Inflated balloons that trick the stomach into feeling full have long been used for weight loss. The problem is that they become less effective the longer they stay inflated. Now, MIT engineers have ...

A ballooning whale carcass has been found on the north side of Malcolm Island in British Columbia. The young female humpback, called Spike, has no apparent external injuries and rescuers are unsure of ...

Have we misunderstood the first known animal? Dickinsonia, a weird organism from half a billion years ago, may have inflated its body to feed. The strategy is not seen in animals today, which raises ...

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force will make the Alpha 5 balloon a permanent part of its collection, and the public is invited to see the balloon inflated for the last time. The final inflation ...

When France's Montgolfier brothers sent a sheep, a duck and a cockerel 6,000 feet high aboard the world's first hot-air balloon in 1783, they couldn't have known their work would one day lead to ...