Fusion Rockets Could Theoretically Cut Our Travel Time to Mars in Half. This U.K. Startup Wants to Give It a Try The company’s ambitious new Sunbird design aims to harness nuclear fusion in space, despite the fact that commercializing such energy on Earth remains a faraway dream A rendering of a Sunbird rocket detaching from its station to dock onto an approaching spacecraft. Pulsar Fusion via YouTube A U.K. startup called Pulsar Fusion has recently unveiled a project it has been developing “in complete secrecy” for the past decade: nuclear fusion-powered rockets called Sunbirds. The company teased the project in a short video of the concept design, which they publicly unveiled at the Space-Comm Expo in London on March 11. “The Sunbird Migratory Transfer Vehicle is designed to cut mission times to Mars by half while offering a reusable, station-keeping capability for deep space operations,” reads a statement from Pulsar. The company hopes to partner with other missions to rapidly deliver cargo to Mars, supplies to lunar orbit, mining equipment to near-Earth asteroids, probes to outer planets and telescopes to deep space. Pulsar Fusion’s vision is for its Sunbirds to be permanently stationed in low-Earth orbit, where they would attach to spacecraft leaving our atmosphere and propel them at unprecedented speeds toward far-off destinations, such as Mars or even Pluto. This could dramatically lessen the timeline and cost of missions across our solar system. At the destination, the nuclear spacecraft would recharge and refuel at another Sunbird station, making them reusable for the return journey. In other words, the Sunbirds would function like space tugboats. Designed to travel at up to 329,000 miles per hour, they would be humanity’s fastest self-propelled objects ever made, as reported by Space.com’s Jeff Spry. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has traveled faster, but that’s only because it got a boost from the sun’s gravity. Pulsar’s models suggest their design could propel a spacecraft with a mass of around 2,200 pounds to Pluto in four years. (The New Horizons probe from NASA took almost a decade to get to Pluto.) MIT astronautics researcher Paulo Lozano is “skeptical” of the fusion design, as he tells Live Science’s Harry Baker. Fusion “has been tricky for many reasons and for a long time, especially in compact devices.” Still, he adds that he has “no technical basis to judge,” until the entire Sunbird designs are made public. Pulsar Fusion Sunbird - Migratory Transfer Vehicle Watch on On Earth, all nuclear power plants operate through nuclear fission: splitting atoms to generate an enormous amount of energy. The fission that takes place in most of these power plants consists of smashing a neutron into a uranium atom. When the uranium atom splits, it releases heat and radiation, as well as more neutrons, which smash into other uranium atoms and continue the reaction. On the other hand, nuclear fusion combines two light atomic nuclei—the cores of atoms, consisting of protons and neutrons—into one heavier atomic nucleus. This process also expels neutrons and energy, but the energy generated by nuclear fusion is much more powerful than fission—and it’s what fuels stars in our universe. In fact, researchers have theorized that fusion could generate nearly limitless amounts of safe and clean energy on Earth, but the scientific advancements that could make this possible on a large scale are still decades away. “It’s very unnatural to do fusion on Earth,” says Richard Dinan, founder and CEO of Pulsar, to CNN’s Jacopo Prisco. “Fusion doesn’t want to work in an atmosphere. Space is a far more logical, sensible place to do fusion, because that’s where it wants to happen anyway.” The fusion reaction that would take place in Sunbirds is different from that currently being studied for energy generation on Earth, according to Live Science. On Earth, scientists are aiming to fuse deuterium and tritium—both isotopes, or versions, of hydrogen. The Sunbird engines, however, would replace tritium with helium-3, a rare helium isotope. The reaction between deuterium and helium-3 would expel protons, and their positive charge would be harnessed for propulsion, as well as power to run a spacecraft’s systems. Aaron Knoll, a researcher in spacecraft engineering at Imperial College London who is not affiliated with Pulsar Fusion, tells CNN that “while we are still some years away from making fusion energy a viable technology for power generation on Earth, we don’t need to wait to start using this power source for spacecraft propulsion.” Pulsar Fusion’s design is in the third phase of its development, with the ambitious aim of testing Sunbird technology in-orbit in 2027. But exactly when the spacecraft design will become fully operational, if it reaches that stage, remains to be seen. Get the latest stories in your inbox every weekday.

