Yep, you read that right. A birthday helium balloon drifted into India this week, prompting national panic and a hailstorm of aerial gunfire.
Helium balloon in a van defies physics. Or does it?
Accelerate quickly in your car and any objects or people inside will be forced backwards, but a helium balloon actually goes forward. Why?
Edible helium balloon dessert is a feat of gastronomy
Chicago chef Grant Achatz has created a truly unique masterpiece of a dessert using apple, sugars, and helium. It’s an edible helium balloon!
Can’t afford drones? Use helium balloons to shoot aerial footage
Tom Guilmette is a cinematographer who has a creative trick for getting incredible aerial video using a few cheap materials and helium balloons.
Test for helium to see if North Korea detonated H-bomb?
There might be one way to try to find out if North Korea really detonated a hydrogen bomb: Test for helium present in the skies.
Why do helium balloons deflate faster in cold air?
Ever leave helium balloons in your car in the winter only to later find them deflated on the seats? Here’s why it happens and what to do about it.
Helium rain on Saturn, found using giant laser
Check the weather report and you might find that there is a chance of rain this week. Check Saturn’s and you’ll find there is a chance of helium… helium rain.
Training falcons with helium balloons
How do you train a bird to fly up to and dive attack a lure at 1,000 feet? Helium balloons! Here is how helium balloons are used to train falcons.
How the Thanksgiving Day Parade helium balloons are made
Ever wonder what it takes to create the massive helium balloons of the Thanksgiving Day Parade? It’s a full-time, year-round job—check it out.
The helium balloon accidents of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®
So many giant helium balloons float down the city streets in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade®, you’d think things would go wrong sometimes. They do. A lot.