Cracker question because helium balloons are actually a pretty controversial topic. Some people argue that they are harmful to the environment because on returning to Earth, animals mistake them ...

If you want to buy a helium-filled balloon for a celebration, then it's likely you'll be paying a bit more for the privilege. "Prices just keep going up and up," says Steve Durnford, director of ...

Chef Grant Achatz serves up some very unusual dishes, and one of the most popular is an edible helium balloon. Customers are served the balloons and encouraged to suck in the helium before eating it.

It’s unclear what the purpose of the balloons is, but the number of such objects passing over or near Taiwan has increased in recent weeks.

Blogger copies idea of foreign climber but faces warning over tree branch dangers, being blown away in high winds A fitness ...

Japan is not alone among nations of the world in facing a massive shortage of helium gas. In case you thought, what's the big deal, the gas is only used for things like inflating balloons at ...

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On Friday, 64 years later, Alan pulled down the shutter for the final time on local retail institution AE Hartley & Son. When ...

In 1982, a truck driver made headlines when he tied 42 helium balloons to a garden chair and ... which is something that really sticks with me and is in the show, 'I knew what I was doing'.

I was in a movie with Pierce Brosnan. He was filming Grey Owl. Joe and I were there with a few people from town. I was given a leather dress ...

it will likely include jaw-dropping footage of what the eclipsed sun and the moon's shadow look like from near space. It will come from some of the numerous helium weather balloons set to be ...