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Building (or rebuilding) a gaming PC can be difficult. It’s complex stuff, making sure everything’s compatible and whatnot. The next toughest part is finding a deal — and having the patience to wait for price drops without getting so antsy you buy everything at full price (shamefully raises hand). If you’re considering an AMD build, Micro Center has a great deal on a hardware bundle that includes the Ryzen 7 7800X3D (last-gen, but still among the mightiest CPUs around for gaming, according to our review), a motherboard, and RAM. Normally around $579.99, you can snag the bundle in-store only for $499.99 if you have a Micro Center nearby. In addition to the 7800X3D processor ($389.99 by itself), which was only recently supplanted by the higher-end 9800X3D processor, you’ll get an Asus TUF B650-E motherboard (valued at $194.99), plus 32GB of G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5-6,000MHz RAM (valued at $89.99). You’ll save $175 instead of paying $675 for all three components, giving you more pocket change for a GPU. The 7800X3D utilizes the AM5 motherboard socket, used on the newer 9000-series processors. It seems likely that AMD will stick with AM5 in the near future, so you’ll have at least a couple of CPU generations to pick from should you ever need to upgrade. As for the motherboard, it has three M.2 slots (one of which is PCIe 5.0, while the others are PCIe 4.0), support for USB-C ports on the front and back of your case, and Wi-Fi 6E built-in, among other niceties. If you’d prefer to have Corsair Vengeance RAM instead of what’s included with this bundle, you can elect to pay a $15 price increase when you pick up the bundle in-store.

Why QLoRA Changes the Game: A Quick Dive into Efficient Fine-Tuning with BERT 0 like April 18, 2025 Share this post Author(s): Saif Ali Kheraj Originally published on Towards AI. Quantized Low-Rank Adaptation — anyone with a mid-range GPU and some curiosity can now fine-tune powerful models without burning through a budget or a power supply. In this article, we will break down QLoRA in plain language. No technical jargon overload, just clear ideas, relatable examples, and a little fun along the way. Let’s start with a quick comparison: Adapters: Instead of retraining the whole model, adapters insert small, trainable blocks. Think of them as sticky notes added to the original book.LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation): A smarter version that fine tunes just a few key parts of the model — Wq and Wv because they significantly influence the attention computation. Think of it as just rewriting key points or summary in a book instead of the whole story.QLoRA: It applies LoRA techniques to a model that is already compressed using 4 bit quantization(we will go through it). It is efficient, elegant, and powerful. QLoRA stands for Quantized Low-Rank Adaptation. It is a method for fine tuning large language models (LLMs) in a way that is: Memory efficientFriendly to consumer level GPUsStill powerful and accurate It combines two ideas: quantization (compressing data) and low-rank adaptation (tuning only a small part of the model). The result? A streamlined fine… Read the full blog for free on Medium. Join thousands of data leaders on the AI newsletter. Join over 80,000 subscribers and keep up to date with the latest developments in AI. From research to projects and ideas. If you are building an AI startup, an AI-related product, or a service, we invite you to consider becoming a sponsor. Published via Towards AI Towards AI - Medium Share this post

Warning: this review contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again season 1.Daredevil: Born Again brings back Matt Murdock as the costumed protector of Hell’s Kitchen after an overly long absence and does a mostly solid job of capturing what made the original 2015-2018 Daredevil series on Netflix so good. Essentially acting as a fourth season of that show, Born Again has the same excellent lead actors, gritty drama, and hardcore fight scenes that the series made its name on, and all of that works as well as ever when it’s firing on all cylinders. However, there are times during its nine-episode run when it’s clear that this revival is missing a few of the key ingredients that made those first three seasons such standout superhero TV. Much like the Man Without Fear swinging from New York City rooftops, Born Again has its ups and downs, but thankfully in the end it manages to land on its feet. Reprising their roles as hero and villain are Charlie Cox’s charming and guilt-ridden Matt Murdock/Daredevil and Vincent D'Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk/Kingpin, who