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. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

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." picked by suebe 3 years ago

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

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

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

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

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

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. picked by AutumnLotus 8 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

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

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

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. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

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. picked by tragluk 10 months ago

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 picked by neilharvey 2 years ago

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. picked by JoshSF49 1 year ago

The creation of an acoustic black hole leaves the way open for the discovery of Hawking radiation.

Yeah! picked by suebe 6 months ago

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 picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

A jet of gas spewing from a huge black hole has mysteriously brightened, flaring to 90 times its normal glow. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Nassau County prosecutors announced today that Wal-Mart will avoid criminal charges for any wrongdoing in contributing to the Black Friday stampede inside a Long Island store that left one employee dead and several others injured. Update to this and this picked by suebe 7 months ago