Is a raw egg more fragile when it falls upright or lying on its side? It's a question that's relevant not only for kitchen mishaps, but above all for anyone taking part in the so-called Egg Drop ...

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 ...

Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side than when dropped vertically, finds research published in Communications Physics. Controlled trials simulating the ‘egg drop challenge’, a ...

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On Feb. 25, students in Benjamin McHugh’s AP Physics class tested their knowledge and building skills with an egg drop at the Bronco Corral.

Foothill Tech’s physics students dropped their eggs this week at Ventura College (VC) for the annual project in physics class. With the students’ new physics techniques, they built contraptions to ...

Feedback still gets pulse-raising flashbacks to the lockdown of early 2020, when we were home-educating Feedback Jr and consequently had to teach said child how to do things that we didn’t ourselves ...