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In Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the titular Master of the Mystic Arts finds himself entangled in a mission across multiple parallel realities in an effort to stop Wanda Maximoff, aka The Scarlet Witch. Maximoff is on the hunt for teen America Chavez who has the ability to travel the Multiverse under her own power and Wanda wishes to kill her in order to steal this capability. In the comics, America Chavez is a lesbian, but in the MCU, her sexual orientation has not been confirmed....

MCU fans have had more than their fair share of incredible character introductions thanks to the use of the Multiverse in Spider-Man: No Way Home and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Included in that group was John Krasinski’s thrilling appearance as Reed Richards, finally bringing the MCU its first taste of the Fantastic Four ahead of their planned solo movie. Krasinski had been one of the most popular choices in fan-casting for the role of Mr....

Spider-Man: No Way Home is hot on the horizon and is the movie all fans want to talk about. Despite other Marvel projects having either just debuted or are days away from release, it seems the MCU faithful are honed in on Spidey’s next adventure, and justifiably so. No Way Home is looking to be the biggest solo movie in Marvel Studios history, as it jumps Multiversal lines and incorporates the rich history of the webhead on the silver screen....

With record high temperatures in many parts of the nation, it’s not shaping up to be a white Christmas for most of us, but the lack of snow doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy one of winter’s favorite pastimes. If you’ve got a box, a trash bag, some water and a freezer, you’re just hours away from a fun-filled day of snowless sledding. For decades, innovative teens and college students in warm climates have participated in an activity known as ice blocking, which involves “sledding” down grassy hills atop blocks of ice....

I am slowly dipping my toes into the waters of food preserving this summer. Over the next couple of weeks, I’m going to be trying my hand at water-bath canning, but I thought I’d start with something simpler to gain some confidence. I’m usually not this hesitant to try new things, and I honestly can’t explain where my lack of confidence is coming from, but it’s there. So I decided to start with freezing first....

While much of the conversation about She-Hulk: Attorney at Law has been about its lackluster CGI, anticipation is still high for the Tatiana Maslany-led series. There’s still a lot that fans don’t know about the upcoming Marvel series, but Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige already revealed that it will be a “half-hour legal comedy,” indicating that there will be more humor than usual. Marketing for the series has yet to be in full blast, which makes sense since it seems poised to be one of the main highlights of the studio at this year’s Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con....

Obi-Wan Kenobi is among Lucasfilm’s most highly anticipated projects, and word has been light on what fans can expect for next year’s show. During last winter’s Disney Investor’s Day event, Lucasfilm broke the internet with the reveal that Hayden Christensen would be returning to Star Wars to once again play Darth Vader. Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy described the forthcoming encounter between Kenobi and his fallen pupil as “the rematch of the century,” and a description of concept art shown to shareholders was later provided with pieces depicting new creatures, Vader on a throne, and the duel itself....

For those who like to get their Halloween spooks by way of dark horror stories and tales of utterly demonic crime, let us introduce you to Countess Erzsébet (Elizabeth) Báthory de Ecsed. Fondly remembered as “The Blood Countess,” the Hungarian noblewoman is considered the world’s most prolific, not to mention most sadistic, female serial killer. Her ties to Transylvania lore and her alleged taste for blood make her the perfect candidate for the Queen of Halloween, if not Creepiest Chick in History....

Retronaut/Public Domain In this time of continued urban expansion into land that once stood wild, there is no shortage of examples to highlight the struggle between the natural world and the one humans strive to craft – but some of the most harrowing of these have likely been lost to the ages. Thankfully, not this one. For the last several years, 68-year-old Ky Cheah has maintained a blog on which to record memories from his childhood growing up in Teluk Anson, Malaysia....

A new report on the most sustainable metropolitan areas in the U.S. shows that we still have a long way to go. In September 2015, leaders from around the world adopted Agenda 2030. This document outlined 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — from reducing gender disparities to encouraging responsible land management — that countries would strive to reach. The first report of Sustainable Development Solutions Network was released in early August, and it ranked participating countries, including the United States, which came in 42nd among all the countries pursuing the SDGs....

