Weather balloons are a simple solution to a complicated problem. Weather balloons are the butt of jokes when there’s anything flying around that we can’t identify. Strange light over the city?

Beth Harris, a Raleigh mom of two, long-time science educator and creator of Fort Kits for Kids, shares another fun and easy experiment that you can do at home with kids. This one involves a ...

The sight of a perfect red balloon wafting down the streets and across the roofs of Paris was a touchstone image for a couple of generations of schoolkids. At one point or another, it seems most of ...