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Bombings of Soviet and Russian airliners

Bombings of Soviet and Russian airliners are attacks in which explosives were placed aboard Soviet and Russian civil aircraft, most notably the 2004 double bombing that killed 89 people.

Bombshell (2019 film)

Bombshell (2019) is a Jay Roach drama, written by Charles Randolph, starring Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, and John Lithgow as Roger Ailes, dramatizing the Fox News harassment scandal; Metascore 64, Oscar-winning makeup.

Bombus affinis

Bombus affinis, the rusty-patched bumble bee (bourdon à tache rousse), is an endangered North American bumble bee, the first listed under the US Endangered Species Act (2017), with over 90% decline from pathogens, pesticides, and habitat loss.

Bombus bohemicus

Bombus bohemicus, the Gypsy cuckoo bumblebee (also Ashton's cuckoo bumblebee, B. ashtoni), is a Holarctic Psithyrus social parasite of Bombus bumblebee nests; Endangered in Canada, Least Concern in Europe.

Bombus citrinus

Bombus citrinus, the lemon cuckoo bumble bee (Smith, 1854), is an eastern North American cuckoo bumble bee, subgenus Psithyrus, that parasitizes nests of B. bimaculatus, B. impatiens, and B. vagans; NatureServe G4, abundance down 40% from historical average.

Bombus sylvestris

Bombus sylvestris, the forest cuckoo bumblebee (Psithyrus sylvestris), is a socially parasitic bumblebee with no worker caste that invades nests of Bombus pratorum, also B. jonellus and B. monticola; widespread in the UK, Least Concern in Belgium.

Bombus trophonius

Bombus trophonius is an extinct fossil bumble bee from Early Miocene (20 Ma) Bílina Mine, Czech Republic, described 2017, placed in subgenus Cullumanobombus and most similar to Nearctic B. rufocinctus.

Bombus vestalis

Bombus vestalis (Vestal Cuckoo Bee, Southern cuckoo bumblebee), a Psithyrus cuckoo bumblebee described by Geoffroy in 1785; obligate social parasite of Bombus terrestris, workerless, distributed Morocco to Sweden and Portugal to the Volga valley.

Bombycidae

Bombycidae, silkworm moths or lappet moths (Latreille, 1802), a moth family in Bombycoidea with 27 genera and 202 species; contains the domesticated silkworm Bombyx mori; originated in Southern Gondwana about 64 Mya.

Bombycilla

Bombycilla (waxwings) is a genus of three Holarctic passerine birds, Bohemian, Japanese, and cedar waxwings, type genus of Bombycillidae, frugivorous flocking birds with waxy wing tips.

Bombyliidae

Bombyliidae, the bee flies, are a large cosmopolitan family of bee-mimicking Diptera with over 5,000 species; adults pollinate flowers while larvae are ecto- and endoparasitoids of seven insect orders plus spiders.

Bombylius major

Bombylius major, the dark-edged or greater bee fly (Linnaeus, 1758), is a hairy, bumblebee-mimicking fly across North America, Europe, and Asia; adults pollinate flowers with a long proboscis, larvae are parasitoids of solitary bees.

Bombyx mori

Bombyx mori, the domesticated mulberry silkworm, is the moth producing about 90% of world silk; domesticated from Bombyx mandarina in China, monophagous on mulberry, and unable to survive in the wild.

Bombyxin

Bombyxin: insulin-like peptide hormone family of the silkmoth Bombyx mori, first invertebrate insulin-family member (1984, initially 4K-PTTH); two-chain, ~40% identical to human insulin, lowers trehalose and promotes growth.

Bomedemstat

Bomedemstat (MK-3543, IMG-7289) is Merck's oral, irreversible LSD1 inhibitor for myeloproliferative neoplasms, in Phase 3 trials for essential thrombocythemia after Imago BioSciences acquisition.

Bomet

Bomet is a county in the former Rift Valley Province of Kenya, created from the former Kericho district in 1992, with its capital at Bomet Town.

Bomfunk MC's

Bomfunk MC's, also written Bomfunk MCs, is a Finnish breakbeat and hip-hop group of Raymond Ebanks, DJ Gismo, and producer JS16, best known for the 1999 single Freestyler, Europe's best-selling single of 2000, and the albums In Stereo and Burnin' Sneakers.

Bomilcar (admiral)

Bomilcar was a Carthaginian general appointed against Agathocles of Syracuse in 310 BC who later attempted to make himself tyrant of Carthage and was crucified around 308 BC.

Bomilcar (Numidian)

Bomilcar was a Numidian nobleman in the confidence of King Jugurtha during the Jugurthine War, serving him before conspiring against the king, who executed him.

Bomilcar (suffete)

Bomilcar was a Carthaginian suffete and naval commander of the late 3rd century BC, married to a daughter of Hamilcar Barca and father of Hanno.

Bomin Choi

Choi Bomin (최보민, born 1984) is a South Korean archer who won recurve team gold at the 2007 World Championships and compound gold at the 2014 Asian Games.

Bomis

Bomis was a for-profit Internet company founded in 1996 by Jimmy Wales, Tim Shell, and Michael Davis, operating a web directory and search portal that funded Wikipedia's early years.

Bommarillu (బొమ్మరిల్లు)

Bommarillu (బొమ్మరిల్లు) is a 2006 Telugu family drama directed by Bhaskar, produced by Dil Raju, starring Siddharth, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj; released 9 August 2006, remade in Tamil, Bengali, and Oriya.

Bon (བོན)

Bon (བོན), also spelled Bön, is the indigenous religious tradition of Tibet, known today as Yungdrung Bon, a monastic religion with its own founder, Tonpa Shenrab, canon, and monasteries.

Bon Appétit

Bon Appétit is an American food magazine founded in 1956, owned by Condé Nast since 1993, known for its test kitchen recipes, its 2020 workplace controversy, and a print schedule of at least six seasonal issues a year.

Bon Appétit (song)

Bon Appétit is a 2017 Katy Perry song featuring Migos, the second single from Witness, produced by Max Martin, Shellback, and Oscar Holter; it peaked at number 59 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (폭군의 셰프)

Bon Appétit, Your Majesty (폭군의 셰프, Tyrant's Chef) is a 2025 tvN time-slip fantasy rom-com adapted from Park Kuk-jae's web novel, starring Lim Yoon-a and Lee Chae-min; it peaked at 17.1% Nielsen and topped Netflix's non-English chart for two weeks.

Bon Irau

Bon Irau (Gunung Irau, Mount Irau), 2,501 m, is the highest peak of the Tamrau Mountains in Tambrauw Regency, Southwest Papua, Indonesia, an ultra-prominent summit with 1,900 m prominence, distinct from Malaysia's Mount Irau.

Bon Iver

Bon Iver is Justin Vernon's Eau Claire, Wisconsin indie folk project, founded 2006 after DeYarmond Edison broke up. Debut For Emma, Forever Ago (2008, Jagjaguwar) was cabin-recorded on one SM57; later albums include Bon Iver, Bon Iver (2011 Grammys), 22 A Million, i,i, and SABLE, fABLE.

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi: American rock band formed 1983 in Sayreville, New Jersey, fronted by Jon Bon Jovi. Breakthrough album Slippery When Wet (1986), 130 million albums sold, Rock Hall 2018, Forever Tour 2026-2027.