For nearly 30 years, Scabby the Rat, a giant inflatable balloon with sharp claws, a perpetual snarl and a menacing demeanor, has loomed over construction sites across Chicago and beyond to protest the ...

BACK WITH ANOTHER EDITION OF SCIENCE WITH SWAIM. >> WELCOME TO SCIENCE WITH SWAIM. WILL HE BE MAKING -- WE WILL BE MAKING A SELF INFLATABLE BALLOON. WE NEED VINEGAR, AN EMPTY BOTTLE, BAKING SODA, A ...

Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth One of the more surreal sights of the recent Afghan war was tethered balloons (also known as “aerostats”) looming over the bases ...

However, a recently opened destination in the West Kowloon Cultural District is promising Hongkongers a different kind of fun this festive season. Get ready to bounce the year away at Merry Balloon ...

It was one of the infamous “Trump chickens,” which writer Danelle Morton purchased from a factory in the Guangdong Province of China for $1,100, including the blower and shipping. Dressed in a custom ...

If your brain hasn’t yet been completely broken by 2023 in Washington, you might have noticed a 15-foot-tall inflatable version of US Representative George Santos in front of the Capitol Tuesday.

If we ever have giant inflatable telescopes in space, you can thank Chris Walker’s mom. Years ago, Walker was making chocolate pudding when he had to interrupt his culinary undertaking to field a ...

A magic pill for weight loss seems as far-fetched as teleporting (come on, science). But researchers may have cracked it with Obalon, an Rx pill that contains not meds, but—get ready for it—a balloon.

CAMBRIDGE, MA --Gastric balloons — silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach — can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However, this effect ...

The University of Georgia Griffin Campus boasts a multitude of researchers working to develop innovations in the agriculture industry. Earlier in July, scientist and professor Scott NeSmith welcomed a ...

A new ingestible and inflatable balloon system seems to be a noninvasive way to fill up the stomach and curb appetite, researchers report. The balloon system, known as Obalon, helped obese people lose ...