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Put kitchen scraps and spices to good use in these soothing, healing concoctions, perfect for a wintry day. Using ingredients from your pantry and fridge, it’s possible to concoct delicious homemade herbal tea blends. These can be tailored to suit your taste or mood on a particular day. They can make use of leftover, lingering ingredients that might otherwise go to waste. And they will cost a fraction of what you’d pay for a similar blend in a coffee shop....

When we posted about several “green gas” mills being built in the UK, it was easy to get carried away with all the pretty mock-ups of high-tech looking biogas facilities. The Premise of the Biogas Digester Ultimately, however, the technology behind anaerobic biogas digesters is pretty darned simple. At least that’s what Solar CITIES, the folks behind a fascinating video on building your own biogas digester, would have us believe. Pointing out that this is basically just an artificial stomach, the tutorial asks us to think of a biogas digester as a baby, or perhaps a fire-breathing dragon:...

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness is now on Disney+ and fans are now able to once again dive into the Sam Raimi-directed film. Alongside its digital release, Marvel Studios released an audio commentary from those who made the movie, which has given viewers an opportunity to learn more about the project and how it came to life. New information was revealed, including confirmation of a deleted Mordo death scene, confirmation of a Doctor Doom Easter egg, and the reveal that the Wasp was once considered for the Illuminati....

Marvel Comics doesn’t always align with what will happen in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but it certainly loves riding its coattails. A new example of potential synergy from the comics is Mary-Jane Watson having powers.Years ago, it was reported that Sony Pictures was developing a film based on the character Jackpot. While Jackpot wasn’t MJ in the comics, readers and Spider-Man briefly thought she was due to the red hair, alias, and the use of “tiger” in her vernacular....

Marvel Studios took the opportunity at San Diego Comic-Con to bring a thrilling update for the Fantastic Four reboot in the MCU, announcing that the movie will open Phase 6 in late 2024. With this new outing still a few years out, however, there is still plenty of work to be done ahead of its release date, especially with the recent string of delays that have plagued the MCU.The Multiverse Saga as a whole is absolutely jam-packed, with nearly 30 projects set to release in a four-year span, which is partly why the MCU has had some trouble keeping up with production schedules for the most imminent upcoming entries....

In August of last year, Deadline reported that Disney and Sony Pictures were unable to agree to a new MCU Spider-Man deal. This resulted in Marvel Studios no longer being allowed to use Spider-Man and all of his related characters in any future standalone or crossover films set within the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It was also revealed that Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige would no longer be producing any future Spider-Man related projects and that the sequel to Marvel Studios’ Spider-Man: Far From Home would now be set within Sony’s Cinematic Universe of Marvel Characters where Tom Holland’s Spider-Man would now be able to interact with characters like Venom and Morbius....

A Ms. Marvel star has faced accusations for allegedly sexually harassing a 15-year-old girl and exposing himself through nude images.Ms. Marvel Actor Faces Sexual Harassment Controversy MarvelActor Mohan Kapur - who made his MCU debut as Yusuf Khan in Ms. Marvel - has recently become embroiled in a #MeToo controversy as he has been accused of sexually harassing and sharing explicit images with a 15-year-old girl.The alleged survivor, @Nayaaaax3, claimed that, when confronted regarding his actions, Kapur attempted to gaslight her into believing she was at fault for the situation....

Kamala Khan’s introduction to the MCU has been a far twistier sequence of events than any might have realized they were in for when the character’s project was first announced. Chief among those would be the entire overhaul of her power set. Instead of stretchy skin and size-morphing abilities, she became able to summon light constructs. With those changes, came another big departure: Kamala is a Clandestine, seemingly diverting her from her more Inhuman origins in the comics—yes, even despite Black Bolt’s recent introduction in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

Some tree species delay seed fall because their cones are dependent on a brief blast of heat to release seed. This dependency on heat during the seed production cycle is called “serotiny” and becomes a heat trigger for seed drop that may take decades to occur. Natural fire has to happen to complete the seed cycle. Although serotiny is primarily caused by fire, there are other seed release triggers that may work in tandem including periodic excess moisture, conditions of increased solar heat, atmospheric drying and parent plant death....

The next project for She-Hulk star Tatiana Maslany has received a disappointing update as AMC has abandoned the project over halfway through production.Having landed the leading role in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law after her award-winning performance in AMC’s Orphan Black, Maslany’s career has been on the up and up. This trend looks placed to continue with more MCU appearances to come across the next Avengers movies and her next series, Invitation to a Bonfire....

