Glass Wings Blog: People

Jacinda Ardern resignation has people wondering when to quit – but that’s the wrong way to think about burnout
1,000 Deaths In Custody Went Unreported Last Year Because US Justice System Doesn’t Care About The People It Jails
12 Ways the Inflation Reduction Act Will Benefit Birds and People
13,000 People From the Niger Delta Just Sued Shell for Years of Oil Spills
8 billion humans: How population growth and climate change are connected as the ‘Anthropocene engine’ transforms the planet
8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences
A busman’s video game? Meet the people who play job sims of their own careers
A US state shelved my book – yet all I was doing was trying to help people live their lives
Aboriginal people have spent centuries building in the Darling River. Now there are plans to demolish these important structures
After 14 years of advocacy, the DRC president finally signs new Indigenous peoples law
‘All these people with lived experience are not being heard’: what family violence survivors want policy makers to know
An Incredible Thing Happens When Dolphins And Humans Team Up
‘Animism’ recognizes how animals, places and plants have power over humans – and it’s finding renewed interest around the world
Another Person Is Archiving Every English PS2 Game Manual
AOC rips into GOP for inciting violence against trans people
Archie Roach: the great songman, tender and humble, who gave our people a voice
Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic is getting rainier and seasons are shifting, with broad disturbances for people, ecosystems and wildlife
Are Australians socially inclusive? 5 things we learned after surveying 11,000 people for half a decade
Arnold Schwarzenegger: A message to the Russian people
Artificial light at night can change the behaviour of all animals, not just humans
At least 17 million people in the WHO European Region experienced long COVID in the first two years of the pandemic; millions may have to live with it for years to come
Australian government urged to ‘stop playing with people’s lives’ as people returned to detention
Behind the Scenes: The pots, pans, and people that make millions of meals
Calls by Zelensky and Biden for UN reform are supported by people around the world – new survey
Changes to temporary protection visas are a welcome development – and they won’t encourage people smugglers
The ChatGPT chatbot is blowing people away with its writing skills. An expert explains why it’s so impressive
ChatGPT is confronting, but humans have always adapted to new technology – ask the Mesopotamians, who invented writing
China Completely Disappears Famed Online Influencer For (Accidentally) Referencing Tiananmen Square, Causing Lots Of People To Try To Figure Out Why
China wants more people to eat potatoes – how changing national diets could help fix our global food crisis
Climate change, mental health services, a better education system: what marginalised young people told us needs to be fixed
Climate change will force up to 113m people to relocate within Africa by 2050 - new report
Climate-fuelled disasters: warning people is good, but stopping the disaster is best. Here are 4 possible ways to do it
The criminal legal system does not deliver justice for First Nations people, says a new book
Cyclone Gabrielle broke vital communication links when people needed them most – what happened and how do we fix it?
Did Ancient Humans Domesticate Foxes?
Disabled people were Holocaust victims, too: they were excluded from German society and murdered by Nazi programs
‘Discriminatory impact on First Nations people’: coroner calls for urgent bail reform in Veronica Nelson inquest
Doing away with COVID isolation rules means increased isolation and risks for people with disability
Dolphins use signature whistles to represent other dolphins – similarly to how humans use names
‘Don’t shove us off like we’re rubbish’: what people with intellectual disability told us about their local community
The earliest humans swam 100,000 years ago, but swimming remains a privileged pastime
Eight in 10 people in China caught Covid since early December, say officials
Elon Musk’s Texts Suggest Way More People In The Silicon Valley Elite Should Have Imposter Syndrome
EU cracks down on pollution as survey reveals people want tougher regulations on clean air
Even vaccinated people can get long COVID
First Peoples in Victoria have a right to the truth about the impact of colonisation
Floods can be a disaster for humans – but for nature, it’s boom time
Forests in the tropics are critical for tackling climate change – yet the people showing how are being exploited
Friday essay: 1 in 25 Australians have been estranged from their families. True stories about this can make people feel less alone
Friday essay: how policies favouring rich, older people make young Australians Generation F-d
The Frogs Vanished, Then People Got Sick. This Was No Harmless Coincidence.
