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Lloyd Alter is visiting China as a guest of Broad Sustainable Building. Broad Sustainable Building has wowed the Youtube crowd with its almost instant construction, with the New Ark Hotel going up in six days and the T30 Hotel in 15. Lloyd Alter/CC BY 2.0They are both built with BSB’s revolutionary prefabrication technology, one at Broad Town, corporate headquarters in Changsha, the other at the BSB Factory in the Xianlin county, where every building is a test bed for the prefab system....

19 months after its first teaser trailer debuted, Black Widow has finally made its way to theaters. The Scarlett Johansson-led solo flick has been through the wringer, to say the least. While it was initially penciled in to kick off Phase 4, the film was pushed from its original May 2020 release date three separate times due to pandemic precautions. This uncertainty surrounding the previous release dates forced Marvel to have a start-stop relationship with the marketing campaign, as promotional posters and frequent TV spots didn’t truly materialize until the July 9, 2021 drop was solidified....

Even though Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is a box office hit, it’s already proven to be one of the MCU’s more contentious additions. Benedict Cumberbatch may have top billing, but Doctor Strange 2 is as much about Elizabeth Olsen’s Wanda Maximoff as it is about the former Sorcerer Supreme; and in light of her character’s journey in WandaVision, her role in the film has led to considerable backlash....

We recently received the following comment from a reader: “The greatest saver of water for families is to stop trying to recycle. Each time you wash out a can, bottle, or plastic container, you are wasting over half a gallon of water. In California, 37 million people can easily waste 37 million gallons of water daily.” My fellow writers asked me to take this question. So, does it use more water to recycle than to simply throw something in the trash?...

2021’s WandaVision set the stage for an incredible expansion of magical storytelling within the Marvel Cinematic Universe, winning a couple of Emmy awards along the way. Elizabeth Olsen would move from this series into the recently released Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, while Kathryn Hahn got her own spin-off series entitled Agatha: House of Harkness. Following her appearance in WandaVision, there is barely anything known about where or when Hahn will reprise her role as Agatha Harkness within the MCU, even though she’s already become a fan-favorite character....

As the planet warms and ice sheets melt, sea levels are rising worldwide. During the last century, the oceans rose about 5-9 inches, according to the EPA, and sea levels could increase by up to 5 feet by 2100, threatening 180 U.S. coastal cities. But in some parts of the world, entire countries are at risk of vanishing beneath the seas. From Alaskan coastal communities to tiny Pacific island nations like Tuvalu (pictured), political leaders and concerned citizens are working together to save their homes, their sovereignty, and their identities from disappearing beneath the waves....

Marvel Studios’ first Special Presentation, Werewolf by Night, sees composer-turned-director Michael Giacchino bring classic horror to the MCU. Jack Russell, Elsa Bloodstone, and Man-Thing will enter the live-action franchise through what has been previously listed as both a comedy and a horror.In an effort to recreate the classic horror style in the modern-day on Disney+, Werewolf by Night will be told in black-and-white with only snippets of color coming from the MCU’s latest MacGuffin which is believed to be the Bloodgem, an artifact that grants the wearer incredible powers....

Since its debut in November 2019, Disney+ has been rising up the ranks in the world of streaming services as the home of everything new for Disney fans, including for both Marvel and Star Wars. This is particularly the case with new original content for the two franchises, in which new episodes have premiered on Friday for most of the past two years. Star Wars kicked off this trend from the start with The Mandalorian, and Marvel Studios has followed suit in 2021 with Friday releases for WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier....

Issa Rae’s version of Marvel’s Spider-Woman has been revealed thanks to the recent trailer for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.Back in 2021, it was confirmed that Issa Rae was cast in the upcoming animated sequel in the role of Jessica Drew, aka Spider-Woman. Not only that, but the version of the character would be heavily influenced by Denis Hopeless’ run on the character, which saw her in the midst of a pregnancy....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is evolving in Phase 4 by introducing new heroes and villains into the mix. Not only that, but the superhero franchise is also expanding to the small screen, paving the way for more fleshed-out stories and characters before their eventual big-screen debut. One of the projects that will carry that responsibility is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, the upcoming MCU film will showcase the debut of the Master of Kung Fu, and he will be played by Kim’s Convenience star Simu Liu....

