Glass Wings Blog: People
20 people in a two-bedroom apartment: the growing health and safety risks of ‘hot bedding’
24 years of life lost: people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study
3 reasons young people are more likely to believe conspiracy theories – and how we can help them discover the truth
475 people detained in Georgia Hyundai raid by ICE, other agencies, officials say
9 myths about electric vehicles have taken hold. A new study shows how many people fall for them
A deadly bird flu strain is headed for Australia – and First Nations people have the know-how to tackle it
A German experiment gave people a basic monthly income. The effect on their work ethic was surprising
A Ukranian writer – her life cut short – and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the ‘people’s war’
‘A virtual seat at the family table’: why older people are among the biggest users of social media
Aboriginal people feel Labor isn’t listening to them after voice defeat, Uluru statement co-author says
After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution
After Trans People, Trump Now Erasing Bisexual People From Stonewall National Monument
AI free from bias and ideology is a fantasy – humans can’t organise data without distorting reality
AI Is Making Many People Rethink Copyright
AI is now used for audio description. But it should be accurate and actually useful for people with low vision
Alan Cumming Used His "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Monologue to Talk About Trans People
Albanese government must redirect Australia’s near $600 per person annual fossil fuel giveaway
Annual COVID Vaccines Protect People against Severe Disease, Even with Prior Immunity
Another rushed migration bill would give the government sweeping powers to deport potentially thousands of people
As China Disappears People and Histories, An Artist Fights Back
As more communities have to consider relocation, we explore what happens to the land after people leave
As the Black Summer megafires neared, people rallied to save wildlife and domestic animals. But it came at a real cost
Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person
At Sydney’s mighty arms convention, weapons are sold as ‘solutions’. No one mentions the people they will target
Australia once had ‘immigration amnesties’ to grant legal status to undocumented people. Could we again?
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Australian students just recorded the lowest civics scores since testing began. But young people do care about politics
Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups
Banning young people from social media sounds like a silver bullet. Global evidence suggests otherwise
Bees count from left to right just like some humans, apes and birds – new research
Being kind to people – the new challenge for the public service
Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans − but there are ways to slow down viral evolution
Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help
Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia
Bus seatbelts can save lives. How do we get more people to wear them?
Cheap power to the people could shift the dial for renewables in the regions
Chinese robot does job of three to four humans installing thousands of panels at Australian solar project
Climate disasters are pushing people into homelessness – but there’s a lot we can do about it
Climate impacts are forcing people from their homes. When, how and why do they have valid refugee claims?
Colon cancer is on the rise among young people – and research points to one major culprit
Common People Dance Eisteddfod: how a ‘dickhead dancing’ competition snowballed into a juggernaut
Completion of Dutch-Jordanian project brings clean water, improved sanitation to 125,000 people in Irbid
Cop30: five reasons the UN climate conference failed to deliver on its ‘people’s summit’ promise
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier?
COVID is still around and a risk to vulnerable people. What are the symptoms in 2025? And how long does it last?
Current cultural citizens: the importance of creating spaces in art galleries for young people
Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’
Decades on from the Royal Commission, why are Indigenous people still dying in custody?
Design as a movement: how First Nations people take ownership of their cultural stories through fashion
Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all
The devastating legacy of Native boarding schools: ‘no way people can apologize it away’
Dogs 10,000 years ago roamed with bands of humans and came in all shapes and sizes
Dogs are helping people regulate stress even more than expected, research shows
Early skeleton map reveals how bones form in humans
E-bikes for everyone: 3 NZ trials show people will make the switch – with the right support
Economic policies encourage the careless use of people and the planet. Creating caring economies is the answer
Educating young people about social media would be far more effective than a ban - Finland can show us how
Enslaved people are being sold to the Russian army for up to 100,000 rubles ($1,240) each, according to anti-slavery campaigners
Europe’s climate is changing fast – here’s how it’s affecting people and the economy
‘Everyone lives in fear’: trapped between two warring nuclear giants, the people of Kashmir continue to suffer
Evidence shows AI systems are already too much like humans. Will that be a problem?
Fake podcast clips are misleading millions of people on social media. Here’s how to spot them
Fewer people doesn’t always mean better outcomes for nature – just look at Japan
Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Everest – why do so few people know her story?
