Jan 1st, 2009 · Amidst the holiday madness and winter chill, perhaps you need a warm escape. Steve Trieber has been flying balloons for 30 years. We take a ride with him above the hills of Samode Village in northwestern India.
Nov 14th, 2008 · Mechanical engineers Seth Lichter and Mark Weislogel wondered what would happen if they popped water balloons aboard NASA's low-gravity aircraft. Aside from the "fun-factor," as Weislogel puts it, the results demonstrate some basic principles of physics.
Oct 17th, 2008 · Flora Lichtman, Science Friday's digital media producer, talks about an artist who crafts giant balloon sculptures after finding inspiration in the natural world.
Oct 8th, 2008 · The first retrospective exhibit of controversial artist Jeff Koons is on display at Versailles, just outside Paris. In recent years, only a few select works of contemporary artists have been displayed there. Now, Koon's giant red aluminum lobster, vacuum cleaners and floor polishers display and giant balloon dog adorn the palace. Critics are calling it a sullying of French culture and identity.
Jul 15th, 2008 · The foil helium balloons that float good wishes and birthday remarks could be banished from California. State Senator Jack Scott talks about his proposed ban on the balloons and how it might save taxpayers millions of dollars each year.
Jun 20th, 2008 · Two filmmakers blow the world of balloon twisters wide open in a new documentary.
Jun 10th, 2008 · The number of Americans who are considered under-insured is growing. According to a new study, the number of under-insured, working-age adults ballooned by 60 percent during the past four years.
May 21st, 2008 · When an Oregon man tried to fly across the state in a lawn chair, he made some miscalculations. Kent Couch did get the chair aloft by attaching it to helium balloons. Then wind blew him off course. And when he landed and stood up, Couch's chair flew off without him, along with a video camera that recorded his. Now, nearly a year later, the chair and camera have turned up in a farmer's field.