speaks with an imposing voice as coarse as a limestone boulder and stands just as tall as one. Born Again offers a fresh spin on their classic rivalry that supercharges the story with an endless supply of juicy drama. The shocking assassination of Murdock’s best friend Foggy Nelson causes him to give up being Daredevil and fully dedicate himself to doling out justice with his lawyering skills instead of his fists, but hanging up the horns for good proves impossible when Wilson Fisk makes a surprise return and becomes the new mayor of New York City. (There was a time when a convicted felon winning a major political office might’ve seemed unrealistic, but today it’s maybe a tad on-the-nose.) PlayAn early scene between the pair has them taking stock of the other’s new status quo and delivering veiled threats about what might happen should they slip back into their old ways. Though they’re just sitting in a cafe, it may as well be an active battlefield. Born Again is at its best when it pits these bitter enemies against one another as lawyer and mayor with the vigilante and villain just under the surface, forcing them to pursue their ambitions in new ways, all while struggling with their true selves starting to bubble up. Even during a rough patch of mid-season episodes, this marvelous core remains rock solid.Even during a rough patch of mid-season episodes, this marvelous core of Murdock vs Fisk remains rock solid.“There are several other highlights of the early episodes worth mentioning: Clips from BB Urich’s people-on-the-street social media news show, The BB Report, give us a rare glimpse at how the common people of the Marvel Cinematic Universe feel about all the crazy superhero happenings in their city. That adds a much-needed personal texture to a world where bystanders are usually little more than collateral damage. A standalone episode in the middle of the season about Murdock cleverly foiling a bank robbery (without becoming Daredevil) is a pure delight from start to finish, even if it occupies a precious slot in a short season without moving the main plot forward. And as Murdock’s new love interest, Heather Glenn (Margarita Levieva), becomes dangerously entwined in his life, her therapist skills ensure she’s always ready with a piercing commentary on his masked persona (without even knowing she’s doing it). Meanwhile, Fisk reuniting with his beloved wife Vanessa and contending with the crime lords he left behind to enter politics leads to some of the season’s most vicious moments that feel ripped from your favorite mob movie. It’s a good thing Born Again has such a sturdy foundation, because it allows the overarching story being told across the entire season to remain strong even while it frustrates with how reluctant it is to give starved fans the full-blown return we’d waited so long for. Murdock spends almost half of the season without actually suiting up, and when he finally does there are a few action scenes where Daredevil is briefly rendered in unconvincing, Gumby-like CGI. That’s a worrying error to make on a show that originally earned acclaim for its impressive, mostly practical fight sequences, but fortunately it’s not too pervasive; most of the fight scenes are appropriately intense, crunchy, and extra violent compared to what Disney+ has served up in its Marvel TV era. In fact, the season starts with a jaw-dropping brawl between Daredevil and Bullseye that should by all rights go down as one of the best superhero/supervillain fights the MCU has to offer. The season starts with a jaw-dropping brawl between Daredevil and Bullseye that's one of the best the MCU has to offer.“Fans of the Netflix Daredevil series will definitely be feeling the absence of Murdock’s two closest allies, Foggy Nelson and Karen Page. With Foggy dead and Karen’s grief causing her to move away, a new cast of supporting characters are introduced, but they’re a hit and miss bunch that can’t fill the hole left by two thirds of Nelson, Murdock & Page. The aforementioned Glenn and BB (Genneya Walton) are great, as is the blunt Commissioner Gallo (Michael Gaston), who stands as the sole example of a law enforcement officer with integrity by standing up to Fisk and his detestable boot-licker Danny Blake (Michael Gandolfini). Then we have Murdock’s detective ally Cherry and Fisk’s right-hand man Buck, who are so forgettable that you may not know who I’m referring to even if you’ve seen the show. And while there was plenty of potential in the murderous mural painter Muse, who was the threat of a two-episode arc, he wound up being as developed as a rough pencil sketch.Daredevil Episode 5 and 6 GalleryLooking at the season as a whole, it