Finally, Indigenous peoples have an influential voice at COP30. They’re speaking loud and clear
Fire revival: How Australia's desert people use ancient wisdom to protect the endangered bilby
First Peoples’ Assembly set to become permanent voice to Victorian parliament with crossbench support
First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation
Flour power: the campaign to get real bread to more people
Food insecurity affects 1 in 3 regional people – and it’s worse for those with poor mental health
For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors
Friday essay: ‘I was unseen, even to myself’ – as many as half of people with anorexia are autistic. Fiona Wright is one of them
Friday essay: I’m an Aboriginal farmer. But a romanticised idea of agriculture writes Black people out of the farming story
Friday essay: Ukraine is the world’s most heavily mined country. Meet some of the people cleaning up this deadly mess
Generative AI is already being used in journalism – here’s how people feel about it
Getting people out of their cars is possible with the right plans and policies – case study
Giving rivers room to move: how rethinking flood management can benefit people and nature
The great abandonment: what happens to the natural world when people disappear?
Here’s what we’ll be telling COP29 about how climate change is harming young people’s mental health
The highly sensitive person
Hold up, humans. Ants figured out medicine, farming and engineering long before we did
Hollow Knight Silksong: how 3 people in Australia made the world’s hottest game
Homeless people at Sydney’s Central station have belongings removed with advocates condemning ‘heavy-handed’ tactics
How “Neutrality” And “Free Speech” Become Excuses For Driving Out The People You Claim To Value
How Street Art in Singapore Is Helping People With Dementia Get Around
The huge Harbour Bridge march shows people have had a gutful of seeing starving children in Gaza. Politicians need to catch up
Humans are killing off the old and wise animals that hold nature together. Here’s what must change
Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled
Humans will soon be able to mine on the Moon. But should we? 4 questions to consider
I asked Chase Strangio how to stand up for trans people. It's easier than you think.
‘I end up buying less food’: Indigenous people should not have to go hungry to use the internet
‘I felt pure, unconditional love’: the people who marry their AI chatbots
In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die – and allows China to come to the rescue
Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu
Invisible losses: thousands of plant species are missing from places they could thrive – and humans are the reason
‘I’ve seen people stop their cars to pick up litter’: how one city cleaned up its streets
Kenya’s brutal police have been exposed again – why the system fails people
Labor has promised to tackle homelessness. Here’s what homeless people say they need
License Plate Surveillance Logs Reveal Racist Policing Against Romani People
Location-sharing apps are enabling domestic violence. But young people aren’t aware of the danger
The long Covid legacy: ‘People don’t want to think about us’
‘Make the platforms safer’: what young people really think about the social media ban
Many Australians 'don't know that Chinese-Aboriginal people exist' — a National Museum exhibition hopes to change that
Many people go their whole lives without seeing a platypus in the wild. We just saw four in one night
'Meadowscaping': The people turning their lawns into meadows
Meet the people behind the latest gas lobby group claiming to “educate and inform” consumers
Misinformation was rife during the 2025 election. New research shows many people were unable to identify it
More people are using AI in court, not a lawyer. It could cost you money – and your case
More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows
More than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county
Most of us trust scientists, shows a survey of nearly 72,000 people worldwide
‘My greatest handicap was the attitude of normal people.’ Alan Marshall’s artful polio memoir, "I Can Jump Puddles", turns 70
Myanmar’s military rule is crippling hope for young people like never before
Nature, climate in “deep trouble” as NSW dumps waste equal to three small cars a year, per person
New research: 77% of LGBTQ young people have faced workplace sexual harassment
New study finds no evidence technology causes ‘digital dementia’ in older people
The News Show Made by and for People With Learning Disabilities
‘No more empty homes while people are homeless’: the squatters being evicted from the northern rivers’ ‘buyback’ homes
The non-profit helping people from all over the world to become successful game developers
NSW urged to stop strip-searches of young people after court ruling spotlights police conduct
Our 2nd Annual ‘Amazing Humans’ Variety Show Was Wild!
“Pay people for their time:” Six ways we should be funding regions to respond to the energy transition
People Are Painting Crosswalks Across L.A. to Protect Pedestrians
‘People are so angry’: how wealth tax became a battleground in Norway’s election
People are using AI to talk to God
‘People can’t imagine something on that scale dying’: Anohni on mourning the Great Barrier Reef
‘People give me a wide berth’: My weird week of wearing shoulder pals
People interviewed by AI for jobs face discrimination risks, Australian study warns
People who use drugs are trying to stay safe in a politicised world, our surveys show
People’s mental health goes downhill after repeated climate disasters – it’s an issue of social equity
‘Perfect bodies and perfect lives’: how selfie-editing tools are distorting how young people see themselves
The photo series celebrating the people cultivating hope, from soil to sea
‘Pragmatic move’: Taipei, Manila strengthen people-to-people ties amid China tensions
Push to unplug: the smartphone that helps people avoid digital overload
Queensland council moves to evict homeless people from parks with public camping ban
Queensland is creating a public child sex offender register. Will it keep people safer?
