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The Marvel Cinematic Universe is currently suffering a fate most serialized television shows bump up against at some point: The stakes have been raised so high that there’s nowhere else to go, and Marvel’s commitment to raising them even higher has cheapened the franchise and curbed enthusiasm for what’s to come. Secret Invasion is a perfect example of this, but it’s far from the only offender.  The MCU is currently halfway through its Multiverse Saga. Phase Five is only just kicking into gear, and what lies on the…

There came a point, in playing Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, that I determined I simply wasn’t going fast enough. By this point in my hands-on time, I had overcome plenty of enemy mechs, from simple cannon-fodder to named adversaries with callsigns. I was already a heavy-metal death machine. But I could be faster; not just in raw speed, but turning, target acquisition, and elimination. I could push this steel body faster than I currently was, faster than I probably should. So I went into the garage and fine-tuned my…

Former movie mogul Barry Diller is concerned about the potential havoc the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike might wreck on the entertainment industry unless studios take action to find a prompt resolution. Appearing on CBS’ Face the Nation, Diller – the current Chairman of IAC and Expedia Group – issued a dire warning about the industry-wide effects resulting from a confluence of factors including the studios’ financial losses, declining ticket sales, and the lasting impact of the coronavirus pandemic. At the same…

More than 125 companies from India's nascent online gaming industry warned the government that the sector could face a massive loss of investments and jobs following a decision by the Goods and Services Tax Council to increase tax rates sharply.Earlier this week, the council imposed a levy of 28% at entry points on full face value for online gaming. It's a blow to an industry which caters to over 420 million Indians, a customer base bigger than the population of the US. Stocks of gaming firms such as Nazara Technologies…

Day 610:24How wildfires can have a devastating, long-term impact on our water supplyMonica Emelko arrived in Fort McMurray, Alta., in June 2016 to help study the impact of the wildfires. She says the devastation to people's homes and lives she witnessed changed her as a person. Emelko, the Canada Research Chair in water science, technology and policy at the University of Waterloo, was there to help ensure the drinking supply was safe for consumption as people readied to return to their homes.Some researchers thought her…

Multiple tornadoes formed and swept through Mississippi on Sunday night, into Monday morning. The twisters left behind a trail of extensive property damage, and injuries for affected residents, the Associated Press reported.Meteorologists from the National Weather Service believe that a strong tornado, possibly one with wind speeds over 100 miles per hour, may have formed in Eastern Mississippi, local news 16ABC reported.Officials confirmed that multiple tornadoes formed around that timein both Rankin County and Jasper…

Let’s say you want to go on a walking tour of San Francisco at its warmest and most energetic. You want to see the port town after the rush for gold swelled the foggy backwater into the largest city west of the Mississippi—back when it was home to the West Coast’s tallest buildings and beautiful brick architecture. You want to see San Francisco as it was before the Golden Gate Bridge sutured California’s great gap, back when escaping the peninsula meant waiting for the ferry.So you travel back to April 18, 1906, and with…

In the crushing, cold depths of the oceans, something unimaginably huge flows inexorably, barely a few centimeters per second, along a path it has traveled for millennia. Dense, dark rivers of water toil ceaselessly around the world, making up around 40 percent of the total volume of the deep oceans. They are gigantic conveyor belts transporting heat, oxygen, carbon, and nutrients around the planet, and shaping climate and weather at a global, regional, and local scale.But something has changed, and these rivers appear to…

New research indicates that the frequency of flash droughts will increase globally due to climate change, with particularly pronounced impacts on North America and Europe. They warn that these abrupt drought events could intensify socioeconomic pressures related to food production due to increased crop losses, leading to higher prices and potential social unrest.The swift onset of unexpected drought, known as flash drought, which can have a serious impact on both agricultural and ecological systems, is currently being…

by Seth Asare Okyere, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Matthew Abunyewah and Stephen Kofi Diko, The Conversation Market fires cause significant upheavals in the heavily informal Ghanaian economy. Credit: Wikimedia Commons Ghana's informal urban markets play a key role in the country's economy. They employ more than 80% of the people who work in the informal sector. They create…