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The Arrowverse shows from the CW suffered an immediate halt last March due to the ongoing pandemic. With the production of the shows being delayed, the network had no choice but to shorten all the seasons of Supergirl, Batwoman, and The Flash. In effect, the shows ended with massive cliffhangers, and fans have to wait until next year to find out what’s next. Among all the aforementioned shows, The Flash is poised to lead the Arrowverse moving forward, especially now that the flagship show, Arrow, has officially ended last January....

In 1835, in the county of Kent in South East England, James Newlove was digging a pond when he discovered an empty space below the surface of the ground. Upon further exploration he made a remarkable discovery, an incredible underground palace of sorts, decorated with treasures from the sea. Now known as the Margate Shell Grotto, the 104-foot long passage and large altar room are covered head-to-toe in seashell mosaic. In all, 4....

Drive down an obscure portion of U.S. Route 90 in Texas, about 9 miles east of the city of Marfa, and you’ll come to what’s likely the only roadside viewing platform dedicated solely to witnessing a mysterious phenomenon. The site is mostly deserted during the day, save for the occasional motorist using the restrooms, but come night, tourists and locals alike converge to stare into the desert and hopefully catch site of a ghostly apparition....

Life isn’t always what it appears to be, and there’s no better example of this in nature than the marvel of insect mimicry. While you might be aware of insects that have features resembling leaves, flowers, sticks or even eyes, some of the most fascinating examples of this natural phenomenon are the insects that mimic other insects. For ant-mimicking cricket nymphs of the Macroxiphus genus, their appearance is a cut-and-dried example of defensive mimicry....

Considered one of the most photographed landscapes in the United States, The Wave is a sandstone rock formation in the Coyote Buttes near the Arizona-Utah border. Each year, hikers scramble to get one of the few permits granted to hike in to see this formation. Only 20 hikers a day are allowed, and tens of thousands of people apply every year to be one of those lucky hikers. But how is this strange, surreal beauty even possible?...

It has been a decade of many things, not the least of which has been the tiny home. Whether because of unaffordable housing, the desire to downsize and simplify, or the general call of freedom, this was the decade that anti-McMansions went big, figuratively speaking. We have covered loads of tiny homes over the last decade; among those, the following were the most popular, starting with number 10. 10. College Students Keep Nature in Mind Two undergrads hatched an innovative plan to build a super eco-friendly cabin in the woods of Finland; the result is a marvelous minimalist cabin of 280-square-foot, in which respect for nature was taken into consideration with every decision....

I’ve been going into craft mode lately. I think it stems from a combination of clinging to summer weekend fun and knowing the holidays are quickly approaching and I need to whip up some gifts. With that in mind, I’ve been doing some digging around in the TreeHugger archives since we often write about rad projects, and I found 10 crafts with a geeky edge that are all pretty darn cheap....

There is a real need for comfortable, safe and green ground transportation, not a silly press release. Elon Musk hates buses, and worries about serial killers. TreeHugger Katherine tried to do the green thing and now she hates buses, writing that “this whole unpleasant experience has been a source of fascination to me, mainly because it proves a sad point – that nobody wants to take ground transportation because it’s so crummy....

Cellular Structure of a Tree Leaf Leaves are food factories for the tree. Powered by sunlight, the green substance in leaves called chlorophyll, use carbon dioxide and water to produce life-sustaining carbohydrates (sugars). The entire process is called photosynthesis. A tree’s leaves are also responsible for the twin functions of respiration and transpiration. Both of these processes support evapotranspiration which allows the tree to move water and nutrients up from the roots....

We may have watched films depicting magical, glowing landscapes on other (fictitious) planets that capture our imagination (the movie Avatar comes to mind here). But did you know there are similar, equally stunning places right here on Earth that offer real-life glowing goodness too? © Joseph Michael One of these places is located right in New Zealand, where photographer Joseph Michael captured these fascinating photos of this glowing cave. The cave is actually covered with colonies of bioluminescent fungus gnats and their larvae, commonly called glowworms....

