Glass Wings Blog: Help

1 in 3 people are lonely. Will AI help, or make things worse?
20% of Australian students don’t finish high school: non-mainstream schools have a lot to teach us about helping kids stay
6 books to help talk to your child about climate change
The ’90s Sci-Fi Series That Needs Help Being Saved
A Drastic but Effective Way to Help Protect Your Aging Parent From Fraud
A prefab building revolution can help resolve both the climate and housing crises
A silver lining from the pandemic: how lockdowns helped kids learn the languages their parents speak
About 1 in 6 older Australians experiences elder abuse. Here are the reasons they don’t get help
Accelerated evolution and automated aquaculture could help coral weather the heat
Affordable, Flexible Childcare Helps Indian Mothers Earn More and Worry Less
AI Is Helping Indigenous Teens in Brazil Keep Their Mother Tongue Alive
All-electric homes are better for your hip pocket and the planet. Here’s how governments can help us get off gas
American bison reintroduced to northern Mexico helping to fight climate change
‘An extraordinary dynamo’: Doris Taylor founded Meals on Wheels and helped elect Don Dunstan
Are you a mosquito magnet? Help may be at hand
As Australia’s net zero transition threatens to stall, rooftop solar could help provide the power we need
As Varroa spreads, now is the time to fight for Australia’s honey bees – and you can help
Australia urged not to rely on ‘drug dealer’s defence’ for gas exports and help wean Japan off fossil fuels
Australian discovery of change in ‘killer T cells’ could help fight against influenza
Australian Police Go Full FBI, Radicalize Autistic Teen Officers Told Parents They Were Trying To Help
Australia’s first mobile cooling hub is ready for searing heat this summer – and people who are homeless helped design it
Australia’s media classification system is no help to parents and carers. It needs a grounding in evidence
Awe can alter our sense of self and open us to new possibilities – could it help save the planet?
Bank finance helps clear swaths of threatened species habitat
Barkindji custodians near Broken Hill continue to care for ancestral dingo remains with help from archaeologists
Become a beach scientist this summer and help monitor changing coastlines
Bioprospecting the unknown: how bacterial enzymes encoded by unknown genes might help clean up pollution
Brain Implants That Help Paralyzed People Speak Just Broke New Records
Building houses in factories for the Commonwealth Games was meant to help the housing crisis. What now?
Burned-out parents seek help from a new ally: ChatGPT
California seeks federal help for salmon fishers facing ban
Call of the huia: how NZ’s bird of the century contest helps us express ‘ecological grief’
Can 3D-printed tiger teeth help save our rarest animals from extinction?
Can the government’s new market mechanism help save nature? Yes – if we get the devil out of the detail
Can the Inner Development Goals help us create a more sustainable future?
Can vaping help people quit smoking? It’s unlikely
Can your suburb help fix Australia’s housing crisis? It all comes down to density
Cat and dog influencers help Ukrainians cope with war
Changing Australia’s approach to managing COVID-19 pandemic may help reduce burden on health system
‘Cli-fi’ might not save the world, but writing it could help with your eco-anxiety
Clinics Offering Child Care Help Parents Clear Arrest Warrants
Community batteries are popular – but we have to make sure they actually help share power
COP28: How 7 policies could help save a billion lives by 2100
Could an afternoon nap help us cope with hotter temperatures? It’s worked for Australia’s First Nations people
Could Wild Horses Help Fight Wildfires?
Could wildflowers and bug hotels help avert an insect apocalypse? We just don’t know – yet
Dam fine work: record number of barrier removals helps restore rivers across Europe
David McBride is facing jailtime for helping reveal alleged war crimes. Will it end whistleblowing in Australia?
Do phrases like ‘global boiling’ help or hinder climate action?
