We’ve all been there – trying to peel a boiled egg, but mangling it beyond all recognition as the hard shell stubbornly sticks to the egg white. Worse, the egg ends up covered in chewy bits of ...

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 prevent ...

If you are an egg fiend and have a soft spot for these hard-shelled beauties, chances are that you have been given multiple ‘hacks’ and ‘tricks’ to effortlessly peeling them. From shaking them to ...

One of the MIT team's eggs, seen here cracking from a compression test. © Tal Cohen et al/Communication Physics Here’s hoping Humpty Dumpty reads the news. In ...

Hard-boiled eggs are notoriously tough to peel. You know the drill: standing over the sink, picking off stubborn shards of ...

The egg drop challenge is a common fixture in STEM classes. Students are tasked with designing a cushion around an egg that prevents it from cracking when dropped from a height. Conventional wisdom ...