The Real Reason People Don’t Trust in Science Has Nothing to Do with Scientists
The restaurant staffed solely by people who’ve experienced homelessness
RFK Jr’s claim about Black people’s immune systems is ‘unscientific and terrifying’
Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting
Showing happiness brings social rewards, but the opposite can happen if people feel pressured to appear happy
Soaring house prices may be locking people into marriages, new research shows
Spotify continues to change music. What’s next – will AI musicians replace music made by humans?
Tasmania will compensate people for historical LGBTQIA+ convictions. Could others follow suit?
Ten people go on trial in Paris accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron
Thailand reports 14 people killed in clashes at border with Cambodia
‘These are Ukrainian lands’: people in Donetsk pour scorn on Putin’s territorial demands
These contact lenses give people infrared vision — even with their eyes shut
They were shot by police at the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. ‘I came home a different person’
Three good things: linking people and place via sound
Tiny homes help young people in state care gain independent living
To boost the nation’s health, the government’s proposed food strategy must put people over profits
Tobacco exposure killed more than 7m people in 2023, study finds
Trans youth are already among Australia’s most marginalised people. The social media ban could make this worse
Trashie Might Be the Lazy Person’s Key to Keeping Their Wardrobe Clutter-Free
The Trump Admin Isn't a Deviation From American History. Just Ask Indigenous People
Trump and Musk pull plug on national EV network as they wage war on other people’s EVs
Trump Can’t Hide the Real Killers of the American Dream—or the Homeless People Being Left Behind
Trump has long speculated about using force against his own people. Now he has the pretext to do so
Trump Says We’re Just Going To Straight Up Murder A Bunch Of People
Trump wants Australian data on migrant crime. This will only scapegoat vulnerable people
Until Haiti tackles systemic corruption and bad governance, its people will remain impoverished
Up to 80,000 people in Australia may be affected by ‘sledgehammer’ powers to deport noncitizens to Nauru, lawyers warn
US private prisons operator to be paid $790m to hold 100 people on Nauru in quiet expansion of contract
Vape brands bypass regulations on marketing to young people by using global social media accounts
Victoria is on the cusp of signing a Treaty with Indigenous people. It could change lives
Victoria’s groundbreaking treaty could reshape Australia’s relationship with First Peoples
Victoria’s Indigenous people experienced ‘genocide’, truth-telling inquiry says
Voices from the sea, part one: people rescued in the Mediterranean tell their stories of survival in ‘onboard workshops’
Walk for truth: hundreds of people join 486km trek from Portland to Melbourne for reconciliation
‘We Are the People of the River’
We asked young people if they wanted tighter vaping regulation to phase out nicotine – here’s what they said
We studied 217 tropical cyclones globally to see how people died. Our findings might surprise you
We told young people that degrees were their ticket to a better life. It’s become a great betrayal
‘We want to change the way humans relate to the rest of the natural world’
West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
What do young people want to see in politics? More than 20,000 pieces of their writing hold some answers
What makes a person cool? Global study has some answers
When You Refuse To Consign People To The Archives
White British people aren’t under threat from multicultural Britain – they are part of it
Whole grain switch challenge urges people to improve their health – and the planet’s at the same time
Why are people lying about Covid-19 lockdowns?
Why Are People Wearing Masks in 2025?
Why are young people more likely to cast informal votes? It’s not because they’re immature
Why do smart people get hooked on wellness trends? Personality traits may play a role
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation
Why People Don’t Demand Data Privacy, Even As Governments & Corporations Collect More Personal Info
Why Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits
Wild orcas offer humans food. Could they be trying to make friends — or manipulate us?
Wind farm objections: In Germany, one group of protesters averaged 64 complaints per person
With AI chatbots, Big Tech is moving fast and breaking people
Without women, Australia’s defence force will struggle to recruit enough people
Women’s prize winner Yael van der Wouden: ‘It’s heartbreaking to see so much hatred towards queer people’
Working from home is already happening. So why are people in Victoria so mad?
‘You become a target’: research shows why many people who experience racism don’t report it
Young people are dying of heat and their risks could grow, study finds
Young people are saving on rent by staying at home longer, but ‘you pay with your mental health’
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