Do you really need antibiotics? Curbing our use helps fight drug-resistant bacteria
Driving a greener future: how your electric car could help power your neighbourhood
Ed Sheeran, Once Again, Demonstrates How Modern Copyright Is Destroying, Rather Than Helping Musicians
Education expert John Hattie’s new book draws on more than 130,000 studies to find out what helps students learn
Emotional abuse is a pattern of hurtful messages – building parenting skills could help prevent it
Europe’s banks helped fossil fuel firms raise more than €1tn from global bond markets
Feeling lonely? Too many of us are. Here’s what our supermarkets can do to help
Fire-smart farming: how the crops we plant could help reduce the risk of wildfires on agricultural landscapes
First Nations people have made a plea for ‘truth-telling’. By reckoning with its past, Australia can finally help improve our future
Fishing for data: commercial fishers help monitor rising temperatures in coastal seas
Floating solar farms: what are they and can they help us reach net zero?
France implements compulsory composting. Here’s how it will help slash emissions
Gene therapy eyedrops restored a boy’s sight. Similar treatments could help millions
Germany Lines Up €50 Billion to Help Heavy Industry Go Green
Glide poles: the great Aussie invention helping flying possums cross the road
Good vibrations: how listening to the sounds of soil helps us monitor and restore forest health
Governments spend US$22 billion a year helping the fishing industry empty our oceans. This injustice must end
Group therapy helps scientists cope with challenging ‘climate emotions’
Growing your own food and foraging can help tackle your ballooning grocery bill. Here’s how
HECS for farmers? Nature repair loans could help biodiversity recover – and boost farm productivity
Help End the Long COVID Crisis (U.S. Letter)
Helping the Pacific financially is a great start – but Australia must act on the root cause of the climate crisis
Hiroshima attack marks its 78th anniversary – its lessons of unnecessary mass destruction could help guide future nuclear arms talks
How AI is helping airlines mitigate the climate impact of contrails
How and where we build needs to change in the face of more extreme weather – the insurance industry can help
How archaeologists can help us live with wild animals
How Australia’s huge superannuation funds can do much more to fight climate change, with a little help
How Children’s TV Is Helping Families Grapple With the Climate Crisis
How climate change will affect your pet – and how to help them cope
How electricity could help tackle a surprising climate villain
How gene mapping almost all remaining kākāpō will help NZ’s rare night parrot survive
How one device could help transform our power grid
How one Indian couple has helped thousands of sugarcane cutters
How portable X-ray machines are helping remote patients
How reindeer help fight climate change
How removing parenting payments when children turned 8 harmed rather than helped single mothers
How ‘TeachTok’ is helping teachers connect with their students on TikTok
How the circular economy can help us stay within planetary boundaries
How this Australian-run network of secret schools is helping Afghan girls defy the Taliban
How tiger conservation in India may be helping to mitigate climate change
How you can help the Amazon Rainforest–today
How your money is helping subsidise sexism in academia – and what you can do about it
Hundreds call for help in Victoria and SA amid heavy rain and severe storms
I collect marsupial poo. A crack team of volunteers across Australia helps me out
‘I didn’t feel alone’: how governments can help schools address school refusal
I helped expose insurers for denying medical claims. 15 years on, a court has found what they did is illegal
‘I want to get bogged at a beach in my wheelchair and know people will help’. Micheline Lee on the way forward for the NDIS
If plants can pick fungi to help fight pests and diseases, it opens a door to greener farming and ecosystem recovery
If We all Made Our Living By Helping People it Would Heal the World
If You Suffer from Urgent Normal Syndrome, Ask for Help
‘I’m really stuck’: how visa conditions prevent survivors of modern slavery from getting help
In Pictures: The activists who helped win LGBTI+ rights in the Cook Islands
Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fish’s slide to extinction
Indigenous-led bison repopulation projects are helping the animal thrive again in Alberta
Interested, curious and empathetic, Michael Parkinson helped bridge the gap between Australia and England
‘It a punitive f***ing system’: Brooke Oliver spent a majority of her life as a ward of the state, now she helps kids coming out of care
I’ve spent 40 years studying Antarctica. The frozen continent has never needed our help more
Job Sharing Is Helping Parents Keep Their Careers on Track
Koalas suffer in the heat – here’s how to help this summer
Landlords should reveal homes’ energy efficiency to help Australia’s renters cut power bills, advocates say
Libya floods: why cash is the best way to help get humanitarian aid to people affected by disasters
The little-known political confidant who ‘helped steer’ Australia’s leaders is finally remembered
Making cities 'spongy' could help fight flooding — by steering the water underground
Marrakech artisans – who have helped rebuild the Moroccan city before – are among those hit hard in the earthquake’s devastation
Mary-Louise McLaws, renowned epidemiologist who helped guide Australia through the pandemic, dies aged 70 from brain tumour
Meet Window Snyder, the trailblazer who helped secure the internet and billions of devices
Misinformation is rife and causing deeper polarisation – here’s how social media users can help curb it
Morocco quake survivors call for more help after entire villages destroyed
New research helps explain why Indian girls appear to be less engaged in politics than Indian boys
New study helps solve a 30-year-old puzzle: how is climate change affecting El Niño and La Niña?
