Beth Harris, a Raleigh mom of two, long-time science educator and creator of Fort Kits for Kids, shares another fun and easy experiment that you can do at home with kids. This one involves a balloon, ...

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What happens in the fraction of a second when a balloon goes POP!? It may seem like a trivial question, but the answer could provide a better understanding of how aneurysms burst and why airplanes ...

Inspired by a YouTube video where kids at a party popped hundreds of balloons, researchers from the University of Alberta did an experiment to find out how noise from bursting balloons can impact ...

Go pop a balloon. Then, come back. How did you do it? Did you poke it with a pin? Or did you overinflate it until it popped? Well, you probably did neither, because you don't have any balloons (good ...

A balloon is made up of long chains of latex molecules. With this experiment, if you pierce the points of the latex balloon that is under the least amount of stress, the long strands of polymer ...

Can a balloon really resist heat without popping? Watch as they put the heatproof magic balloon to the test in this exciting ...

The Science Siblings popped by with an experiment fit for Liftiversary week involving balloons, candles, and oranges. Paige and Adam Jacobson suggest safety glasses too. “We will be working with ...