This Is the Best Way to Drop an Egg Without Breaking It, According to Scientists

This Is the Best Way to Drop an Egg Without Breaking It, According to Scientists

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

Study examines eggshell strength

NEW YORK — Eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side, according to experiments with more than 200 eggs.

MIT engineering students crack egg dilemma, finding sideways is stronger

MIT engineering students overturned a longstanding belief and tenet of egg-drop classroom experiments around the world when they found eggs are stronger on their sides.

How does a raw egg heal when it falls down? Researchers have dropped tens of eggs - and found that a widespread assumption is untenable.

Egg-Cracking Study Upends Conventional Wisdom

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, since a break around the middle is the best way to get the golden yolk...

It turns out that you have to drop it on its side, not on the top or bottom, it's harder to break that way.