Glass Wings Blog: Year
1 trillion species, 3 billion years: how we used AI to trace the evolution of bacteria on Earth
100 Years of (Abandoned) Art Deco: A Photographic Showcase of Forgotten Art Deco from Around the World
100 years of boom and bust: a potted history of Hollywood’s long relationship with Australia
158-year-old company forced to close after ransomware attack precipitated by a single guessed password — 700 jobs lost after hackers demand unpayable sum
1975 was declared International Women’s Year. 50 years on, the ‘revolution in our heads’ is still being fought
2024 will be world’s hottest year on record, and the first above 1.5°C target
24 years of life lost: people placed in state care have died earlier, more violent deaths – new study
25 years into a new century and housing is less affordable than ever
30 years ago Australia confronted its Stolen Generation past – then the Howard government blew it
The 40-year economic mistake that let Google conquer (and enshittify) the world
4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis
5 years on, COVID remains NZ’s most important infectious disease – it still demands a strong response
5 years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still poorly prepared for the next one
50 years ago, Cyclone Tracy flattened Darwin – and Australia’s attitude to disasters changed forever
50 years later, Vietnam’s environment still bears the scars of war – and signals a dark future for Gaza and Ukraine
50 years without coups or dictators: how PNG built a durable democracy based on dignity and fairness
55 million years: Australia’s oldest crocodile eggshells found in Queensland
56 million years ago, Earth underwent rapid global warming. Here’s what it did to pollinators
56 million years ago, the Earth suddenly heated up – and many plants stopped working properly
60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
70 years of data show extreme heat is already wiping out tropical bird populations
80 years after Benito Mussolini’s death, what can democracies today learn from his fascist rise?
80 years since the end of World War II, a dangerous legacy lingers in the Pacific
A $13 billion, 30-year flop: landmark study reveals stark failure to halt Murray-Darling River decline
A 4.45 billion-year-old crystal from Mars reveals the planet had water from the beginning
A new report links being homeless in Australia to dying 40 years early
A secret mathematical rule has shaped the beaks of birds and other dinosaurs for 200 million years
A year into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina’s poverty hits a new high
Abortions in the US are on the rise three years after Roe v Wade was overturned
The acquisitions of a fortunate life have accumulated over the years. All must be culled while I have the wherewithal
Afghanistan: Relentless Repression 4 Years into Taliban Rule
After 3 years of war, Ukrainian business leaders share their lessons on survival
After 4 years of repressive Taliban rule, Afghans are suffering in silence. Is the world still watching?
After 65,000 years caring for this land, First Nations peoples are now key to Australia’s clean energy revolution
After nearly 10 years of debate, COP29’s carbon trading deal is seriously flawed
After the smoke clears, a wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk
‘All sorts of bacteria’: floods have dumped a year’s worth of landfill on some NSW towns. Where will it go?
Amazon deforestation in Brazil plunges 31% to lowest level in 9 years
Amazon degradation increases by 163% in two years, while deforestation falls by 54% in the same period
An Environmental Triumph 400 Million Years in the Making
An underwater observatory keeping the pulse of the Southern Ocean for nearly 30 years yields fresh results
Antibiotic emergency ‘could claim 40 million lives in next 25 years’
Anything but basic: why one designer took two years to make the perfect white T-shirt
Around 250 million years ago, Earth was near-lifeless and locked in a hothouse state. Now scientists know why
Asylum seekers on Nauru going hungry despite government spending $1.5m a year for each person
At $4.5bn each year, extreme weather is costing Australia three times as much compared with 1990s, insurers say
Australia has had record flu cases this year – and that’s before winter arrives. What’s going on?
Australia spends $714 per person on roads every year – but just 90 cents goes to walking, wheeling and cycling
Australian coal mine emissions accounting trick could be hiding more than 10 million tonnes a year
Australian culture, resources and democracy for $4,300 a year? Thanks for the offer, tech bros, but no thanks
Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year 2025 winners – in pictures
Australian writers shocked and ‘disgusted’ by closure of 85-year-old literary journal Meanjin
Australians should be angry about another year of climate inaction. But don’t let your anger turn into despair
Australia's black cockatoos could be extinct in 20 years. Can local efforts save them?
Australia’s house of the year goes to a prefab beach shack trio on Stradbroke Island
AWS deleted my 10-year account and all data without warning
Badger admiring art wins wildlife photographer of the year public vote
Band Aid sang ‘feed the world’ 40 years ago – where is hunger still an issue today?