From radiation to water pollution to cities, humans are now a driver of evolution in the ‘natural’ world – podcast
From TV to TikTok, young people are exposed to gambling promotions everywhere
Goffin’s Cockatoos Join Humans and Chimps as Third Species Shown to Carry Toolsets for Future Tasks
The Green Jobs Boom Is Benefiting the People Who Need It Most
Happy the person
Help people in Iran reconnect to Signal – a request to our community
Here’s who decides cause of death, how death certificates work – and whether a person died with or of COVID
The hidden long-term risks of surgery: ‘It gives people’s brains a hard time’
Honeybees join humans as the only known animals that can tell the difference between odd and even numbers
How do we make workplaces work for autistic people?
How do we teach young people about climate change? We can start with this comic
How Houston Moved 25,000 People From the Streets Into Homes of Their Own
How Nairobi police failures let people get away with murder
How our bushfire-proof house design could help people flee rather than risk fighting the flames
How superblocks can free up and improve CBD space for the people of Melbourne – a step-by-step guide
How this Brazilian doc got nearly every person in her city to take a COVID vaccine
How to organize your books, according to people with thousands of them
How to turn a school around with love: ‘People are so very grateful that we care’
The huge fandoms of stars like Harry Styles are underestimated – but these highly creative communities can teach young people useful skills
Humans And Cockatoos Are Embroiled in an Escalating 'Arms Race' in Australia
Humans are going back to the Moon, and beyond – but how will we feed them?
Humans are still hunting for aliens. Here’s how astronomers are looking for life beyond Earth
Hypertension, diabetes, stroke: they kill more people than infectious diseases and should get a Global Fund
‘I always have trouble with forms’: homeless people on how poor literacy affects them – and what would help
‘I left with the kids and ended up homeless with them’: the nightmare of housing wait lists for people fleeing domestic violence
In a remote corner of California, a state program successfully shelters homeless people
In The Australian Wars, Rachel Perkins dispenses with the myth Aboriginal people didn’t fight back
Incarcerated people with disability don’t get the support they need – that makes them more likely to reoffend
Indigenous peoples across the globe are uniquely equipped to deal with the climate crisis - so why are we being left out of these conversations?
Insects will struggle to keep pace with global temperature rise – which could be bad news for humans
The Internet Is Not Disneyland; People Should Stop Demanding It Become Disneyland
Iran protests: majority of people reject compulsory hijab and an Islamic regime, surveys find
'It's amazing what people give away': The joy and savings of a buy-nothing group
It’s time to come clean on Lismore’s future. People and businesses have to relocate away from the floodplains
‘I’ve been on the waiting list for over 20 years’: why social housing suitable for people with disabilities is desperately needed
‘Kafkaesque’ true stories of ordinary people: inside the first days of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China
Labor condemned for ‘abhorrently cruel’ decision to put 100 people back in immigration detention
Large mammals shaped the evolution of humans: here’s why it happened in Africa
The latest polio cases have put the world on alert. Here’s what this means for Australia and people travelling overseas
The long and storied history of transgender people in Australia and beyond
Long COVID affects 1 in 5 people following infection. Vaccination, masks and better indoor air are our best protections
The magic of touch: how deafblind people taught us to ‘see’ the world differently during COVID
The Many Ingenious Ways People in Prison Use (Forbidden) Cell Phones
Many people are still shielding from COVID – and our research suggests their mental health is getting worse
More than just risk: LGBTQIA+ young people use social media to sustain and make sense of family relationships
Moving beyond the media’s ‘deficit lens’ is essential for racialised peoples to claim belonging. Here’s how they’re doing it
The never-ending fallout of the northern rivers floods: ‘People are just worn down’
Number of poor people in India fell by about 415 mn between 2005-06 and 2019-21, a 'historic change': UN
NZ aid worker remains missing in Ukraine: the tragedy of people motivated to help in war zones becoming victims themselves
One million homes were unoccupied on census night. How that could help people struggling to find housing
Online safety: what young people really think about social media, big tech regulation and adults ‘overreacting’
Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines | Alexander Zaitchik
Pain of police killings ripples outward to traumatize Black people and communities across US
Pandemic greed killed more than 1 million people globally, study says
Patent Troll Uses Ridiculous “People Finder” Patent To Sue Small Dating Companies
Peace in Ukraine doesn’t ultimately depend on Putin or Zelensky – it’s the Ukrainian people who must decide
People Are Loving the World’s Biggest Four-Day Workweek Trial—and They’re Just as Productive
People are shivering in cold and mouldy homes in a country that pioneered housing comfort research – how did that happen?
