This left several Explainer readers wondering: Just how many balloons would it take to lift a house? If Carl were trying to use regular old party balloons to fly his house, he’d need a whole lot ...

First, some background info. Maybe you don’t remember, but I did a post where I estimated the number of balloons needed to lift the house in Up (the movie). Just for reference, if it were a real ...

On a dead-end street in Slidell, Louisiana, near New Orleans, a little house is about to get a big lift — from ground level to more than 8 feet up. Half a dozen workers, drenched in sweat from ...

ACSM CPT and Master Coach for Row House. Simply put, if you want to get stronger, you’re going to need to add a little weight. Here, trainers guide us through exactly how to lift weights at home ...

Upon digging around in the journal’s archive, I found a few other gems… If you enjoyed the film Up, you might want to peruse the paper that asked how many helium balloons would actually be required to ...