Monthly Archives: December 2014

Four Reasons Helium Balloons are Deadlier Than You May Think

1. Helium, which is used for medical purposes, is running out. Helium is a non-renewable resource. Scientists have expressed conerns because the earth’s supply of the gas is getting shorter and shorter. Estimates give us about another 25 years before … Continue reading

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Google to Test 4G Helium Balloons

Tech giant Google announced on Monday that it would be testing 20 high-altitude balloons in western Queensland next month that are capable of sending and receiving 4G-like signals. Melbourne-based newspaper The Age reports that the test is part of Google’s … Continue reading

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Thanks, Helium, for Lifting the Holiday

It’ll never rank up there with turkey and pumpkin pie, but, for millions of Americans, the Thanksgiving experience just wouldn’t be the same without helium. For 364 days of the year, the colorless and odorless gas works quietly behind the … Continue reading

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Helium Gives Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade a Lift

It’ll never rank up there with turkey and pumpkin pie, but for millions of Americans the Thanksgiving experience just wouldn’t be the same without … helium. For 364 days of the year, the colorless and odorless gas works quietly behind … Continue reading

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Should We Mine The Moon?

To date, all human economic activity has depended on the material and energy resources of a single planet; understandably, perhaps. It is conceivable though that future advances in space exploration could change this by opening our closed planetary economy to … Continue reading

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