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Can you make a ball float in the centre of a glass?  It is harder than you would think.  A nice little experiment you can use to challenge your friends...

Read more about this kitchen science experiment.

[chapter podcast=2549 track=10.04.11/Naked_Scientists_Show_10.04.11_6054.mp3] Listen to the Experiment[/chapter] or [download as MP3]

[bean]

weird

[jan]

how does the phyisics work in the water near the edge for a smal floating particle?

[jan]

the water near the surface is not floating downhill and neither would a floating particle, but i would like to see that in the working forces on the particle