New Tree Tech: Cutting-edge drones give reforestation a helping hand
Newsletter: COVID still rages, and the Biden administration isn’t helping
Not all mental health apps are helpful. Experts explain the risks, and how to choose one wisely
One Big Thing I Learned About The Industry By Helping Start An EV Conversion Business
Open Access Makes Research More Widely Cited, Helping Spread Knowledge
Private opulence, public squalor: How the U.S. helps the rich and hurts the poor
Record renewables help bring down Australia’s energy prices and emissions
Reducing nicotine in tobacco would help people quit – without prohibiting cigarettes
Sci-fi books are rare in school even though they help kids better understand science
The social media star helping people fall in love with libraries
Solar panels above orchards lower temperature, help conserve water
Some people who share fake news on social media actually think they’re helping the world
Spain and Portugal recruit bison and rare horses to help reduce risk of blazes
Taranaki healthcare staff volunteer to help colleagues with Long Covid
That Ultra-White Paint That Helps Cool Surfaces? Make Your Own!
This Innovative Map Tracks The Ocean To Help Save It
This salt alternative could help reduce blood pressure. So why are so few people using it?
Through the magnifying glass: how cutting-edge technology is helping scientists understand baby corals
To help us stay in our apartment
Ukraine desperate for help clearing mines, says defence minister
‘Unsustainable’ for ADF to help with natural disasters and defend Australia, inquiry told
Using photos to create 3D models is helping us understand – and protect – complex marine environments
Virtual reality is helping Olkola Traditional Owners get back on Country
Want to help Maui’s animals after the wildfires? Send cash, not kibble
Want to Help Rid the Ocean of Plastic? Grab an Oar
Wasabi could help preserve ancient Egyptian papyrus artefacts
We all know about JobKeeper, which helped Australians keep their jobs in a global crisis. So how about HomeKeeper?
We need a National Energy Transition Authority to help fossil fuel workers adjust
‘We need help’: traditional owners accuse land council of ‘facilitating fracking’
What long COVID taught me: How to help a friend with chronic illness
When illness or death leave craft projects unfinished, these strangers step in to help
Whether you’re a snorkeller or CEO, you can help save our vital kelp forests
Why a game in which you look for a real, live pink elephant could help save the world
Why Indonesia wants Australia’s help to supply the world with electric vehicles and batteries
Why the media aren’t helping to solve the ‘youth crime crisis’ they’re reporting
With hundreds of call-outs every day, wildlife rescue services can help us understand the threats to our native animals
The world’s worst animal disease is killing frogs worldwide. A testing breakthrough could help save them
Yes, AI could help us fix the productivity slump – but it can’t fix everything
‘You can’t speak what you can’t hear’ – how Māori and Pacific sports stars are helping revitalise vulnerable languages
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