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The fate of the MCU in 2020 is uncertain. With Black Widow potentially seeing another delay and several Disney+ series’ still requiring further filming for completion, fans are now experiencing one of the longest Marvel droughts since the franchise began. Disney CEO Bob Chapek stated that the upcoming Marvel shows are a priority, and that he hopes to that they will be “coming shortly.” One of these series is WandaVision, which is supposedly still on track for its December 2020 debut....

In just a few days, Sony Pictures will be back in action with Jared Leto’s Morbius, adding to the expanding narrative in its Spider-Man Universe. While early reviews ahead of its April 1 arrival aren’t promising, this will be the first Marvel movie of 2022 before Marvel Studios returns in a big way with Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Marvel Studios is already teasing a massive number of wild cameo appearances in its second solo Doctor Strange movie, taking what Spider-Man: No Way Home did and taking things to a whole new level....

Fans got their first real peek at Zack Snyder’s Darkseid through a teaser clip that showed Wonder Woman investigating a ruin and finding a glyph of the New God before cutting to a younger Uxas preparing to conqueror Earth in Steppenwolf’s place. A bit leaner and wearing far less armor than expected, at least compared to the comics and animated series, this Darkseid appeared more wild and less refined, in a good way....

Kids can go through a large amount of art supplies. It’s wonderful to see them expressing their creativity, but keeping up with the demand can mean spending lots of money and sending too much disposable packaging into the trash. Fortunately, many art supplies can be made at home using ingredients you already have. From paint to clay, beads to glue, you can whip up some new art materials in no time....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is back in action after 18 months with Phase 4, which will adapt a form of storytelling never before utilized within Marvel Studios. Not only will the MCU continue its ongoing story on the big-screen, but it will also take full advantage of the Disney+ streaming service with over a dozen confirmed individual properties. Starting with the debut of WandaVision this month, Disney and Marvel are set on having these series directly interwoven with the MCU’s history....

A certain Commander in Chief says that wildfires are being made ‘so much worse by the bad environmental laws.’ Here’s what’s really happening. California is on fire. Again. Of the 20 largest fires since accurate records have been kept, 15 of them have taken place since the year 2000. Anyone who has lived in California knows about fire season, but the last few years have seen fires like never before....

The UK and France have banned the sale of gas and diesel powered cars by 2040, but it is too little, too late. Last month the French Government announced a ban on Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) powered cars by 2040. Recently the British government followed suit. 2040 is a long way away, but a UK government spokesperson said “poor air quality is the biggest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong action in the shortest time possible....

Edison was right; direct current is better than alternating current. Tesla and Westinghouse won the current wars, because it was easy to transform into different voltages without electronics, and they needed high voltages, which travel longer distances in smaller wires than low voltage. Our current system is based on big, central power plants like Niagara Falls shown above, that pump out high voltage (as much as 400,000 volts), step it down to 22 thousand volts for distribution at street level, then down to 110/220 for distribution to our houses....

Marvel Studios concluded its biggest year of content releases in franchise history with Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye, the last of five MCU Disney+ shows to premiere in 2021. With Disney having expanded the Marvel narrative in more ways than ever before through magic, mystical martial arts, and the Multiverse, Clint Barton’s first solo project came as a change of pace by focusing on the Avengers’ most grounded team member. Now that Marvel has broken ground in Disney+ storytelling, the studio has a golden opportunity to give fans a deep look inside each MCU project from Phase 4 and show off how everything came to life on the big and small screens....

Since Disney purchased 20th Century Fox, a Marvel Studios take on the Fantastic Four has been at the top of many fans’ wishlists for the MCU. Fan castings - most of which include John Krasinksi and Emily Blunt - have given the community a taste of what could come in that next iteration of Marvel’s First Family as the MCU’s Fantastic Four movie moves further into development. Krasinski and Blunt are by far the most popular choice amongst fans and many media outlets to play the MCU’s Reed Richards and Sue Storm, bringing in the real-life married couple as another MCU power couple....