People don’t mate randomly – but the flawed assumption that they do is an essential part of many studies linking genes to diseases and traits
People With Complete Paralysis Walk Again After Nerve Stimulation Breakthrough
Pets in Crisis program helps people under threat of violence keep their pets while finding safe homes
The 'phone lady' made a career out of teaching people how to speak on the phone. She's in high demand
The Problem With Police Reform Is That Police Already Know It's Bad To Beat People To Death
ProPublica Exposes Even More Cop Junk Science: Using 911 Calls To Determine If People Are Lying
Pumping loud music is putting more than 1 billion young people at risk of hearing loss
The real reasons people don’t want to talk about Climate Collapse
Rishi Sunak to launch bill to stop people arriving on small boats claiming asylum
Shift Happens celebrates 150 years of typewriters, keyboards, and the people who use them
Snow leopard wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award
Solar power can cut living costs, but it’s not an option for many people – they need better support
Someone Asked People To Share Red Flags From Employers That Potential Workers Might Not Immediately Spot, 30 Deliver
South African floods wreaked havoc because people are forced to live in disaster prone areas
Spare a thought for air-conditioning repair people. As the planet warms, they’re really up against it
Sri Lanka's economic crisis has turned into a national emergency, and its people are now calling for help to save lives
Terra nullius has been overturned. Now we must reverse aqua nullius and return water rights to First Nations people
There were more than 38,000 entries in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award — these ones were shortlisted
These Museums Are Curated by The People They Represent
Think private renting is hard? First Nations people can be excluded from the start
This Canadian river is now legally a person. It’s not the only one.
TikTok is teaching the world about autism – but is it empowering autistic people or pigeonholing them?
To Bond With Humans, Robots Are Learning to Laugh at the Right Time
To stop new viruses jumping across to humans, we must protect and restore bat habitat. Here’s why
Too many Māori and Asian people are drowning – can better cultural understanding reverse the trend?
Turkey-Syria earthquake: Assad blames west as agencies struggle to get aid to his desperate people
The UK Wants A Trade Deal With India That Would Boost The Already Healthy Profits Of Big Pharma, And Cause Millions Of People To Sicken
Ukrainian people are resisting the centuries-old force of Russian imperialism – Ukraine war at 6 months
Uncovering the genetic basis of mental illness requires data and tools that aren’t just based on white people – this international team is collecting DNA samples around the globe
We’ve been studying the same people for 76 years – this is what we’ve found out about Alzheimer’s disease
‘What am I supposed to do about all this really bad stuff?’ Young people identify 7 ‘superpowers’ to fight climate change
What coltan mining in the DRC costs people and the environment
What does water want? Most humans seem to have forgotten
‘What matters is hope, freedom and saying who you are.’ What LGBTQ+ people with intellectual disabilities want everyone to know
When roads become rivers: forming a Plan B can stop people driving into floodwaters
Why Are People Still Blaming Facebook For Australia’s Terrible News Linking Tax Law?
Why do people overshare online? 5 expert tips for avoiding social media scandal
Why restoring long-distance passenger rail makes sense in New Zealand – for people and the climate
Why Society Hates Creative People (And What To Do About It)
Will AI tech like ChatGPT improve inclusion for people with communication disability?
Will Sean Turnell's jail term in Myanmar force Australia into action on a country at war with its own people?
Will things be better for LGBTIQ+ people under Labor? Here’s what the new government has promised
You are now one of 8 billion humans alive today. Let’s talk overpopulation – and why low income countries aren’t the issue
Young people are on front line of climate change, but they're not accepting it as an inevitability
Young people go to European court to stop treaty that aids fossil fuel investors
You’ve got a friend: young people help each other with their mental health for 3.5 hours every week
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