Wisconsin Public Radio Meteorologists in Wisconsin and throughout the country are warning that funding cuts to the National ...

Fewer weather balloon launches means less accurate forecast data, which could be hazardous during storm season.

Producer Kevin McCollum’s musical is based on the true story of “Lawnchair Larry” Walters, a Vietnam veteran who attached balloons to a lawn chair to fly. It was written by theater newcomer ...

But balloon releases are not healthy for our environment. Balloons that are released into the air don’t just go away; they either get snagged on something such as tree branches, or electrical ...

LETTER: The Chinese spy balloon FILE - President Joe Biden, with a bipartisan group of senators, speaks Thursday June 24, 2021, outside the White House in Washington.

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, on Friday announced to shut down its Internet balloon firm Loon. The firm's CEO Alastair Westgarth made the announcement, saying that while they have found ...

Loon, the Alphabet subsidiary that used giant balloons to beam internet to people in remote areas around the world, has announced that it is winding down its operations.

A futuristic project by Google’s (GOOGL) parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst. Loon, the Alphabet subsidiary that used giant balloons to beam internet ...

Tech Alphabet scraps ‘moonshot’ Loon internet balloon project By Nicolas Vega Published Jan. 22, 2021, 9:59 a.m. ET ...

FILE PHOTO: A Google Project Loon internet balloon is seen at the Google I/O 2016 developers conference in Mountain View, California. (REUTERS) Google parent Alphabet Inc announced on Thursday it ...

Alphabet is letting the air out of its balloons for good. Google’s parent company said Thursday it’s shutting down its Loon business that used helium balloons to offer internet connectivity.