Bursting balloons is good fun, but there is also some fascinating physics lurking in how the fabric of the balloon is ripped apart. Two physicists in France have studied the bursting process using a ...

The sound that shoppers at a popular Boca Raton mall thought was gunshots being fired over the weekend was actually a balloon being popped after it was run over, according to police. Officials with ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Two months after a gunman killed dozens inside an Orlando nightclub, the sound of popping balloons prompted shoppers to frantically flee an Orlando mall, injuring nine. Orange ...

Police in Florida have confirmed there was no active shooter at Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Thursday, Aug. 29. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), on Friday, Aug. 30, the Orange County ...

DAVE MCDANIEL, WESH TWO NEWS. THE ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS NO ONE IS FACING CHARGES FOR A FIGHT THAT CAUSED A PANIC AT DISNEY WORLD AND EVEN STARTED RUMORS OF AN ACTIVE SHOOTER. BUT ...

When a balloon bursts, it doesn’t just simply burst. New high-speed camera footage shows that they either snap cleanly open or become covered in many cracks, depending on the stresses within the skin.

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. — There was a scare on the campus of Barry University on Thursday following reports of an armed and active shooter. A series of loud popping sounds created pure panic, but ...

A common birthday party favour can blow up into a problem for children--but also a bigger conversation about hearing loss, say University of Alberta researchers. U of A hearing experts Bill Hodgetts ...