Banned from home for 40 years: deportations are Russia’s latest move to ‘cleanse’ Ukraine
Big battery splurge sets cracking pace for 2025, as wind and solar investment has best year since 2018
‘Bitch’ has a 1,000-year history. Its use has always been about power
‘Bombs and bullets were like rain’: 50 years on from the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam war
Boxing Day tsunami: here’s what we have learned in the 20 years since the deadliest natural disaster in modern history
Carnivorous dinosaurs thrived in Australia 120 million years ago, new fossils show
"Children of Paradise" is the greatest film to come out of France, even 80 years on
China’s economy took centre stage in Xi’s new year address, spinning slow growth as a ‘remarkable’ achievement
Coalition’s nuclear plan would consume an extra Sydney Harbour’s worth of water a year, Labor says
Coca-Cola plastic waste in oceans expected to reach 602m kilograms a year by 2030
Coral reefs have orchestrated Earth’s climate for 250 million years
Corroboree 2000, 25 years on: the march for Indigenous reconciliation has left a complicated legacy
Could humanity be extinct within 10,000 years? A new book is the wake up call our species needs
COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting
COVID-19 cut millions of healthy life years across Europe, study shows
Denmark extends life of two of its oldest offshore wind farms – one by another 25 years
Dive Into 125 Years of Audubon Magazine Covers, Bird by Bird
Dogs 10,000 years ago roamed with bands of humans and came in all shapes and sizes
Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years
Edinburgh Zoo welcomes baby capybaras for first time in 15 years
The Enduring Haute Couture of a 470-Year Old Kimono House
European wildcats could be seen again in England for first time in 100 years
‘Every year matters’: Queensland’s critically endangered ‘bum-breathing’ turtle battles the odds
Excuse my cynicism, but after 25 years of the same housing policies, could Australian leaders try something else?
Expensive failure: Flagship Gorgon CCS collects less CO2 in worst year
Extra 10,000 Australians becoming homeless each month, up 22% in three years, report says
Fantasia 2000: celebrating 25 years of a concertless film in search of a concert
Farmers in crisis as vital mango harvests collapse under unexpected pressure: 'Every year, it gets worse'
Fifty years ago, Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin. The lessons from it have still not been learnt
Fifty years ago, Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Everest – why do so few people know her story?
Finnish performer crowned Air Guitar World Champion after 25-year drought
First look at Wildlife Photographer of the Year 61
First new asthma attack treatment in 50 years
First year of Georgia’s ‘foreign agent’ law shows how autocracies are replicating Russian model − and speeding up the time frame
Five years of the COVID-19 pandemic: An interview with Dr. Arijit Chakravarty
Five years on, the right’s Covid narrative has been turbo-charged into the mainstream
For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors
For the New Year, Try Cultivating Hope
Foreign states including repressive regimes pay peers over £3m in two years
Forest home of ‘polar dinosaurs’ 120 million years ago in southern Australia recreated in detail for the first time
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here’s what the James Webb telescope has found in just 3 years
From Myanmar to Gaza, Ukraine to Sudan – 2024 was another grim year, according to our mass atrocity index
From Trump’s wrecking ball to China’s electrifying rise, geopolitics hang heavy over this year’s climate talks
The Frozen Zoo: 50 Years in the Making
Gaming in their golden years: why millions of seniors are playing video games
Geopolitics, backsliding and progress: here’s what to expect at this year’s COP30 global climate talks
German Developer Award: "Tiny Bookshop" is Game of the Year
Giant 135-year-old Galapagos tortoise Goliath celebrates first Father's Day as new dad at Zoo Miami
Girl's message in a bottle gets reply 31 years later
Going to waste: two years after REDcycle’s collapse, Australia’s soft plastics are hitting the environment hard
The government’s dismantling of climate laws breaks years of cross-party agreement
The Guardian view on Covid-19, five years on: lessons still to be learned
Guineafowl can outsmart extreme temperatures: we spent a year finding out how
Happy New Year 2025!
‘Hatsune Miku has a special part in my heart’: the 16-year-old pop sensation who does not exist
Heatwaves caused more than 1,000 deaths in Australia over four-year period, study finds
Here’s who topped the rankings in this year’s scorecard for sustainable chocolate – and which confectionery giant refused to participate
Hot weekend for south-east Australia, with Melbourne to get warmest April day in four years
How 50 years of climate change has changed the face of the 'Blue Marble' from space
How a son spent a year trying to save his father from conspiracy theories
How Australia’s first outback mosque was built 600km north of Adelaide, 150 years ago
How did Australian universities go from free education to $50,000 arts degrees in 50 years?
