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What would happen if you ate a cloud?

In case you missed it, I’ve already documented the makeup of clouds when describing how they harvest helium.  The TL;DR version is that helium rises from natural gas in the earth and forms clouds by supporting the water in the atmosphere, so clouds are mostly helium, water, and a little unbound hydrogen and oxygen.  We can work out what effect it would have to eat this. Read the rest of this entry »

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Posted by on June 6, 2012 in Silly, What?

 

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How do they get helium into canisters?

Funnels!

Well, no. It would be much simpler if it worked that way but unfortunately helium is awkward. Read the rest of this entry »

 
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Posted by on March 3, 2012 in How?

 

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