It was these drawbacks that led Stuart Semple to create his own incredibly black paint. Over the years, he’s refined the formula and improved its performance, steadily building a greater product ...

Black holes are points in space that are so dense they create deep gravity sinks. Beyond a certain region, not even light can escape the powerful tug of a black hole's gravity. And anything that v ...

Black widows are notorious spiders identified by the colored, hourglass-shaped mark on their abdomens. Several species answer to the name, and they are found in temperate regions around the world ...

Out of all the many dog breeds that exist in the world, black dogs have a special place in our hearts. These cuties tend to have soulful brown eyes and cute little black noses—and who can resist ...

Stachybotrys chartarum is sometimes referred to as "toxic black mold." But all kinds of mold can cause symptoms if you're sensitive to, or allergic to, mold. More research is needed to understand ...

Photograph by Mitchell Studios. Gift of W. Allen Taylor, son of "Walkin' Talkin' Bill Hawkins," The First Black Disc Jockey of Cleveland, Ohio Celebrate Black History Month with Smithsonian events, ...

That story, like most creation stories, is part true and part myth. Since it’s Black History Month, here are five truths that remain hidden from too many people today. The nation’s founders believed ...

Using Wobbling Stellar Material, Astronomers Measure the Spin of a Supermassive Black Hole for the First Time May 22, 2024 — Astronomers have a new way to measure how fast a black hole spins ...

The Black and White Minstrel Show, which ran from 1958 to 1978 was arguably the BBC’s most glaring failure to understand the damage it could do when it traded in out-dated stereotypes.

In 2020, the clenched fist (also referred to as the black fist) was tied to the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement as an emblem of power, pride, and perseverance. The black fist is perhaps most ...

Black holes are regions in space where an enormous amount of mass is packed into a tiny volume. This creates a gravitational pull so strong that not even light can escape. They are created when giant ...