If ping-pong balls can float a sunken boat, they should be able to keep an uncrewed space capsule simulator from sinking. Right? That’s what a team of summer students and engineers think at NASA’s ...

The sport of ping pong gets a space makeover as an astronaut bounces a ball of liquid between two hydrophobic paddles. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for ...

GRAND RAPIDS — A floating ping-pong ball… How can we make a little ball float without even touching it? This month's experiment will teach us about some of the forces acting against it. Let’s get ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — We are going to watch science make a ping pong ball float. How can we make this little ball float without even touching it? In this week's Weather Kids Experiment, we're learning ...

To celebrate a momentous occasion, you need an equally momentous activity. And what could be more thrilling than a solo game of ping pong … with a water droplet? Absolutely nothing, I say. And happily ...

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