We spend a third of our lives in bed, which means you’re sleeping on a heap of sweat, hair, and dust. Time to get cleaning! You’re probably used to changing the sheets on your bed every week or two, but how often do you remember to clean the actual mattress? Melissa Maker, the expert at Clean My Space, reports that the average person sweats a half-pint of perspiration every night, which means a whole lot of undesirable liquid entering the sleep surface where you spend one-third of your life....

Some new concept art for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has been released, revealing the existence of an alternate scene with Hayley Atwell’s Captain Carter going up against Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch.One of the most fun bits of the latest Benedict Cumberbatch MCU film is how it featured the Illuminati for the first time. The shadowy group featured an alternate group of heroes watching over their universe, including Reed Richards, Professor X, Black Bolt, and Maria Rambeau’s Captain Marvel....

Not just for barbecues, some companies are switching over completely. The reviews of the new report from the UK’s Committee on Climate Change have been mixed; I complained about its reliance on hydrogen, carbon capture and storage, and electric cars, but I seem to be more negative than most. One point that troubled me was a reliance on heat pumps, which I considered problematic because they are full of Fluorinated gases (F-gases) that are powerful greenhouse gases, as much as 1700 times worse than Carbon Dioxide....

More and more people are living alone, and more want to live downtown, close to work, where the action is. Graham Hill is a pioneer in this trend with his LifeEdited project; the TreeHugger founder was in Toronto recently to speak at the launch of Smart House, a condo project composed of mostly very small units, starting at a mini 289 square feet. Making units that small isn’t actually very easy; Developer David Wex noted that if you’re not careful, “the kitchen, bathroom and shafts can eat up the whole thing....

Who needs a big RV when you can travel in tried-and-true style? If only they sold it here. A lot of people (including me) have a dream of hitting the road and seeing the world, or at least the continent. The Volkswagen camper always seemed to me to be the perfect escape vehicle; it is no larger than a car (smaller in footprint than a lot of American SUVs), yet they pack so much into that box that you can almost live in it....

Director James Gunn has addressed his decision to involve Sebastian Stan’s Winter Soldier in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special in a unique way.Marvel Studios’ second Disney+ Special Presentation had plenty of surprises to offer, but one of the biggest came as Rocket unwrapped his festive gift from Nebula with Bucky Barnes’ robotic arm.The heartfelt gift from Karen Gillan’s cyborg alien finally delivered on an off-handed interaction between Rocket and the Winter Soldier in Avengers: Infinity War as the talking raccoon said, “I’ll get that arm....

Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige called out comic book movie detractors in a recent interview. Feige and his MCU have collected plenty of critics over the past decade or so, as the comic book movie genre became the biggest money maker in movie theaters around the world. Among these are some of the greatest living filmmakers around, with the likes of Martin Scorsese, James Cameron, and Denis Villeneuve making their dismay known, even going as far as calling the entire genre “not cinema....

David Dastmalchian has been confirmed to be returning for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, but the actor is not listed under the same character name as in the previous two films.Quantumania will feature Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang and Evangeline Lilly’s Hope Van Dyne as they venture through an uncharted portion of the Quantum Realm controlled by Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror.Dastmalchian was confirmed to be returning in a past report, which led fans to believe that the MCU veteran would be returning as Kurt Goreshter, the character he played in both previous Ant-Man films....

The cosmic branch of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set for a stretch of the spotlight over the next two years. Before 2023 drops The Marvels and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 back-to-back, the MCU returns to space this July with Thor: Love and Thunder. While this sequel marks Chris Hemsworth’s ninth appearance as the God of Thunder, it’s only the second or third MCU entry for the majority of his supporting cast....

After finding success with the cosmic division of Marvel Cinematic Universe, the cosmos is set to play a major role going forward into Phase 4 as well. This is seen to an extent in Eternals, the newest MCU movie to release, although it will continue in projects like Thor: Love and Thunder, Nova, and, most prominently, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Director James Gunn and his team are at the very start of filming for this epic threequel, which will likely come as the thrilling end to the galactic team’s trilogy - at least, this version of the team....