Why do water balloons pop?

Any kid can intuitively understand how much you need to fill a water balloon to effectively drench someone. But it turns out that predicting this quantitatively with physics is much more challenging! Join us James and Charlie this week for a look into an experimental physics paper that analyzed precisely when a water balloon (or any liquid-filled) balloon might pop. Check out the paper, news articles, and more at . Like the show? Want more every month? Fan of universal constants? Check out

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Why do water balloons pop? is an episode from Paper Boys by Paper Boys.

This episode is 00:37:10 long.

This episode was published on Mar 26, 2020.

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