While Marvel Studios is continuing to build its brand with new A-listers coming into play for Phase 4, the team behind the MCU is also keeping up its trend of turning newcomers into Hollywood superstars. This is already happening with actors like Simu Liu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings and Iman Vellani in Ms. Marvel, and the same appears to be happening behind the camera as well....

Newly-anointed DC Studios head James Gunn squashed casting rumors suggesting Warner Bros. has found its new DCU Superman. The super-powered speculation machine has been rampant ever since James Gunn and Peter Safran took over the DCU. About a month after taking up office, the pair announced they were cutting ties with Superman actor Henry Cavill, along with the news that a new Superman project was in the works and would focus “on an earlier part of Superman’s life....

In about a year, Marvel Studios will tackle its second-ever animated project with the reboot/revival of X-Men: The Animated Series, this time going under the title of X-Men ‘97. With the show’s iconic theme song having already made its way into a couple of live-action MCU projects, anticipation is slowly building to see what Marvel Studios does with its first official X-Men-related property on Disney+.Fans got the first small look at X-Men ‘97 during Marvel Studios’ presentation at San Diego Comic-Con 2022, which included a fresh new costume for Magneto and news about the official line-up for the animated mutant team....

While James Gunn may have a DC Comics film about to come out, there’s only one thing most MCU fans can see when it comes to the release of The Suicide Squad: It’s time for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. James Gunn has always said that work won’t continue on the Guardians franchise until his current film releases—and in just under a month, that will have occurred. It’s an exciting thing for many....

Halo Infinite’s delay brought a dampener on Microsoft’s next generation of consoles. With 343 Industries’ new release being branded as Xbox’s main competitor to Sony’s vast library of exclusives, Microsoft even went as far as placing the memorable Master Chief on the back of day one Xbox Series X boxes, a damning reminder of the game’s pushed back release date.With the next installment of the franchise set to release at some point in 2021, and with the recent release of Halo 4 on PC for The Master Chief Collection, the developer of the game has been keen to keep fans as up-to-date as possible....

Warning — This article contains spoilers for WandaVision. Fans have gotten the chance to see a lot from WandaVision through clips and trailers, but one thing that has stood out is the amount of period-accurate clothing the cast has to wear for several eras of sitcoms. This is not to mention the proper superhero costumes that we’ll see Elizabeth Olsen and Teyonah Parris wearing for the first time in this series....

Foie gras, French for “fatty liver,” is the fattened liver of a duck or a goose and is regarded by some as a delicacy. According to Farm Sanctuary, France produces and consumes about 75 percent of the world’s foie gras, involving 24 million ducks and a half a million geese every year. The United States and Canada use 500,000 birds per year in foie gras production. Animal rights activists oppose all uses of animals and advocate veganism, but many consider foie gras to be particularly cruel....

The DC Extended Universe is in quite an interesting place right now in terms of its canon material and productions that don’t fall into the established story timeline. This is shown most prominently with the current streaming run for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, while promotion kicks into gear for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad. Zack Snyder’s Justice League came to be after years of cries from fans to bring Snyder’s vision to life after critical disappointment led to the original movie being seen as an overwhelming failure....

OK, let’s try this again. Last time I wrote about a road trip in our plug-in hybrid Pacifica minivan, I ruffled a few feathers by not providing a “factually complete, compelling and informative article.” Which lead me to post a more extensive review from a technologically literate auto journalist. Still, some people seem to also appreciate the more informal updates. So here’s the latest: We recently got back from an extensive road trip that took us from Durham to Pittsburgh to Toronto, and then back via Columbus, Ohio....

Even though Chris Hemsworth’s God of Thunder is no longer the one and only Thor, come July 8, he will be the one and only Avenger within the MCU to have four solo films with the debut of Thor: Love and Thunder. And, considering what the film’s teasers and trailers have shown so far, this Thor movie may just be the biggest and boldest one yet. Directed by Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi, Thor 4 not only stars Hemsworth as Thor Odinson but also the Guardians of the Galaxy, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Russell Crowe as Zeus, Natalie Portman as Jane Foster or the Mighty Thor, and Christian Bale as Gorr the God Butcher....