While many Phase 4 projects have gotten a lukewarm reception, it was Chloé Zhao’s Eternals that got the worst of it. It didn’t take long for the film to become the lowest-rated MCU project on Rotten Tomatoes; the movie wasn’t landing the way Marvel Studios had hoped. Since then, fans haven’t heard much about the franchise’s future prospects.Harry Styles, who was introduced as Eros in the movie’s post-credits scene, noted that he “[doesn’t imagine [he’d] do [another] movie for a while,” which would theoretically include an Eternals sequel....

These days, there’s more than one way to experience the Marvel Cinematic Universe. In addition to the MCU’s Disney+ series, Disney and Marvel Studios have also unveiled Avengers Campus, an MCU theme park land at the Disneyland Resort, as well as a Guardians of the Galaxy-themed coaster at Walt Disney World. But for their latest addition, Disney and Marvel took to the high seas with Disney Cruise Line’s Worlds of Marvel restaurant on the Disney Wish, starring Ant-Man’s Paul Rudd....

Can a Captain America movie succeed without Chris Evans? Well, fans are about to find out. After taking up the Cap mantle in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, it was announced that Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson would star in Captain America 4. But many have come to wonder if Sebastian Stan (aka Bucky Barnes) will make an appearance in the upcoming sequel. Nothing has been officially confirmed on the Stan front; however, Sam and Bucky have become quite close after the events of their Disney+ series....

When She-Hulk first started, its lead character, Jennifer Walters, was so sure this Hulk thing was easy. She had just started out, yet she was basically a natural at everything her cousin, Bruce Banner, was trying to teach her. Well, now that mindset has caught up with her.In the final moments of the show’s Daredevil-featured eighth episode, Intelligencia ended up crashing her big Lawyer Gala Awards Event by trying to shame She-Hulk in front of everyone she knows....

Marvel Studios has a lot of Disney+ content to offer fans. In fact, to date, there are nine series under the MCU banner—seven of them being live-action adventures. However, out of the bunch, only one of those has had a Season 2: Tom Hiddleston’s Loki. But his TVA tales aren’t the only ones that deserve a second season; Tatiana Maslany’s She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is a perfect example.The half-hour legal comedy is the ideal structure for a continuing series....

With 20 watts of solar panels, a 16Ah lithium-ion battery bank, and an onboard inverter, along with multiple charging ports, this compact solar generator is a great off-grid accessory. Last month, I wrote about Renogy’s solar briefcase product, the Phoenix, saying that it looked like a decent contender in the mid- to large-sized portable solar charger market, but like many things we cover on TreeHugger, it’s hard to really know for sure about products without getting our hands on one and putting it to the test ourselves....

Designboom points to the Alpod, designed by Hong Kong’s James Law Cybertecture for Aluhouse, a Chinese manufacturer of prefabricated homes, and on display in Hong Kong until the end of February. According to ARUP, the structural engineer: © Alpod © Alpod The Alpod can be used for a number of different functions, but is set up as a sort of residential unit with a small kitchen and a fancy bathroom at one end....

With only one episode remaining in Marvel Studios’ debut Disney+ adventure, WandaVision, the MCU fandom is craving answers. Eight episodes have come and gone with a wild story in and out of Wanda’s Hex, and the most recent entry finally began revealing the secrets behind some of the show’s mysteries. Marvel’s title game was spot-on once again this week as “Previously On” took a dive into both Wanda Maximoff and Agatha Harkness’ early origins within the MCU....

Marvel Studios is now officially underway with its final Disney+ show of Phase 4, She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, after the premiere of Episode 1. The show earned impressive viewership numbers, particularly considering the review-bombing that Episode 1 had to deal with for the past few weeks, with more exciting plot details now on the way in Episode 2. Now, with only a short time until Episode 2 makes its way to the public, fans have their first look at where the MCU’s greenest lawyer is headed following her introduction....

The extinction of an animal species occurs when the last individual member of that species dies. Although a species may be “extinct in the wild,” the species is not considered extinct until every individual—regardless of location, captivity, or ability to breed—has perished. Natural vs. Human-Caused Extinction Most species became extinct as a result of natural causes. In some cases, predators became more powerful and plentiful than the animals on which they preyed; in other cases, severe climate change made previously hospitable territory uninhabitable....