Possibly the most common science experiment from our school days – the egg drop challenge – now has found a place in the ...

Experiments challenge the commonly held idea that dropping an egg vertically will help prevent it from cracking in a classic school assignment ...

New experiments show eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side. It’s commonly thought that eggs are strongest at their ends because the arc-shaped bottom redirects the force of the ...

"The universal convention is that the egg should be in a vertical orientation when it hits the ground," Cohen told Physics ...

Here’s hoping Humpty Dumpty reads the news. In research out today, scientists have apparently figured out the safest way to ...

Eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side, according to research published Thursday in the journal Communications Physics. What does this mean for the best way to crack an egg ...

NEW YORK — Eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side, according to experiments with over 200 eggs. What does this mean for the best way to crack an egg for breakfast? Not much ...

Experiments with over 200 eggs reveal they're less likely to crack when falling on their side, potentially preventing those ...