Pretty much everyone loves balloons—especially younger children. Kids are slowly building up ideas about the way the universe works (through their observations), and they already know that when you ...

BEND, Ore. — Last weekend, Kent Couch settled down in his lawn chair with some snacks and a parachute. Attached to his lawn chair were 105 large helium balloons. Destination: Idaho. With instruments ...

An enormous store of helium discovered in Tanzania could relieve dwindling supplies of the rare gas, and help meet global demand for several years. "The estimated resource is in the order of 54 ...

Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated and died after inhaling helium from the balloon last Thursday, May 29, WFIE reported. Hyatt, who had just celebrated his sixth birthday eight days before, was examined ...