If you thought to throw your sandwich wrapper in a stream while camping was the most common form of water pollution, think again: from agricultural runoff to waste treatment, pollution affects more and more of the Earth’s water supply every minute. Check out five of the most invasive and damaging types of water pollution (but please: still throw that sandwich wrapper in the trashcan). Sewage and Fertilizer Sewage doesn’t present as big of a problem as some other pollutants, but it does have its dangers: in small quantities, it breaks down naturally and doesn’t harm water at all, but in large quantities, it depletes the amount of oxygen in the water....

My wife and I like to head out every so often for a weekend of car camping. We just pull up to a campsite along a lake or in the redwoods and relax for the weekend, hiking during the day and sitting around a campfire at night. It’s a quick getaway to recharge. What we don’t want to do for these trips is spend a lot of time planning or packing....

How can we be moving away from fossil fuels and spending billions on building pipes for them at the same time? In North America, they are building gas pipelines like mad. According to North American Oil & Gas Pipelines, “Continued production growth, combined with growing consumption, particularly for natural gas, will drive the need for expanded pipeline capacity to supply energy consumers in both domestic and export markets.” They estimate spending US$ 417 billion through 2035....

Ways to spend the day for those who’d like to skip the whole ‘bloodsport of mass consumerism’ thing. Leave it to modern America to take the least commercial of holidays – one about family and gratitude and sharing a meal – and turn it into a national day of stampeding and brawling in the name of hoarding cheap stuff. It was bad enough when Black Friday started on Friday, but now people set up tents and camp for weeks in parking lots and more and more stores are opening on Thanksgiving Thursday....

Disney may be pumping the brakes on its Disney+ output, but three live-action Star Wars shows are still confirmed to release in 2023. Last year, Lucasfilm upped its volume of content with the conclusion of The Book of Boba Fett, followed by the premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Andor, putting Star Wars content on par with Marvel Studios’ tradition of yearly packed slates for Disney+. While both studios intended to do the same for 2023, new reports state that multiple MCU series has been delayed while Star Wars’ live-action slate will remain right on target....

Half of DC Fandome, DC comic’s virtual fan convention, took place Saturday August 22nd, with the other half taking place September 12th. It was a truly spectacular online event that kept the internet hooked throughout its 8 hour run time, celebrating DC’s historic past while promoting their many upcoming projects. From movies, to TV, to video games, to comics, there was something in the FanDome for all DC fans. To highlight some numbers (these are numbers as of the time of my writing, early Monday August 24th), The Batman trailer has been watched 13 million times on the Warner Bros YouTube channel alone....

Some might describe standing desks as just another silly, overhyped fad, but for me, switching to one of these unconventional workspaces was nothing short of life-changing, and I know I’ll never go back to a traditional sitting situation. It sounds dramatic, but think about it: Many people who do the bulk of their work through digital means (like me) are parked on their behinds in front of a screen for at least eight or nine hours a day....

We love Passive House or Passivhaus, the incredibly efficient building standard that sets an absolute limit on how much energy one can use per square foot or how much air is allowed to leak. The trouble is, the smaller a building, the harder it is to hit those numbers because there’s so much more surface area per square foot of floor. However, on his website Passive House in Plain English & More, Elrond Burell shows how three very small projects do in fact make the grade and hit the Passive House requirements....

MCU fans just saw a reference to Chris Hemsworth’s Thor in a new piece of footage from Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania.Ant-Man 3 has the tall order of introducing the MCU’s next major big bad in Jonathan Majors’ Kang the Conqueror after debuting as a different Variant, He Who Remains, in Season 1 of 2021’s Loki. This new movie will be the next step in Kang’s journey to Multiversal dominance and with two Avengers movies on the horizon in Phase 6, Majors already has hopes to go toe-to-toe with the biggest and best the MCU has to offer....

A new Volkswagen ad offered the best look yet at Cassie Lang’s suit ahead of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. While Cassie has always been integral to Scott Lang’s MCU story, her teenage self - played by Kathyrn Newton - is set to take on a superhero role of her own in Ant-Man 3. Whether Marvel Studios intends for Cassie to assume the comic book name of Stature or Stinger remains to be seen....