Ze Widow, She Is Black Posted: 5 months ago by bornbad
One of the not-so-great joys of my new trailer is that it came with an infestation of black widow spiders. We would open the galley, and there one would be: black, and shiny, with horribly pointy legs and a big, fat abdomen.
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Chile's black widow spider may yield spermicide Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists have discovered a potentially marketable contraceptive in the venom of Chile's black widow spider, whose bite is fatal to many but can also cause prolonged, painful and involuntary erections in men.
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Police Ask Public for Help in Investigation of 'Black Widow' Case Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
A 62-year-old woman known as the "Black Widow" is being held in a North Carolina jail on $1.5 million bond for relatively petty charges, while police race to unravel a web of mysteries — including the deaths of her two husbands and a female "best friend" — before time runs out and "she's outta here."
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Black Google Portal Posted: 3 years ago by plimytheelder
This Black Google Portal is easier on your eyes and saves energy. All search results are displayed on google.com with a black background and light text.
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The Black Keys Posted: 3 years ago by donteatpoop
The Black Keys are a blues band out of Akron, OH who have a distinctly gritty sound that is refreshing in todays over-produced industry.
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Meet the Black Squirrel Posted: 6 months ago by bingo
You have probably seen the grey, no doubt you have heard of or read about the red. But have you ever heard of a black squirriel? The subgroup is on the rise. If an animal was a meme, this would probably be it. A real one, that is. The Black Squirrel, coming to a back garden near you soon(ish)…. and it may have dandruff.
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Black is the new...Black? Posted: 2 years ago by muppet
Right now, the colour black, or “Kuro” in Japanese, is surprisingly enjoying widespread popularity in Japan. A trend so strong that we could even find an oh-so-hip black toilet paper.
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No Satanic Rituals with black cats for you this Halloween... Posted: 3 years ago by Caremel
A Humane Society in Idaho has banned adoptions of black cats, fearing they might be mistreated, or worse, on Halloween.
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What would it look like to fall into a black hole? Posted: 8 months ago by AutumnLotus
Falling into a black hole might not be good for your health, but at least the view would be fine. A new simulation shows what you might see on your way towards the black hole's crushing central singularity. The research could help physicists understand the apparently paradoxical fate of matter and energy in a black hole.
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Some Black Holes May Not Be Black, But Rather 'Naked Singularities' Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers from Duke University and the University of Cambridge think there is a way to determine whether some black holes are not actually black. Finding such an unmasked form of what physicists term a singularity "would shock the foundation of general relativity."
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Black Hole Created Posted: 2 months ago by 2manyusernames
An electromagnetic black hole has been created for the first time. It works at microwave frequencies but it is expected to be able to eventually catch visible light as well. This would open up new possibilities for solar power cells.
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Researchers propose new way to reproduce a black hole Posted: 3 months ago by kakana
The new method to create a tiny quantum sized black hole would allow researchers to better understand what physicist Stephen Hawking proposed more than 35 years ago: black holes are not totally void of activity; they emit photons, which is now known as Hawking radiation.
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Twin lambs born - one white, one black Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Salt and Pepper are twins, born to a ewe, which is white and a ram, which is a sussex breed, sporting a black face, legs and bottom.
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Black Holes Bound to Join Forces Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Researchers finally have strong evidence for the existence of a binary black hole system, a long-theorized result of galactic mergers that features two black holes orbiting around each other at the center of large galaxy.
The black holes are expected to merge in what astronomers figure would be one of the most energetic events in the universe.
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White Coach cuts eight Black Students from team, Racism charged. Posted: 10 months ago by tragluk
McCullough and Jerry Wilson, pastor of Freedom Missionary Baptist Church, said they got involved after parents came to them complaining that their kids were cut from the team earlier this month.
“We have racial profiling going on,” McCullough said, adding that’s the only explanation in his mind.*
*Other possible explanation? It's an all black team.
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Scientists uncover secrets of black widow spider silk Posted: 2 years ago by neilharvey
The prospect of super-strength military body armor inspired by silk from deadly black widow spiders has moved a step closer after research revealed by a US university
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Young, Black and Republican in New York, Blogging Against the Tide Posted: 1 year ago by JoshSF49
At one demonstration in New York in 2004, he recalled, an antiwar protester, who was white, used a racial slur against him, and black demonstrators with the protester kept silent.
Mr. Ivory said he was incensed that blacks would ignore such a slur because it was aimed at someone with opposing political views.
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Acoustic Black Hole Created in Bose-Einstein Condensate Posted: 6 months ago by suebe
The creation of an acoustic black hole leaves the way open for the discovery of Hawking radiation.
Yeah!
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The Spider Invasion Has Begun Posted: 1 year ago by pocksucket
Changes in the UK climate mean that winters once cold enough to kill off exotic spiders are now mild enough for them to survive.
Black Widow based scare-mongering from the Telegraph in the link.
Slightly more sombre reporting from The BBC, but they do have a video
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Black Holes Burp Big Bubbles Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Like cosmic bubble makers, some black holes spew out behemoth blobs of hot gas into their home galaxies.
The bubbles ultimately pop, and their gassy contents keep both the black hole and its galaxy from ballooning to mega sizes, a new study finds.
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Vast Black Coral Forest Found Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
The narrow stretch of water known as the Strait of Messina, where the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis swallowed sailors and ships, hides the world's largest forest of black coral, according to a new survey of the Mediterranean sea bed.
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