Nathan Kessel tests whether fifty-five helium balloons are enough to make three silly chinchillas float into the sky.

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Balloons drift into the night sky after mourners released them at the conclusion of a vigil memorializing five students from Smithfield-Selma High School in January 2024. While balloon releases can be ...

A startup building massive, bullet-shaped helium balloons that float in the stratosphere has raised $15 million from Japan’s SoftBank — part of an effort to monitor climate data and bring connectivity ...