Area youths tested their engineering skills Friday in downtown Watsonville at the 2026 Egg Drop Challenge. The 23rd annual contest celebrates National Engineers Week, which aims to honor engineers as ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amanda Kooser covers the quirky side of science and space. Engineers used compression tests to see what it took to crack an egg in ...

NEWS Local Egg Drop Challenge helps make science fun for students Published: April 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM Tags: top stories, egg drop challenge, this is called the egg drop challenge, easter, fun, ...

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 ...

Here’s hoping Humpty Dumpty reads the news. 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, ...

To kick off National Engineers Week, the Thomas J. Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science invited hundreds of elementary, middle and high school ...

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 ...

ROANOKE, Va. – Helicopters and eggs were the talk of the day at Glen Cove Elementary School in Roanoke! That’s where students were testing out the devices they made to protect their eggs as they ...