sticks out that the first and last two episodes are a cut above the rest in quality. They’re shot with more style and creativity, and they’re scripted and executed so well that it almost feels like they’re from a different show. Turns out there’s a good reason for that: Born Again was given a massive creative overhaul midway through production that resulted in new episodes being shot. That may explain the uneven nature of the season, where it starts with a banger, meanders through the White Tiger- and Muse-centric episodes, and then springs back to life for a big finish. It’s impossible to know how it would’ve gone without that reworking, but from where we’re sitting on the outside looking in, the final result got the job done despite a bit of a patchwork feel. It ends on a very, very high note that inspires confidence season two will be more consistent.“A big part of that is that, for all its flaws, it at least ends on a very, very high note that inspires confidence season two will be more consistent in that regard. In particular, a return appearance from Jon Bernthal’s Punisher in the finale injects the story with an extra big dose of adrenaline and chaos, treating us to another polarized team-up with “Red” and showcasing the chemistry between Bernthal and Cox. Even when Frank Castle is not on screen throughout the season, his presence is felt thanks to Fisk’s anti-vigilante squad of brazenly corrupt cops appropriating his skull symbol—a commentary on a misguided real-world practice that the show tackles head-on.You know things are bad when the Punisher shows up, and, indeed, the last episode leaves Daredevil on what may as well be his own personal Hell on Earth, all thanks to Mayor Fisk enacting his master plan. It’s a doomsday scenario so uniquely tailored to Matt Murdock’s character with its mix of legal maneuvering and criminal masterminding that it’s a little less preposterous that a super-powered Avenger doesn’t swoop (or swing) in to save the day than it might’ve been.

What makes a good Jesus movie? That is admittedly a loaded question, but on weekends like this when the airwaves and streaming services are awash in biblical epics of every stripe—those appealing to followers of the New Testament and those favoring only the Old—it is a query that arises time and again in my mind. Whether you love or hate the Hollywood hokum of Cecil B. DeMille and King Vidor, there are many excellent films derived from the Torah. In the modern era as well, storytellers as eclectic as Darren Aronofsky and Ridley Scott return to those same tales to perhaps checkered results. Yet when it comes to the New Testament and the stories and teachings of Christ, the cinematic offerings always appear sparser and strangely limiting. To be sure, there have been many movies made about Jesus, perhaps more so than ever these days with indie distributors, speciality labels, and unified church groups producing faith-based programmers every Easter, including this one. They all tend to dutifully pull from the Gospels of Luke or Matthew or Mark, and sometimes sprinkle in a little Charles Dickens for good measure (no, really). But by and large, these films have the stilted delivery of a Sunday school recitation—they repeat the beats a congregation knows by heart while offering little of the awe or wonder, or self-reflection that the story is meant to provoke. Curiously, this is more or less the case as well with the much higher production valued versions made by Hollywood during the height of the biblical epic craze in the 1950s and ‘60s. There was a lot more pomp and splendor provided by Nicholas Ray’s resources on the original King of Kings movie in 1961, or George Stevens’ in The Greatest Story Ever Told circa ‘65, but the determination to not offend or upset any Christian ticket-buyer caused both films to have an airless tedium that time has made no less dire. Still there’s one exception from this same era that I think might come the closest to cracking the code of making a good movie about Christ that neither offends the devout—like otherwise two terrific films shrouded in doubt and self-examination, Norman Jewison’s Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)—nor bores everyone else to tears. And the secret might be that while deliberately echoing the pageantry of DeMille, William Wyler’s Ben-Hur was not a movie about Jesus Christ the man; instead it thrillingly, and without existential complexity, reflects the values of Jesus Christ the teacher. There might be some who discount this nearly four-hour epic set as much in Rome and the Mediterranean as the Holy Lands as a Jesus movie. For most, it’s simply remembered for that spectacular chariot race