From supposed leaked set photos of returning Spider-Men to possible story details surfacing online, the rumors for Spider-Man: No Way Home keep on coming every week. Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock and Jamie Foxx’s Electro have both already been confirmed to return from past Spider-Man franchises, with rumors suggesting there may be plenty more returning villains. Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield are both heavily rumored to reprise their Spider-Man roles alongside Tom Holland, but some reports suggest they may not be the only returning heroes....

Spider-Man: No Way Home continues to entertain moviegoing audiences the world over. The new MCU film sees Peter Parker grappling with a cavalcade of Multiversal baddies from Marvel’s past. Villains such as Jamie Foxx’s electro and Rhys Ifans’ Lizard show up on the main MCU earth to cause trouble for Spider-Man and his allies. While Spider-Man himself was given a variety of new suits in the film, some of these classic villains arrive sporting updated looks themselves....

In recent years, Star Wars has been a franchise in the process of finding itself. What was one of the most prominent names of big-screen moviemaking has now taken a liking to the small screen, releasing a number of successful streaming series on Disney+. At this point, it seems like nearly everyone is getting a Star Wars streaming project, from Obi-Wan Kenobi to Kassian Andor. But one name that has yet to come up is Jedi-on-the-run Cal Kestis....

After giving a slight tease into the real world of the MCU during WandaVision, Disney+ and Marvel Studios will dive fully into a post-Avengers: Endgame story with The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes will team up for the fourth time, tackling new challenges in a world heavily affected by The Blip.Not many plot details have been revealed for this series yet, although, it will be shown as a full-blown Marvel Studios presentation separated into six episodes....

The monkey slug caterpillar is one oddly shaped creature. Sometimes mistaken for a hairy spider, sometimes for moldy leaf litter, this larvae has six hairy “arms” that curl out from each side of its body. It has extremely shortened legs, and the prolegs are suction cups, which create the appearance of a slug when you look at it belly-side up. Indeed, its miniscule legs and oddly long “arms” make it weirdly mesmirizing to watch, and you can see in the video below how it could be mistaken for a strange tarantula at first glance:...

Hoping to follow the success of Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is Venom: Let There Be Carnage from Sony Pictures. Starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock and directed by Andy Serkis, Let There Be Carnage has already generated intense speculation for its potential to connect to Tom Holland’s Spider-Man (and/or other Spider-Men) now that the MCU is diving headfirst into the multiverse. In addition, an early fan screening left audiences buzzing about the 90-minute film’s post-credits scene, which has been driving much of the conversation surrounding the sequel....

Mother Nature offers a bounty of helpful and healing plant life, and the leaves, flowers, bark, and berries of plants have been used for centuries to cure everything from hunger to headaches. The next time you’re in the great outdoors and find yourself in need of anything from aspirin to toilet paper, take a look around and help yourself to some of the Earth’s most useful wild plants. Cattails These tall grasses can be found throughout the world and are some of the most useful plants in the wild....

Save your clothes with these easy fixes for common zipper problems. You go to pull up the zipper and oh dear. The slider part is attached to only one side; or you think you’ve zipped but then the thing unzips from the bottom, what? Or even worse, the whole zipper slider slides off entirely. What to do? I have always relied on the fidget-and-force-until-frustration-sets-in method and then tried fixing things with safety pins and generally end up shelving the garment until I am ready to frustrate myself again or take it to the tailors....

These simple tricks add the depth and flavor that plant-based vegetable stock can sometimes be missing. There is a reason why so many soup recipes start with simmering a hunk of animal parts in water – meat and bones add a rich flavor and depth to stock. But for anyone preferring not to take part in eating animals, vegetarian stock does not need to be a bland affair. I recently made French onion soup using my trusty bowl of frozen vegetable scraps to start the base....

In preparation for the Sustainable Energy Coalition’s big renewable & energy efficiency expo in D.C., they released some great factoids about the fast-growing energy efficiency market sector. 7 amazing facts about energy efficiency: . . . . that by the end of 2008 energy efficiency investments had slashed United States energy consumption (as measured per dollar of economic output) to half of what it was in 1970, from 18,000 Btus to about 8,900 Btus; in one year alone such investments are estimated to have generated approximately 1....