Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gunner Hyatt, 6, died last week after inhaling helium from a Mylar balloon, according to a medical examiner (Legacy.com) Gunner ...

Pretty much everyone loves balloons—especially younger children. Kids are slowly building up ideas about the way the universe works (through their observations), and they already know that when you ...

The annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City uses roughly 400,000 cubic feet of helium gas in total to inflate its iconic giant balloons. Besides being lighter than air and ...

An Illinois boy – who had just celebrated his sixth birthday – tragically died after inhaling helium from a Mylar balloon, family and officials said. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated to death when he ...

A 5-year-old British boy died after trying to climb into a life-size helium balloon shaped like a dinosaur, according to a coroner who called it “every parent’s nightmare.” Karlton Donaghey was given ...

A helium balloon-powered basket took to the skies at the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico on Saturday, October 3. 94 giant helium balloons were used to lift a gondola and its pilot into the ...

Helium balloons are a quintessential party favor, a fixture of any birthday, wedding or anniversary party. But few consumers seem to know that helium is a limited resource — and one which physics ...

A six-year-old Illinois boy died after inhaling helium from a large, “child-size” Mylar balloon just days after his birthday, according to officials. Gunner Hyatt likely suffocated and died after ...