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BALB/cJ
BALB/cJ (JAX 000651) is an inbred mouse substrain separated from BALB/cByJ in 1935; the pair shows divergent aggression, anxiety, cardiomyocyte ploidy, and immune disease susceptibility from fixed spontaneous mutations.
Balbala
Balbala (بالبالا) is a commune and the largest suburb of Djibouti City, located on the left bank of the Ambouli Wadi and home to about 40 percent of the capital's population.
Balban's suppression of the Chihalgani
Balban's suppression of the Chihalgani (بلبن کی چہلگانی کی سرکوبی) was Ghiyasuddin Balban's destruction of the Corps of Forty, the Turkish amirs who dominated the Delhi Sultanate.
Balban's suppression of the Mewatis and restoration of royal authority
Balban's suppression of the Mewatis (बलबन का मेवाती दमन) was a series of campaigns by Sultan Ghiyas al-Din Balban against the predatory Mewatis of Mewat near Delhi.
Balbhadra Kunwar
Balbhadra Kunwar (बलभद्र कुँवर) was a Gorkhali commander of the Nepali army, born in Kathmandu in 1790, known for defending Nalapani fort against a British assault in 1814.
Balbino Alarcón
Balbino Alarcón is a Spanish immunologist and CSIC Research Professor in Madrid known for work on T-cell receptor signaling, TCR assembly, and a familial immunodeficiency.
Balbir Bhujhangy
Balbir Bhujhangy, born Balbir Singh Khanpur, is a British Punjabi singer and lead singer of the Bhujhangy Group, credited as the first UK bhangra band.
Balbir Singh Seechewal
Balbir Singh Seechewal is an Indian Aam Aadmi Party politician and Rajya Sabha member from Punjab since 2022, known for reviving the Kali Bein rivulet.
Balbir Singh, Sr.
Balbir Singh Sr. (Balbir Singh Dosanjh, 1923-2020), Indian field hockey centre-forward who won Olympic gold in 1948, 1952, and 1956, scored a record five goals in the 1952 final, captained the 1956 team, received the Padma Shri in 1957, and managed India's 1975 World Cup-winning side.
Balboa Park (San Diego)
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre urban cultural park in San Diego, established 1868 as City Park, renamed 1910, shaped by the 1915-16 and 1935-36 expositions, home to 18 museums and the San Diego Zoo.
Balcerowicz Plan
The Balcerowicz Plan was Poland's economic stabilization program, designed in 1989 by Deputy Prime Minister Leszek Balcerowicz and implemented on 1 January 1990 to end hyperinflation.
Balcha Safo
Balcha Safo, also rendered Balcha Aba Nefso, was an Ethiopian military commander and governor known for his role in the victory over Italy at Adwa in 1896.
Balchand
Balchand (بالچند) was a Hindu painter at the Mughal imperial courts from 1595 to about 1650, the brother of painter Payag and a master of portraiture.
Balchanma
Balchanma (बलचनमा) is a 1952 Hindi novel by Nagarjun, narrated in the first person by a poor farm laborer and counted among the foundational Hindi regional novels.
Balcinrenone
Balcinrenone, formerly AZD9977, is an oral nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor modulator from AstraZeneca with partial antagonist activity intended to reduce hyperkalemia risk, now in phase 3 heart failure trials.
Balclutha (ship)
Balclutha is a three-masted, steel-hulled square-rigger built near Glasgow in 1886, which carried grain, lumber, and salmon around Cape Horn and is now a San Francisco museum ship.
BALCO Korba power station
BALCO Korba power station is a coal-fired power plant at Balco Nagar in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India, owned by Bharat Aluminium Company to power its aluminum smelter.
BALCO scandal
BALCO scandal: 2002-2008 US federal doping investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which supplied undetectable designer steroids (THG, 'the Clear', 'the Cream') to athletes including Barry Bonds and Marion Jones, yielding a 42-count indictment and 11 convictions.
Balcombe Street siege
Six-day December 1975 London hostage siege in which four Provisional IRA men (O'Connell, Butler, Duggan, Doherty) held a couple at 22b Balcombe Street, Marylebone, after a chase following a shooting at Scott's restaurant, and surrendered unharmed.
Balcon de Montezuma
Balcón de Montezuma (Los Indios), an INAH archaeological site in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, Mexico; hilltop Pueblito Complex settlement with about 100 limestone platforms, two occupation phases (1–900 and 1200–1500 AD), and a distinctive cube-shaped modified skull.
Balcony
A balcony is a platform projecting from a building wall, enclosed by a railing and accessible from an upper floor, giving occupants outdoor space and a view.
Balcony solar power
Balcony solar power, known in German as Balkonkraftwerk and also called plug-in solar, is a small photovoltaic system mounted on balconies so apartment residents can generate their own electricity.
Bald and Bankrupt
Bald and Bankrupt, or Mr. Bald, is the YouTube travel vlog channel of British vlogger Benjamin Rich, started June 2018, focused on post-Soviet states, India, and raw handheld vlogging; about 4.5 million subscribers, detained at Baikonur and banned from Russia in 2022.
Bald eagle
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), North America's only native eagle and U.S. national bird (legislated December 2024). Recovered from 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to over 316,000 individuals; delisted in 2007; lead poisoning remains a key threat.
Bald eagle search
Bald eagle search (BES) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for continuous optimization and engineering design, introduced in 2020 and modeled on bald eagles hunting fish.
Bald Head
Bald Head is a bare, ice-free headland 8 miles southwest of View Point on the south side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, at 63°38'S 57°36'W; charted and named by the FIDS in 1945.
Bald Knobbers
The Bald Knobbers were vigilante groups active in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri in the 1880s, led by Nat Kinny to enforce law and moral standards.
Bald Range fire
The Bald Range fire was a 2026 wildfire near Summerland, British Columbia that burned about 25,000 hectares, destroyed roughly 150 structures, and killed one person.
Baldachin
Baldachin (baldacchino, baldaquin): ceremonial canopy of fabric, stone, or metal over an altar, throne, or tomb, or carried on poles in procession; named after Baghdad brocade; Bernini's St Peter's bronze baldachin is the famous example.
Baldassare Castiglione
Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) was an Italian diplomat and man of letters whose Book of the Courtier, printed in Venice in 1528, defined the ideal Renaissance courtier.