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

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

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

Feedback is delighted to discover that a team of scientists has tackled the popular school experiment in which children ...

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

The incredible, edible egg is also breakable, but at what height? Heidi Skinner has some questions about a Massachusetts ...

It was an egg-cellent day for science at Sterling's Lincoln Elementary School on Friday, when students were seen tossing eggs — all as part of a fun, hands-on experiment. As part of a school science ...

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. The goal of the ...

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 ...