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. picked by plimytheelder 3 years ago

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. picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago

A Humane Society in Idaho has banned adoptions of black cats, fearing they might be mistreated, or worse, on Halloween. picked by Caremel 3 years ago

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. picked by muppet 2 years ago

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. picked by bornbad 5 months ago

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. picked by bingo 5 months ago

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." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power dropped 400,000 black balls in a move to block the formation of a carcinogen in the water and protect the drinking water supply needed for summer. 3 million more will be add picked by wildminou 1 year ago

In some black communities it’s akin to donning a white sheet and a Confederate flag. In others, it’s ostensibly tolerated yet whispered about, branded culturally incorrect and bad form, if not outright sacrilege picked by Doggylives 6 months ago

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. picked by 2manyusernames 1 month ago

A KKK store called The Redneck Shop is renting space from a black activist. Hilarity ensues picked by moe 2 years ago

Sure they claim it is to fight man-caused "global warming" fraud. They claim it is because black cars get hotter marginally faster due the color absorbing the sun's energy but we know the real truth. Plus if they succeed with black cars, they'll go for black clothes and then...? picked by bernardblack 8 months ago

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. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

The first black holes in the universe had dramatic effects on their surroundings despite the fact that they were small and grew very slowly, according to recent supercomputer simulations. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A sleep-deprived office worker accidentally discovers a black hole and then greed gets the better of him...
Nice short movie picked by wildminou 1 year ago

A sampling of some black ops insignia from Trevor Paglin's book "I could tell you but then you'd have to be destroyed by me". Some interesting facts around each emblem like the one in the theme pic! You'll never guess what the latin phrase means. picked by BrownTrout 9 months ago

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. picked by kakana 3 months ago

A native of China and one of the oldest medicinal herbs, camellia sinensis is a tall evergreen shrub that blooms with white followers that resemble dogwood roses. This is the shrub that started the legend of tea in 2737 B.C. when the fresh leaves fell into the boiling water of Chinese Emperor Shen Nung, the father of Chinese medicine. Today, there are more than three thousand species of the shrub ... read full post picked by TeaAvenue 2 years ago

Some of the biggest black holes in the nearby Universe may be much larger than previously thought.

A reassessment of the monster hole at the core of the M87 galaxy suggests it could have 6.4 billion times the mass of our own Sun. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Super Massive Black Holes at the heart of galaxies may have been their progenitors and not the other way round as had been thought according to new research. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago