Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles represent the single largest source of carbon dioxide emissions for most US households. Although battery electric vehicles (BEVs) considerably reduce use-phas...

My disdain for astrology is so utter, and my esteem for Godier’s previous work so high, that it simply never occurred to me that he might have actually made and submitted to the App Store an astrology...

“She said her life was like a motorway… dull, grey, and long.” The lyrics of “Like a Motorway,” from Saint Etienne’s February 1994 album Tiger Bay see the titular highway negatively, signifying a life...

Global aid cuts mean malnourished families — already suffering under ‘gender-based lockdown’ — are being turned away from barren clinics

Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund suffered steep losses in recent days from tech sell-off

One of the biggest costs in robots is actuators - but China dominates their manufacture. How can the US catch up? CC-licensed photo by Ricardo Diaz on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 10 links for you. Klaatu barada nikto.

If a picture on a wall is described as a Monet painting, you probably believe it's real. What if you're told it's actually AI, though? CC-licensed photo by Gerard Stolk on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you.

Scientists have unravelled more of the mysteries of how tardigrades survive extreme temperatures. And it's quite weird. CC-licensed photo by Philippe Garcelon on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Heatwave? No. I'm @charlesarthur on Twitter.

Climate change is taking rice-growing areas above the temperature at which it will grow, but and evolution isn't keeping pace. CC-licensed photo by Toshiyuki IMAI on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 10 links for you. Chopsticks. I'm…

The former first minister told an audience at an Irish book festival she had been "deceived, lied to, and betrayed" by her estranged husband's embezzlement.

The dogs in the Iditarod snow race run in subzero temperatures for days without frostbite, and far exceeding human endurance. How? CC-licensed photo by mcgeez on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Ruff time. I'm…

A huge trade in stolen and repackaged gift cards is being run via China and funding criminal gangs in the US. CC-licensed photo by Mike Mozart on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Not magi-cal.

The mystery of why the SNP's embezzling former chief executive spent hundreds on games consoles and video games might never be solved. CC-licensed photo by Marcin Wichary on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Non-paying character.

The guitar company Fender has won a default judgment protecting the iconic shape of its Stratocaster models - and is applying it. CC-licensed photo by Xoran Sorvor on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Highly strung.

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Ships stranded in the strait of Hormuz are succumbing to barnacles and jellyfish. CC-licensed photo by Curtis Gregory Perry on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a confirmation link, so no spam. A selection of 9 links for you. Scraping by. I'm @charlesarthur on Twitter. On Threads: …