How Jia Zhangke’s film Caught by the Tides uses 20 years of footage to capture a changing China
How the North West Shelf expansion risks further damage to Murujuga’s 50,000-year-old rock art
The human right to science is 76 years old. It’s a reminder for us all to be more curious
Humans generate 62 million tonnes of e-waste each year. Here’s what happens when it’s recycled
I got a $1,000 electric boat from China two years ago. Here’s what it looks like now
I was jailed for four years for a non-violent climate protest – this is my prison diary
‘I was never worried’: 10 years on since Syrian siblings’ 2,700-mile escape to Germany
Iceland Embraced a 4-Day Workweek in 2019 – Now, Nearly Six Years On, All Gen Z Forecasts Have Materialized
Imagine if just $500 could fuel your electric car … for the next 20 years
In "Vaccine Nation", Raina MacIntyre reflects on science, misinformation and the threat to 200 years of progress
Indigenous students want to finish Year 12. They need equal support and resources from schools to do this
Influenza cases nearly 20 per cent higher than 2024 as Queensland faces one of its worst flu seasons in years
Interactive: What Earth’s 4.54 billion-year history would look like in a single year
Internet Archive reaches new 1-trillion page landmark almost 30 years after it started backing up the WWW - and more than 100,000TB of files have been safeguarded since
iOS and Android juice jacking defenses have been trivial to bypass for years
Is eating Tasmanian farmed salmon worth snuffing out 40m years of evolution?
It took just 60 years for red foxes to colonise Australia from Victoria to the Pilbara
It’s been 50 years since the Balibo 5 were killed in Timor-Leste. No one’s been held accountable
'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch
Jurassic-era trees have grown in Tasmania for millions of years. Now they face their biggest threat: fire
‘Kindness’ is named Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024
Layla’s final year of school was disrupted by floods and fires. The toll of climate disasters on children is only getting worse
‘Like finding gold’: plains-wanderers spotted in Melbourne’s west for first time in 30 years with help of AI
Long COVID cost Germany 32 bln Euros last year – why we must act now
Long COVID takes $1 trillion global economic toll each year, analysis suggests
Moderna says local plant will produce vaccines by end of year
Moe Turaga was a modern slavery victim on an Australian farm for 2 years before escaping
Moomin merchandise and fashion: 80 years of ultra-savvy marketing that taps into childhood nostalgia
More than 1,300 Hajj pilgrims died this year when humidity and heat pushed past survivable limits. It’s just the start
More than 60 dinosaur footprints found on boulder that sat at Queensland school for 20 years
Most ‘words of the year’ don’t actually tell us about the state of the world – here’s what I’d pick instead
Mr Squiggle entertained Australia’s children for 40 years. Now, he’s back in the spotlight
‘My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six’: Alan Alda on childhood, marriage and 60 years of stardom
Nature, climate in “deep trouble” as NSW dumps waste equal to three small cars a year, per person
New England’s final coal plant shuts down years ahead of schedule
New research reveals chemical secrets of Earth’s crust 4.5 billion years ago
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
No power bill for 10 years for wool mill that switched to renewables
Nuclear energy debate draws stark gender split in Australia ahead of next year’s election
One university boosted gender diversity in advanced maths by over 30% in 5 years – here’s how
One Year After Klamath Dam Removal, ‘There’s Just Fish Jumping All Over the Place’: Scientists Describe Improvements to Water Quality and Wildlife
One Year Later: A Dam Removal and a River’s Rebirth
Only 3 years left – new study warns the world is running out of time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change
Oscar-nominated documentary produced in Sydney kept secret for a year due to fears of Russian interference
Our study followed Indigenous children for 15 years to understand what helps them thrive
Overhead power lines kill millions of birds a year. Scientists found a way to help cut the devastating toll
Parts of Great Barrier Reef record worst coral loss in 39 years, early AIMS survey results show
Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could blow out household electricity bills by up to $600 a year by 2030
Poor indoor air quality costing the country a billion dollars each year, researchers say
The Potter Museum of Art relaunches with the outstanding "65,000 Years, a Short History of Australian Art"
Public Health Association calls for Australian CDC on Covid five-year anniversary
Queensland’s recovery to ‘take months and years’ after floods sweep across vast interior
The Racial Discrimination Act at 50: the bumpy, years-long journey to Australia’s first human rights laws
Rain gave Australia’s environment a fourth year of reprieve in 2024 – but this masks deepening problems: report
Record number of wild White-tailed Eagle chicks hatched in England this year with first chick to fledge in Dorset for over 240 years.