filmed in glorious 65mm and just about the widest possible aspect ratio. But there’s a reason it was the second most successful film ever when released in 1959, and it’s the same as what caused the novel, written by Civil War veteran Lew Wallace, to become the most popular American fiction of the late 19th century. As its subtitle assures us, this is “A Tale of the Christ,” and the first scene of the movie is a silent, painterly recreation of the Christmas story—a feat bookended by a similarly hushed reenactment of the death and implicit resurrection on the other side of the picture. In between those two sequences, Christ is a figure felt throughout the film but never quite seen. His presence permeates though, elevating the film’s central narrative about one Hebrew prince named Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) and his personal rivalry with childhood soulmate turned autocratic oppressor, the Roman tribute Messala (Stephen Boyd), into a reclamation project. Theirs is the classic revenger’s story extracted from its most adventurous and swashbuckling interpretations, a la Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo. Despite being best pals in their youth—if not something more according to one of the film’s screenwriter Gore Vidal—Messala cruelly betrays his kindred spirit for advancement in the Roman machine, and Judah is sentenced to die on a galley ship as a slave. Through luck (or providence), he is then spared from a shipwreck and watery grave. He escapes his fate, rises to an unlikely status of renown in the Roman world, and uses it to return home and challenge Messala to what amounts to a climactic chariot race to the death. It is a story of spurned fraternal love, and through it all the screenplay not so subtly expounds on the emptiness of revenge and how killing Messala will not restore to Judah a sister and mother who were condemned to a leper colony, nor will it fill the void in his soul. Meanwhile, constantly in the margins of his life, there is a strange carpenter with an ethereal draw. He is the empathetic man on the desert road who offers Judah the Slave water when his Roman masters seek only to bask in his dehydrated despair. The same man is there again on a mount outside of Jerusalem when Ben-Hur can only think of his petty personal problems, vacillating between being a wealthy Roman pawn or a penniless Jewish rebel. That figure is also finally at the end of the film in need of Judah’s own help while carrying a cross up a hill. So yes, it is a story of Christ, but one which has the restraint to only nod toward Christ’s affect on others as opposed to the special effects they might promise. Never once is Jesus’ face seen on the screen, but without doubt this is every American Sunday school’s vision of Jesus. The best religious scene in the movie has been parodied, including quite hilariously by the Coen Brothers, but there is a reason they were still thinking about it 60 years after the fact. In the scene where Jesus gives water to a dying man, the divinity of the Son of God is explicit despite being only inferred. We see simply a hand holding Judah’s face as he desperately sips from a wooden ladle of water, oblivious to the stranger’s palm cradling the makeshift cup and his head. Only after tasting life again does Ben-Hur look up and recognize something in this man. It’s something a scornful Roman centurion also sees when threatening to whip the carpenter before being startled into lowering his weapon and looking away in shame from Christ’s gaze. There is no doubt in this film that this is an assured and confident Son of God who lacks the doubt of Scorsese and Willem Dafoe’s far more complex and human interpretation of the figure. That confidence is also probably what most want in an Easter movie, and despite lacking Scorsese’s messy humanity, Wyler’s film is neither pedantic or preachy in its religiosity. It’s heavy-handed in intent—it is a Hollywood biblical epic!—but by refusing to show Jesus’ face or even one of those miracles for the first three hours, Ben-Hur is able to create some of the awe and ethereal majesty the gospels tell us occurred. A touch of grace goes a long way, and even in fleeting ellipses sprinkled throughout three and a half hours, they’re more than enough. They evoke the mystique and mystery folks go to church for, without feeling like you’re getting the long-winded sermon too. Join our mailing list Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox! And by the end, Christ’s divinity is proven in one last miracle: Jesus’ dying hands touch Judah’s family, curing a sister and mother of leprosy like dirt that’s washed away by the falling rain. This is a full-blown Jesus