Black smoke indicates that votes have been cast, but no candidate has received the two-thirds majority required to be elected pope. White smoke means that a new pope has been selected.

Black smoke is more than a visual cue; it’s a sign of dense carbon and poor combustion. It often appears during fires involving heavy fuels like oil or plastic, and it signals both toxicity and ...

What else you should know. The most commonly reported colors observed in dreams are black, white and red, which has been associated with love, blood, flesh and fire, said Kelly Bulkeley, a dream ...

Excerpted from The Universe in 100 Colors: Weird and Wondrous Colors from Science and Nature by Tyler Thrasher and Terry Mudge. September 24, 2024, Sasquatch Books. Published with permission.

Female panda ants tend to be black and white, and wield huge stingers about half the length of their bodies. (Image credit: Chris Lukhaup, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Name: Panda ant ...