Others, however, take the egg drop experiment more seriously. Hence the study published in Communications Physics on 8 May – although we note it was accepted on 1 April, which seems telling.

The classic egg drop science experiment has gotten a big update, thanks to a new study. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the best way to drop a chicken egg to ...

For the study, Cohen et al. bought 180 chicken eggs—Costco's Kirkland Signature brand—and conducted their own egg drop experiments in the lab. They dropped 60 eggs each from three different ...

The egg drop contest was one of my favorite units to teach when I was a middle school science teacher. Then the 7th grade science teacher stole it!

After nearly 200 experiments, the team determined that dropping an egg horizontally is more likely to keep it intact than a vertical drop—completely contrary to folk wisdom.

Controlled trials simulating the ‘egg drop challenge’, a common classroom science experiment, found that the shell of an egg can better withstand an impact when dropped side-on.

Eggs are also usually nestled top-down into homemade contraptions for egg drop challenges as part of school STEM projects, which partially inspired the new study.

Others, however, take the egg drop experiment more seriously. Advertisement Hence the study published in Communications Physics on 8 May – although we note it was accepted on 1 April, which ...

The classic egg drop science experiment has gotten a big update, thanks to a new study. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the best way to drop a chicken egg to ...

Experiments with over 200 eggs reveal they're less likely to crack when falling on their side, potentially preventing those stray fissures that release egg white into the boiling water.

The classic egg drop science experiment has gotten a big update, thanks to a new study. Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the best way to drop a chicken egg to ...