movie that makes mountains out of a mount. When taking the project, Wyler was primarily known as a director of intimate dramas with often melodramatic and psychological underpinnings. He made what is still the only Wuthering Heights adaptation worth a damn (the 1939 one starring Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon, of course) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) and Roman Holiday (1953). At the time, he claimed he wanted to make the thinking man’s biblical epic as well, which was clearly a shot fired at DeMille. He later expounded that it “took a Jew to make a good film about Christ” (Wyler was himself Jewish). These might be pithy one-liners from a director at the end of his life looking back on a film that won him an Oscar, but they also ring true. It took some distance from the Jesus story to make a worthwhile film out of it. To be clear, there have been other good, and arguably better, films about Christ. I am personally quite fond of Jesus Christ Superstar and Last Temptation, but one was dreamed up by a lyricist and atheist so struggling with his doubts that he made Judas his sympathetic point-of-view character; the other is directed by a true believing Catholic who also wanted to interrogate his doubt and, possibly, Christ’s own sense of despair and disbelief. In other words, it was a movie that caused zealots to burn down a movie theater in Paris. On the other side of the coin, is the forced piety and frankly menacing zealotry of Mel Gibson’s dreary passion play and all the incurious pablum made in its boffo wake. Then there is the thinking mind behind Ben-Hur. It tells its story with plain directness and vigilant, reassuring comfort; it also found a way to passionately demonstrate how Jesus’ teachings can cause a man to become better and forsake the sword… but not before having an amazing chariot sequence. We’re talking about one of the best scenes in movie history. Hallelujah, saints be praised.

I love outlet adaptors for HomeKit, but if you still use them to automate lamps, it might be time to switch things up (sorry for the pun). Smart plugs are a great way to get started, but smart bulbs give you more control over the lighting experience and work with overhead lights. With smart bulbs, you can change the color, set different brightness levels, and group them by room or scene. It is an easy upgrade that adds flexibility without complicating your setup. This week, I am looking at the Lightinginside Matter smart bulb. HomeKit Weekly is a series focused on smart home accessories, automation tips and tricks, and everything to do with Apple’s smart home framework. Why Matter…matters One of the biggest challenges before Matter was a “thing” was deciding which platform to commit to. If you started with Amazon Alexa for a wide range of accessories, you were basically locked into buying Alexa-compatible gear. The same goes for Google or Apple. That made it hard to switch platforms later without overhauling your setup or running a mix of apps and ecosystems. Matter changed that. It created an industry for smart home devices so your lights, plugs, switches, and sensors can work across HomeKit, Alexa, Google Assistant, and SmartThings without needing a different app or new hardware. That means you are no longer locked into one ecosystem for the life of your products. You can use a HomePod with Siri today and switch to an Amazon Echo tomorrow and your gear comes with you. For HomeKit users, Matter has ultimately meant that more devices will be compatible out of the box. Unboxing, testing, and thoughts on Lightinginside Matter smart bulb Obviously, there’s not a lot to a lightbulb in the box. The Matter code is on the Lightinginside Matter smart bulb, so you’ll want to do the dance of scanning it within the Home app, screwing it in, and turning it on. As HomeKit onboards the bulb to your environment, you’ll pick a room and give it a name. Feature-wise, you can dim and adjust colors on the Lightinginside Matter smart bulb within HomeKit. This is where HomeKit/Matter bulbs shine over outlet adaptors. With outlet adaptors, it’s simply off and on. With bulbs, they become very useful within scenes and automations because you can set certain levels based on time of day, day of the week, or specific routines. You might have them turn on at twenty percent brightness in the early morning to ease into the day, then switch to full brightness as the day moves. At night, they can shift to a warmer tone and lower brightness to help wind things down. You can also tie them to HomeKit motion sensors so lights only come on when needed. All of it happens automatically once the bulbs are added to your HomeKit setup and the