In this short video, I walk you through a simple balloon rocket experiment that is perfect for the classroom or home. Using ...

In this quick classroom science demo, I show how I turn vinegar, baking soda, and a balloon into a mini fire extinguisher.

A balloon soars through Colorado skies during Thursday's drama. Anyone familiar with the physics of lighter-than-air lift would probably have suspected that 6-year-old Falcon Heene was not inside the ...

A WashU team launched the Dilution Refrigerator Transition Edge Sensor (DR-TES) mission on Sept. 24 from NASA's scientific balloon facility in Fort Sumner, N.M. The mission is testing a sophisticated ...