May 18—STERLING — 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.

180 egg drop tests. Tal Cohen, an MIT associate professor, and her colleagues conducted a series of 180 drop tests to compare how chicken eggs break when orientated vertically or side-on.

In research out today, scientists have apparently figured out the safest way to drop an egg without it breaking. Researchers at MIT conducted the study, published Thursday in Communications Physics.

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 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.