Flipboard Science Desk<p>Egg drop competitions are a staple of physics classes, designed to teach students about structural mechanics and impact physics. The goal is to build a structure to protect your egg, after which you drop it from a height without it breaking. The failure rate is extremely high — so MIT engineering professor Tal Cohen decided to look into it. Her conclusion: Dropping the eggs on their sides is a better tactic than dropping them vertically. Here's more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>arstechnica</span></a></span>.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/1.W4n1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/1.W4n1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Physics</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/MaterialScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MaterialScience</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Eggs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eggs</span></a></p>