Before his “epiphany” in 1978, Oswald Loewy had been studying chemical engineering. “One day, I suddenly realised that it was time to return home and work in the family business. My father was unwell ...

In São Roque, Brazil, the balloon industry is poppin’—literally. The company originally used Brazilian latex until demand became so great that it had to start importing latex to keep its production up ...

A woman who is allergic to latex cannot even share a room with a balloon because she could have a deadly reaction. Liz Knight has spent most of her life avoiding latex because of its potentially fatal ...

It’s amazing what an over-size party balloon can do -- especially one tricked out by Stanford science students. Last week, one flew across North America, potentially breaking a record for the longest ...