Watching helium gas lift balloons into the air is a lot of fun — or perhaps a tragedy if that balloon belonged to a small child who let it go. And, who hasn’t sipped the helium gas from a balloon and ...

On Thanksgiving, enormous balloons of popular characters from cartoons, comics and animated TV shows and movies make their much-anticipated appearance in a stately procession down New York City ...

A 53-foot-tall electric mouse soars over Manhattan’s Times Square in 2001. Photo: STAN HONDA/AFP (Getty Images) The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City uses roughly 400,000 cubic ...

Have you ever noticed that balloons blown up by mouth don't float in the air, while balloons filled with helium gas do float? To understand this question, let's look at why things float. A person ...

That MRI you got in the hospital and the "Get Well Soon" balloon Aunt Sally tied to your recovery bed have something in common. Both rely on helium, and shaky supplies of the lighter-than-air gas are ...

Helium is getting hard to find these days, and it’s ruining parties for people of all ages. No helium, of course, means no helium balloons, and what's a celebration without balloons? Among moms who ...

Hearts are heavy these days in the world of lighter-than-air helium balloons. A helium shortage is making balloon prices rise faster than a helium balloon itself after a kid lets it go. "I don't want ...

It'll never rank up there with turkey and pumpkin pie, but for millions of Americans the Thanksgiving experience just wouldn't be the same without ... helium. For 364 days of the year, the colorless ...

One of the world's greatest races has a gas problem.The America's Challenge Gas Balloon Race, which takes place Saturday in Albuquerque, is affected by the global helium shortage.Five teams from ...

Michael Corcoran, a former captain for the Clinton Police Department Marine Control and avid fisherman, said that he often comes across floating debris in his boat from helium balloons that drift far ...

No helium, of course, means no helium balloons, and what's a celebration without balloons? With moms trying to plan graduation parties and end of the school year events, the worldwide helium shortage ...