For nearly 30 years, Scabby the Rat, a giant inflatable balloon with sharp claws, a perpetual snarl and a menacing demeanor, has loomed over construction sites across Chicago and beyond to protest the ...

Imagine a tiny balloon in your stomach that expands to help you feel full. Or a capsule you swallow that vibrates to tell your brain when it’s time to stop eating. MIT is breaking new ground in the ...

It’s a game of cat and mouse – and the rodent is winning. A city union protesting at a Midtown construction site has erected an even larger inflatable rat, topping the blow-up cat that the building’s ...

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What is it about light, bright rubber filled with air that brings us so much joy? Balloons of all types have a nostalgic appeal that’s hard to pinpoint, but whether we’re talking round and ...

A new ingestible and inflatable balloon system seems to be a noninvasive way to fill up the stomach and curb appetite, researchers report. The balloon system, known as Obalon, helped obese people lose ...

Senior Lecturer in Military Strategy and Law, University of Portsmouth One of the more surreal sights of the recent Afghan war was tethered balloons (also known as “aerostats”) looming over the bases ...

A magic pill for weight loss seems as far-fetched as teleporting (come on, science). But researchers may have cracked it with Obalon, an Rx pill that contains not meds, but—get ready for it—a balloon.

If we ever have giant inflatable telescopes in space, you can thank Chris Walker’s mom. Years ago, Walker was making chocolate pudding when he had to interrupt his culinary undertaking to field a ...

However, a recently opened destination in the West Kowloon Cultural District is promising Hongkongers a different kind of fun this festive season. Get ready to bounce the year away at Merry Balloon ...