If you're looking for a way to cool you and your kids down this summer, you might try a water balloon fight. 'Battle Balloon Color Burst' are water balloons full of color that dye you that color when ...

Popping balloons can damage your hearing, a study has revealed. The noise of a balloon bursting can be louder than a shotgun blast and lead to permanent hearing loss. Study co-author Professor Bill ...

Nothing screams summer like pulling out the garden hose and going a little nuts in the yard while watering the grass. Getting blasted with a stream of cold water on a hot summer's day is a thrill for ...

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 ...

July 8 (UPI) --An Idaho man threw chopsticks to burst 55 balloons in one minute to break a Guinness World Record -- his 180th concurrently-held title. Serial record-breaker David Rush previously held ...

BALLS of shadow dissolve into a seething mist of droplets. To capture the way a balloon deforms as it bursts, James Huse, Josh Eaton and Steve Keylock spent hours working in darkness. They filled ...

Photographer Edward Horsford has perfected the art of photographing the split-second moment a balloon full of water explodes. Capturing these images needs specialist equipment, plenty of patience, ...

image: Orange peels contain limonene, and this chemical is the key to a party trick in which you can pop a balloon with a twist. Limonene is an exceptionally good solvent for the rubber in balloons, ...

Of barbecues and busted balloons. This past Saturday, I attended a barbecue at my friends' house in Maryland. I was surprised to notice as I pulled up out front that the house next door looked vacant ...