9 posts published by charlesarthur during August 2025| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
Solar power is taking off in Africa, according to import data. CC-licensed photo by SolarAid Photos 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 … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
Trying to teach Romeo and Juliet (in whatever medium) to phone-distracted schoolchildren is no fun. So, subtract the phones? CC-licensed photo by iClassical Com on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The rise of the AI obituary raises the question of whether another element of human effort is going to vanish in the face of chatbot. CC-licensed photo by K P on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
A social media scam is making golf fans think women professionals are getting in touch to offer private dinners. You guessed – they aren’t. CC-licensed photo by Justin Falconer on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The Bahamas turn out to be the perfect location for a homeschooling girl to become a maths genius who solves a longstanding puzzle. CC-licensed photo by Christine Warner-Morin on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
A Chinese team has worked out why the infamous “spin serve” in badminton is so hard to return. CC-licensed photo by Tool Dude8mm on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
A new study found that endoscopists who used AI were less good at diagnosis afterwards without it – a “deskilling” effect. CC-licensed photo by Rosen & Meseguer Atlas of Medical Foreign Bodies on Flickr. You can sign up to receive … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
Like all modern flip phones, the Samsung Z Flip has a deadly enemy: dust. CC-licensed photo by HS You on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need to click a…| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The first David Bowie websites – recently restored – were odd even by the standards of the mid-1990s. CC-licensed photo by Lutz Teutloff on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s…| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The number of single-use plastic bags sold by UK retailers has fallen by 98% since a charge was introduced in October 2015. CC-licensed photo by Newtown grafitti on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The ENIAC system was such a power guzzler in 1953 that it caused power blackouts in Philadelphia. CC-licensed photo by terren in Virginia on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s Start Up post by email. You’ll need … Continue reading →| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
Gene editing techniques can produce mosquitoes which cannot pass on the parasite that causes malaria – a potentially huge lifesaver. CC-licensed photo by Global Panorama on Flickr. You can si…| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
10 posts published by charlesarthur during July 2025| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
Influencers on Instagram will tell you that taking huge amounts of turmeric is good for you. Your liver thinks otherwise. CC-licensed photo by Ivan Radic on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each …| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster from a damaged wing was blamed, in part, on PowerPoint. Will chatbots get the same blame for future calamities? CC-licensed photo by NASA on The Commons on …| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
Chinlone, or caneball, is a popular game under threat in Myanmar due to the country’s internal conflicts. CC-licensed photo by Scott Edmunds on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s S…| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
1 post published by charlesarthur during June 2025| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say
The innocent looking Amazon Fire Stick is enabling “industrial” levels of sports piracy, research says. CC-licensed photo by Bill Smith on Flickr. You can sign up to receive each day’s …| The Overspill: when there's more that I want to say