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Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Elizabeth Olsen has been released in theaters across the globe. Audiences flooded the cinemas last weekend, with the film earning $187.4 million domestically and $265 million internationally. The buzz around the Sorceror Supreme’s sequel was loud, especially after the juggernaut success (monetary and critical) of Spider-Man: No Way Home. Couple that with the return of director Sam Raimi to comic book movies and the never-ending list of possible cameos, and Doctor Strange 2 became the 11th highest-grossing opening weekend of all time....

Sea levels are rising and tropical cyclones are intensifying, which is bad news for about 200 million people who live along Earth’s coasts. If only evolution had spent millions of years fine-tuning some kind of sea creature to build and maintain giant barriers that can soften the ocean’s fury for us. It did: corals. The reefs these animals build are well-known to scientists and surfers for absorbing the blow of incoming waves and creating big, dramatic breaks....

The official news that 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded in the contiguous United States probably came as no surprise to many of the 80 million American gardeners who turn to the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map for weather information. The National Climatic Data Center released the temperature data just as the U.S. Department of Agriculture was about to mark the first anniversary on Jan. 25 of its latest Plant Zone Hardiness Map....

We love wood at TreeHugger; our posts on wood and pellet stoves continue to be among the most popular we have ever published. Environmental writer Mark Gunther loves it too, calling it A renewable energy technology that gets no respect.. He calls it " a “green” technology that appeals to poor and working class people. And, because gathering and distributing wood is labor intensive, it’s generates economic activity." We also love simple tech, and learning from the past; Mark writes “as is so often the case with environmental or health problems-think about excessive packaging, or overly-processed foods-solutions lie not in some futuristic technology but in the past....

While fans are reveling in Spider-Man: No Way Home’s in-home release and the celebration of the character that that film provided, Sony is prepping to release its next adventure in its own wall-crawling universe. Morbius stars Jared Leto as Spider-Man villain Michael Morbius, a biochemist who, in trying to cure his rare blood disease, infects himself with a form of vampirism. So far in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (SSMU), there have been few questions about its connections to other films attached to the web-slinger....

Moon Knight is set to be Marvel Studios’ first Disney+ project in 2022. The upcoming series will feature the MCU debut of Oscar Isaac as the next Marvel hero, and it will pit him against Ethan Hawke’s mysterious Arthur Harrow. Plot specifics of Moon Knight are still shrouded in secrecy, but its first official trailer offered a glimpse of its intriguing narrative centering around Marc Spector’s different personalities due to his dissociative identity disorder....

One of the first things that fans ever saw from Marvel Studios’ What If…? animated series was Peggy Carter wielding the shield in place of Steve Rogers. This is the first of many alternate scenarios that fans will see in this new show. In that first trailer, it was also revealed that while Peggy Carter would take up the title of Captain Carter while Rogers would find his place alongside her using the HYDRA Stomper, created by Howard Stark....

Wall-E director Andrew Stanton, who co-wrote the final two episodes of Disney+‘s Obi-Wan Kenobi, has had some challenges with the restrictions working on the Star Wars series regarding the canon storyline.Lucasfilm and Disney’s series Obi-Wan Kenobi wrapped up its six-episode run some months ago. While it didn’t take the world by storm, it was still a very popular show in its own right.Kenobi, of course, saw Ewan McGregor’s legendary Jedi Master take on Darth Vader in a high-stakes rematch....

It’s an age old question, when it comes time to check out when grocery shopping: paper bag or plastic bag? It seems like it should be an easy choice, but there’s an incredible number of details and inputs hidden in each bag. From durability and reusability to life cycle costs, there’s a lot more to each bag than meet the eye. Let’s take a look behind the bags. Where Do Brown Paper Bags Come From?...

My Leyland cypress hedge has Seiridium unicorne canker fungus. The photo you see is one of many Leylands in my yard. I often regret my decision to plant the species but I also wish I had reviewed this material before I planted it. Underneath that spot of dead foliage is a seiridium canker, also called coryneum canker, and is a big problem on Leyland cypress (Cupressocyparis leylandii) trees. The fungus will destroy the cypress’ form and cause eventual death if not controlled....

