Popping balloons can lead to permanent hearing loss. (Reprentational Image) Toronto: If you thought bursting balloons at a birthday party is plain fun, think again! Researchers have found that popping ...

The loudest bang made by a balloon, tested in labs using a high-pressure microphone, was 168 decibels KIDS should be made to wear ear defenders at parties for fear bursting balloons could leave them ...

Popping balloons can damage your hearing, a study has revealed. The noise of a balloon bursting can be louder than a shotgun blast and lead to permanent hearing loss. Article continues below Study ...

A problem with bursting balloons with the Sapien 3 Ultra transcatheter heart valve delivery system (Edwards Lifesciences), previously reported by TCTMD, has now been identified as a class I recall by ...

If you're looking for a way to cool you and your kids down this summer, you might try a water balloon fight. 'Battle Balloon Color Burst' are water balloons full of color that dye you that color when ...

One of the fondest childhood memories for most of us would be bursting balloons towards the end of a birthday party. Something about the act brought immense joy as we would pull down the strings, ...

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 ...

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 ...