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These spiny little animals are in desperate need of population control, and our sushi habits could help. ‘Eat more seafood to save the oceans’ is not a message we hear much these days, but when it comes to one particular species, it might just work. Sea urchins are notoriously hungry creatures that ravage kelp forests when their natural predators disappear, due to overfishing, warming waters, pollution, or a tsunami. Once the kelp forests have been consumed, the urchins starve but remain alive in stasis for years, their shells empty and unappealing to predators, but still preventing the kelp’s regeneration....

James Gunn makes his triumphant return to Marvel Studios this winter with The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special. The horribly beautiful mind’s momentum is the highest it has ever been at the moment, as Gunn is coming off the smash successes of both The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker. If the Christmas-themed Guardians one-off succeeds, Gunn will be riding three consecutive hits as he goes into 2023’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

Hypermiling is an endless pursuit–the quest for improved fuel economy, ratcheted up a couple of notches to near fanaticism. Those who practice it are called hypermilers, a dedicated group of guys and gals who routinely push the limits of maximum fuel efficiency. It got its name from the likes of Wayne Gerdes, one of the original devotees of hypermiling, and often proclaimed the inventor of the term. Hypermiling more or less got its start with hybrids, but it’s not limited to them....

DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn officially confirmed if The Flash will completely reset the DCU, causing a new canon to form following the events of that movie.Gunn and co-CEO Peter Safran recently unveiled their slate for the first wave of projects in the upcoming DCU, which is titled Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters.However, four movies are set to come out before any project releases from that slate. Those titles include Shazam!...

With Loki right around the corner, fans are in a frenzy for any information or sneak peeks they can get before the show drops. Marvel, of course, familiar as ever with their fans, has been ready to oblige. From merchandise reveals, to brand-new scenes—Marvel is all but holding a carrot-on-a-stick in front of the MCU fanbase. Even with all the attention that the show is getting, there still isn’t all that much fans know about the series....

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’s director and producer commented on how important Bill Murray’s role is in the upcoming threequelAs exciting as it is to have Bill Murray be a part of the show, the world still has no idea who he is playing. Whoever it is, the actor is part of the film’s core cast billing, so his role will be more than just a cameo.Previous rumors indicated that he will play a character named Krylar, someone who previously appeared in one issue of The Incredible Hulk in 1962 and showed up briefly in Agents of SHIELD....

After Marvel Studios broke records with its release slate in Phase 4 of the MCU, a new rumor indicates that fans shouldn’t expect the same quantity of releases over the next couple of years.2021 saw the MCU release a franchise-record nine projects in theaters and on Disney+, including eight from the live-action sphere. This past year only saw a slight dip with eight different releases, which included the MCU’s first two Special Presentations with Werewolf by Night and The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special both coming to Disney+....

Ancient Egypt is set to find its way into more than one superhero project in 2022 thanks to Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam from DC and Oscar Isaac’s Moon Knight from Marvel Studios. Moon Knight is in the final stages of preparation for its imminent release on Disney+, even boasting a native Egyptian on its staff in director Mohammed Diab. The Egyptian themes will play a major role in Marc Spector’s MCU debut with the Moon God Khonshu initially giving Spector his Moon Knight persona and power set....

Following May’s release of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Marvel Studios’ next upcoming project comes in Ms. Marvel, beginning on June 8. The show will feature Iman Vellani as its star actress as she takes on her very first major Hollywood production, although she’s already lined up for her first movie as well with next year’s The Marvels. Even with Ms. Marvel including nods and references to other MCU characters due to Kamala being a massive Avengers fangirl, this series should largely focus on her evolution as the franchise’s newest young superhero....

One of Marvel’s most highly anticipated sequels releases to theaters in less than a month as Black Panther: Wakanda Forever finalizes the MCU’s Phase 4 slate and continues the legacy of the late Chadwick Boseman.Along with the original Black Panther cast stepping into the forefront, they will be joined by some new faces as Namor the Sub-Mariner will be introduced to the MCU, as well as Riri Williams, aka Ironheart. Returning to Black Panther 2 from the 2018 record-breaker are Shuri (Letitia Wright), Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o), Okoye (Danai Gurira), M’Baku (Winston Duke), and Everett K....

While Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD successfully ended its seven-season run on ABC, the show’s loyal fans are still clamoring for an eventual comeback to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. This comes after Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin from Netflix’s Daredevil made their triumphant returns in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Hawkeye, respectively. Initially, Agents of SHIELD seemed to be a part of the MCU, but as seasons passed, the show slowly shifted away from the franchise’s interconnected storyline....

Fan-favorite Ewan McGregor is back in his most well-known role for Lucasfilm’s latest Star Wars series, Obi-Wan Kenobi. The streaming series, which sees the exiled Jedi Master entangled in a rescue mission he didn’t want to go on, had the highest global watch record on Disney+ for its premiere episodes. But even though the show has been praised by many, with that many eyes on something, it’s difficult to please everyone....

With its December 17, 2021 release date fast approaching, excitement for Spider-Man: No Way Home is at an all-time high. Even with various spoiler-filled leaks hitting the Internet recently, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios are set to reveal more information about Tom Holland’s threequel very soon in the form of a second trailer. While much of the focus has been placed on previous Spider-Man franchise leads Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield possibly making appearances, questions have also been raised about the potential for their co-stars to return to the MCU....

The two-episode Disney+ premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi is less than a week away, meaning most fans currently have their focus shifted away from an important project that will be released later in the year - Diego Luna’s Andor. The show will serve as the first live-action Star Wars project to be released on Disney+ that isn’t a part of the Mando-verse. It also comes with more of a promise than other series such as The Book of Boba Fett, as it has already been confirmed that it will run multiple seasons and dive into the birth of the Rebel Alliance prior to Rogue One....

The story for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor will stay true to Star Wars canon while also working independently for players not familiar with the lore.Jedi Survivor is set to release on all platforms on March 17, continuing the story of Cameron Monaghan’s Cal Kestis five years after the events of the first game.Since the release of Fallen Order, many fans have wondered if Cal will appear in any upcoming films or Disney+ series, or if any characters throughout Star Wars will appear in the sequel....

This is how to do climate action the right way. When I wrote about what “12 years to save the planet” really means, I noted that what the IPCC is really referring to is the fact that we have about 12 years to cut emissions by 45% based on a 2010 baseline. I was thinking about this figure—which is admittedly daunting—as I read about the supermarket chain Aldi and its efforts to curb its footprint....

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special is set to premiere soon on Disney+, and it seems that marketing for the upcoming MCU special presentation has been ramping up to boost anticipation for its release, including the first official clip from the project.The Guardians of the Galaxy are set to embark on a different kind of adventure as the team looks to bring holiday cheer to Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill. The first trailer revealed many interesting storylines that will be featured, such as Drax and Mantis’ return to Earth and the appearance of none other than Kevin Bacon himself....

Ahead of the February 17 release of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, Paul Rudd starred in a commercial for the beer brand Heineken.Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania will be both the first MCU film of 2023 and the first film of Phase 5 for the MCU. It is set to follow Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang as he comes face to face with Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror.Advertising for the film is ramping up....

Four of Marvel Studios’ 2023 Phase 5 releases have seemingly been bumped out of this year and into the next, but that may actually be good for the MCU as a whole.Marvel Studios always had a tough task with Phase 4 following up on Avengers: Endgame and the Infinity Saga. Unfortunately, that job only got harder when the COVID-19 pandemic rolled around to bring a halt to the production of various projects and subsequent delays to the entire phase....

Use this 40-day period as a time to experiment and establish sustainable lifestyle habits. Lent is the six-week lead-up to Christianity’s biggest celebration, Easter, and it starts today. It was traditionally used as a time of reflection, prayer, almsgiving, and fasting to commemorate Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection, but with churches growing emptier and fewer people associating themselves with organized religion, observing Lent has become much less common than it once was....