While the Mad Titan Thanos may have been the biggest of all bad guys in Marvel Studios’ Infinity Saga, his legacy continues to live on long after Tony Stark turned him to dust in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame. That comes in the form of a family member directly from Marvel Comics, with the mid-credits scene from 2021’s Eternals introducing Harry Styles as the suave and secretive Starfox. Styles’ inclusion in the MCU first came to light as a rumor months ago from an interview with Dane Whitman actor Kit Harington, although he was obligated to keep quiet on the matter for obvious reasons....

Unrepentant fan of pumpkin? Then you might consider adding Stone Age humans to your list of people to thank this holiday season. Without them, it wouldn’t be possible to carve jack-o’-lanterns or chow down on a dense, moist slice of homemade pumpkin bread. A new study suggests that the Cucurbita genus would likely not be around today if ancient humans in the Americas hadn’t domesticated them. More than 10,000 years ago, wild pumpkin and squash species were a major food staple for megafauna like giant sloths (Megatherium, pictured at right) and mammoths, which ensured the continued survival of these plants by dispersing their seeds across the Americas....

KieranTimberlake and Lake|Flato team up with Bensonwood to offer OpenHomes I first met Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake at a conference about modern prefab in Austin, Texas, where there was great excitement about the idea of making green, modern prefab designed by talented (and usually expensive) architects available, accessible and affordable. I will never forget their lecture there, where I learned more about prefab in an hour than I had working in the field for the previous two years....

At one point or another, you’ve probably heard the phrase “boiling hot” applied to a desert. But unless you watch the video above, you’ve probably never seen sand looking like it’s actually boiling. Indeed, the sand in the video seems to behave more like water than, well, sand. Want to see it on a bigger scale? That sand basically looks like what happens to a pot of spaghetti when I get distracted by Twitter....

Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie is going to have quite a different role than normal in the upcoming film Thor: Love and Thunder. At the end of Avengers: Endgame, the character was promoted to the King of New Asgard—a position she seems to still hold. Though the trailers suggest it isn’t all fun and games—after all, there are politics to running a nation. No matter what happens, fans will undoubtedly enjoy seeing the character back in action....

The demand for Timothée Chalamet has been sky-high ever since his impressive starring stint in Dune, but the latest statement from his agent indicated that he did not pursue another major role in a highly-anticipated sequel. Aside from trying to bring peace to Arrakis in Dune, Chalamet has been making waves after starring in several notable movies, such as Don’t Look Up and Bones and All. As a result, the Academy Award nominee’s popularity has skyrocketed, leading fans to wonder what his next big role will be....

If you look closely at the forest floors in central and northern California, you may notice what look like little tubes rising up from the leaf litter or the bark of a fallen log. You’ll have to look carefully because the tubes are only about an inch high. With a soft-looking white lining, and an exterior of moss, mud or leaves that match the surroundings, those tubes are the comfy castles of the California turret spider....

Warning — This article contains spoilers for WandaVision. WandaVision has finally arrived, launching on Disney+ with two brand new episodes packed with laughter, charm, and, of course, Easter eggs. The episodes were a bold new direction for the MCU, completely distinct from any Marvel property that has come before it. ADVERTISEMENT With the premiere, Marvel Studios released a behind-the-scenes featurette that shows what the black-and-white sets look like in full color....

The character of Harley Quinn has received a popularity boost in these last few years, so much so that she could easily be considered among the most popular DC villains/anti-heroes of all time. Margot Robbie’s portrayal played a massive part in that status quo shift. From there, she then went on to get her own animated spin-off - something not even the Joker has been able to do. That spinoff show, titled Harley Quinn, has seen the Joker’s right hand separate from her abusive partner to find her own way in the criminal world....

Q: The other day, I stopped by my neighbor Rhonda’s to return her deep fryer (don’t ask) and she invited me out back into her garden for a glass of ice tea. As soon as we sat down, I noticed what I thought were two large schnauzers milling about in a far corner of her yard. Before I could comment on her new pets, Rhonda announced: “That would be Franz and Petra, the goats....