting a second life
Clouds are vital to life – but many are becoming wispy ghosts. Here’s how to see the changes above us
The cradle of Earth’s rich ocean life was a massive coral reef system 20 million years ago
‘Cruel hoax’ or ‘work-life balance nirvana’: whatever happened to the four-day work week?
Denmark extends life of two of its oldest offshore wind farms – one by another 25 years
Digital passports could give old solar panels new life, rather than being recycled
DOGE’s “Efficiency” Theater: Wasted $21.7 Billion While Destroying Life-Saving Programs Based On Conspiracy Theories
Drones capture devastating coral loss as bleaching wipes out most reef life
‘Empathy is a kind of strength’: Jacinda Ardern on kind leadership, public rage and life in Trump’s America
Energy czar wants clarity over who is responsible for end-of-life wind and solar projects
English housing project aims to transform later-life living
“Enormous surge:” EV batteries get second life as large-scale energy storage
“Every component of my life was attacked:” How wind farm misinformation tore community apart
Fix the News 296: Life Is Radiant
Fix the News 307: Solar is liberation. Kenya beats sleeping sickness. MPAs work. Chemosynthetic life & the wood wide web.
Fix The News 330: Girls. Pyramids. Otters. Lenacapivir. The Rivers of Life.
Fix The News 334: Mother. Orion. Europe 💪 Ukraine. Vancouver's marine life. Asia pivots to solar.
Friday essay: new revelations of the Murdoch empire’s underbelly – from The Hack’s real-life journalist
Friendship, honey and the simple life: 100 years of Winnie‑the‑Pooh
From fossicking for fossils to a champion for life on Earth: Sir David Attenborough at 100
'Glimmer of hope' for marine life at UN Ocean conference
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
His Job Is to Make the Subway Accessible. His Own Life Fuels His Work.
Historic ruling finds climate change ‘imperils all forms of life’ and puts laggard nations on notice
How do we understand life on Earth? An 18th-century rivalry charts the tension between two types of science ‘genius’
How playing the piano for strangers set in motion a new life for Baher Skaik
How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it
How Zohran Mamdani’s Big Goals Could Transform Life in New York City
‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writer
‘If he can be found, every one of the users can be’: unmasking the man behind toxic gossip website Tattle Life
If we’re going to hold an inquiry into the life cycle of solar, why not coal and gas?
Improving indoor air quality might save your life
In Antarctica, photos show a remote area teeming with life amid growing risks from climate change
In Prabowo’s Indonesia, the military is quietly creeping back into civilian life
Iranian political refugee who risked his life at Bondi faces deportation
Irish man detained by ICE fears for his life in Texas detention centre
Is Australia getting ruder? How to be kinder to others in everyday life – and break the contagion of rage
‘It’s about life and dance and colour’: inclusivity still in fashion on Australian runways
‘It’s surreal’: US sanctions lock International Criminal Court judge out of daily life
The Jewish Cemeteries Giving Life to Morocco’s Muslim Communities
The labour of love breathing life back into palawa kani – the lost language of Lutruwita
Leo fears for his life in Trump's America and many trans people feel the same
Life after: Being a leader in the far right
Life after: Escaping the Taliban
Life after: The Spycops scandal
The life of PIs: the strange case of 2026’s resurgence of hard-boiled detectives
The lower Murray is officially on life support. Will we save it?
Meet the merpeople: ‘Once I put the tail on, my life was changed forever’
Mining made this US tribal area a toxic wasteland. This Indigenous nation brought it back to life
New study sheds light on the threat of ‘marine darkwaves’ to ocean life
Over 11 gruesome kilometres, teams fill bag after bag of marine life killed by SA’s stubborn algal bloom
Oysters Are Breathing Life Into the Chesapeake Bay
The Plastic Detox review – a film so terrifying you will want to change your life immediately
Political Animals: The secret life of the political pets of Westminster and Washington
Rather than blaming carbon, Paul Hawken argues we should recognise its role in animating life. This way, we can heal the planet
Researchers watched 150 episodes of Bluey – they found it can teach kids about resilience for real life
San Francisco’s Revamped Seawall Will Teem With Life
The secret sensory life of plants: researchers are discovering how they see, hear, feel – and even remember
Solar Panels and Batteries Are Changing Life in Brazil’s Amazon
Stripped of life: the deadly South Australian algal bloom is still spreading one year on
The sun will come out tomorrow: remembering the life and music of Charles Strouse
Tech legend Stewart Brand on Musk, Bezos and his extraordinary life: ‘We don’t need to passively accept our fate’
‘There are too many unpleasant things in life without creating more’: why Impressionism is the world’s favourite art movement
‘There is no life’: Kupiansk’s slow demise reflects the fate of cities on Ukraine’s frontline
'They've probably been untouched for 49 million years': The New Mexico cave expanding our search for alien life
‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield
This underwater sculpture will soon be a sanctuary for marine life
Top Australian writers urge Albanese to abolish Job-Ready Graduates, calling their humanities degrees life changing
Tracing the social half-life of a zombie citation
Underwater lake heat waves are on the rise, threatening aquatic life
US obliteration of Caribbean boat was a clear violation of international ‘right to life’ laws – no matter who was on board
Waves of creativity bring the UK coastline to life in Beach of Dreams project
‘We just have to be defiant’: irrepressible environmentalist Bob Brown reflects on a life of activism
We told young people that degrees were their ticket to a better life. It’s become a great betrayal
Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
The World Trade Organization is on life support. Will Trump’s new rules finish it off?
Yorta Yorta Elder Wayne Atkinson reflects on a life of activism and the quest for justice
‘You can’t spend your whole life trying to stop a McDonald’s’: how the fast-food chain keeps opening new Australian stores
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