What’s Up With That: Why Do Helium Balloons in a Car Move in the Wrong Direction When You Brake?

[HTML1] Driving around with my little sister in the back seat recently, I noticed something odd. She had, well, “appropriated” a helium balloon from a display at the supermarket (stealing is wrong, Hanna) and I watched it float back and forth as we stopped and started on the road. The weird thing was that the […]

















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