How hot-air balloons fly

1783 FIRST SUCCESSFUL HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT The ...

Take a tour of a classroom laboratory and discover how your school’s scientific instruments work

I recognised the sound of the burners of a hot air balloon instantly. They sounded close. But I was half asleep in the back of my campervan on a campsite, so how could it be? Was I dreaming? Peeking o

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Long believed to be a symbol of good fortune, the albatross has its own annual world awareness day on 19th June. As legend would have it, the bird embodies the souls of sailors lost at sea, and to har

Is technology being used to change the weather, or is it science fiction?