automations are made. Key features: Matter-certified for HomeKit, Amazon Alexa, Google Assistsnt, and SmartThings No third-party app required when using HomeKit Full color and tunable white support 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi only Standard A19 bulb with E26 base Supports automations, schedules, and scenes in HomeKit Music sync and DIY scenes available with Smart Life app 9W LED with dimming via app or Siri Wrap up on Lightinginside Matter smart bulb So, does the Lightinginside Matter Smart Bulb do anything unique over the dozens of Homekit bulbs on the market? Not really. It supports Matter and generally works well. My main complaint is the lack of adaptive lighting support for HomeKit setups. You can often find a four-pack on sale for $20 or so, making it a great option for augmenting your smart home setup with more HomeKit lights. You can buy the Lightinginside Matter Smart Bulb from Amazon or directly from the manufacturer on its website. Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed.  FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.You’re reading 9to5Mac — experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Don’t know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

"I’ll build it 30 feet tall if I got to."Levee JohnstonA man and his brother in western Tennessee deployed a clever system to save their family home from devastating river surges triggered by a catastrophic storm earlier this month.As the Washington Post reports, farmers Tucker Humphrey and his brother Justin constructed levees with an excavator that saved the house from flooding.Dazzling aerial footage of the flood shows the home and its surrounding rectangular property virtually untouched by the brown floodwater that has engulfed everything else in the region.The idea of constructing a levee, a technique that humans have known about and deployed for many thousands of years, was passed down from the two brothers' father, who died several years ago, according to WaPo."Just normal things around here," Tucker Humphrey told the newspaper. "Doing what we have to do to save the house."Paul WallTo protect the home, the pair constructed a barrier up to nine feet tall in certain places.And as it turns out, the artificial embankment was sorely needed. In just hours, the Obion River, which runs adjacent to their hometown of Bogota, rose nine feet at the beginning of April.Around 100 people had to be rescued in the area. The storm itself, which tore through much of the South, killed more than 30 people.The Humphreys have no plan to move away from the flood-prone area, and are ready to construct even higher barriers."I’ll build it 30 feet tall if I got to," Tucker told the WaPo.More on floods: Flood Wreaks Havoc on NASA SpacecraftShare This Article

Today is Superman Day — apparently the very first issue of Action Comics went on sale on April 18, 1938 — and so there is a new video hyping this summer’s upcoming Superman film from writer/director James Gunn.This isn’t really a trailer; more of a behind-the-scenes featurette, showing Gunn working on set with the crew and stars David Corenswet (Superman), Rachel Brosnahan (Lois Lane), Nicholas Hoult (Lex Luthor), and more. It also has a bunch of footage of some of the other DC Comics heroes who appear in the film, including Isabela Merced’s Hawkgirl and Anthony Carrigan’s Metamorpho — who looks eerily like the version of the character from comics. Although ... is he wearing ... ratty gym shorts? (Metamorpho typically wears black briefs with a non-functional belt with an “M” on it, just in case he forgets how to spell his name.)There are also interviews with several cast members, and you get a good look at some of the practical props as well. I want a high five from one of those Fortress of Solitude robots.You can watch the Superman Day Superman featurette below:READ MORE: The Best DC Movie Posters EverHere is the new Superman’s official synopsis:“Superman,” DC Studios’ first feature film to hit the big screen, is set to soar into theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures. In his signature style, James Gunn takes on the original superhero in the newly imagined DC universe with a singular blend of epic action, humor and heart, delivering a Superman who’s driven by compassion and an inherent belief in the goodness of humankind.James Gunn’s Superman is set to open in theaters on July 11.Get our free mobile appThe Biggest DC Movie BombsThese movies may have featured some of the biggest superheroes in history, but they were also big flops.Filed Under: DC Comics, James Gunn, SupermanCategories: Movie News, Superheroes

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