Have you ever seen a weather balloon pop? Most people never will, because the balloons can rise upwards of 20 miles into the atmosphere. However, amateur astronomer Michael Riffle pointed his lens to ...

Nuclear bomb craters have been simulated by exploding balloons in a sand box. The results may help determine the origin of other craters, such as those made by methane explosions. Craters created by ...

WWII saw the development of some zany designs for weapons, such as when the U.S. developed pigeon guided missiles and (literal) bat bombs (the latter of which were a little too effective, accidentally ...