Record-breaking family newspaper dynasty's 150-year milestone
Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years, says secretary general
Russia gives Navalny lawyers multi-year sentences for relaying his messages
Scientists mapped the world’s rivers over 35 years. They found shocking changes
Sharks now roam the open ocean. But for 200 million years, they only lived near the sea floor
Sharp and curious, my 85-year-old neighbour wades into conversations with a joyful openness
The sharp, smart humour of Mel Brooks’ Young Frankenstein – and Gene Wilder’s genius performance – still stands up after 50 years
Sixty years ago, 29 students took a bus ride that changed the way Australia thought about race
Smoke from Canada’s wildfires killed nine-year-old Carter Vigh – and 82,000 others around the world
Solar charts record growth to overtake coal in EU power mix, send fossil fuels to 40-year low
Someone spent 10 years recreating Melbourne in Minecraft
Spiderweb silks and architectures reveal millions of years of evolutionary ingenuity
Striking Satellite Images Reveal Antarctica Is 10 Times Greener Than 35 Years Ago
Students' 'homemade' rocket soars faster and farther into space than any other amateur spacecraft — smashing 20-year records
Study finds removing school mask mandates contributed to 22,000 U.S. COVID deaths in a year
Superbugs could kill millions more and cost $2tn a year by 2050, models show
Surviving the Next Four Years
Sydney Opera House piano tuner Terry Harper retires after 40 years
Tailoring and the Black dandy: how 250 years of Black fashion history inspired the 2025 Met Gala
‘They’re beautiful’: 13-year-olds lead audacious project to save harvest mice in Devon
‘This isn’t an isolated incident’: Trump’s show of military force in LA was years in the making
This Nepal village has survived for 1,000 years. Now recurring floods threaten its future
This year’s climate talks saw real progress – just not on fossil fuels
Thousands without power in Queensland as Victoria experiences ‘terrifying’ winds after year’s wettest day
Three years after Russia’s invasion, a global online army is still fighting for Ukraine
Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent
Tindo signs five-year deal to export Australian made solar panels to Vietnam
To My Unmasked Friend in the Fifth Year of COVID
Today’s AI hype has echoes of a devastating technology boom and bust 100 years ago
Tonnes of microplastics infiltrate Australia’s agricultural soils each year, study shows
Transgender Veterans Sue Air Force Over Denied Retirement Benefits After 15–18 Years of Service
Triple whammy: how 3 types of drought crippled southern Australia this year
Triple-whammy of hottest ever years risks ‘irreversible damage’, says UN
Trumpism echoes Timothy McVeigh’s right-wing extremism, 30 years after the Oklahoma bombing
Underwater turbine spinning for 6 years off Scotland’s coast is a breakthrough for tidal energy
UNESCO adds Iran’s Khorramabad Valley to World Heritage List, highlighting 60,000 years of human history
Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports will plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts
Victoria could save nearly $500m over 10 years by scrapping greyhound racing, estimates show
The Wanamaker organ has been part of a treasured holiday tradition in Philly for over 100 years − a historian explains its illustrious past and uncertain future
We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways
We tracked the mental health of trans and gender-diverse Australians for over 20 years. And we’re worried
"We would look at all the American RPGs and the JRPGs at the time and just go, 'Right, if they're doing it, we're not": Peter Molyneux and John McCormack talk the development of Fable 20 years on
West Australian miners flexed their muscle to block a federal EPA last year. Will it be different this time?
We’ve tried and failed to Close the Gap for 15 years. Research shows what actually works
What 2,000 years of Chinese history reveals about today’s AI-driven technology panic – and the future of inequality
What do we know about the Covid-19 virus five years on?
What Venezuela Twenty Years Ago Taught Me About The USA Today
What went right in 2024: the top 25 good news stories of the year
When a 1-in-100 year flood washed through the Coorong, it made the vital microbiome of this lagoon healthier
Why do I feel so emotional when I listen to music from my teenage years?
Why Netflix’s "The Eternaut" is one of the most important shows to come out of Argentina in recent years
Why The Australian Open Looks Different For Some This Year: Broadcast Rights
Why the working week – and what we get out of it – has perplexed Australian governments for more than 100 years
Wildfire smoke will kill nearly 1.4m each year by end of century if emissions not curbed – study
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025 highly commended images range from a dramatic stand-off to alien-like slime moulds
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2025, the winning images
With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
With Trump undoing years of progress, can the US salvage its Pacific Islands strategy?
Women are still being paid almost $30,000 a year less than men and the gap widens with age
Women political leaders are rare – but 450 years ago, Anna Jagiellon was elected Queen of Poland
World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert
World’s biggest battery maker flags first commercial sodium battery packs by end of year
World's first 9 MWh energy storage system by CATL can power a house for 5 years with zero degradation
The Year in Cheer: 144 ways the world got better in 2024.
ZWO Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2025 shortlist
Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile
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