While Operation Sindoor rumbles on – with soldiers on the move, news anchors shouting over each other, and WhatsApp experts offering military strategy – let’s turn briefly to something more important to everyday survival: the egg.
Just a short while ago, scientists declared that the egg came before the chicken (something to do with proteins, apparently). And now, in another life-changing discovery, they have answered a more urgent question: how to crack an egg without making a complete mess.
The sideways solution
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found that eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side. Not upright, not pointy-end-down like they sit in a carton, but sideways. That is the strongest position. Or rather, the least likely to result in an eggsaster (that is, egg disaster for you).
They tested this by dropping more than 200 eggs, both vertically and horizontally, and discovered that the ones dropped on their sides were better at staying intact. It turns out that the equatorial middle of an egg is flexible enough to absorb the fall. Who knew it?
The great kitchen tragedy
Most people have had the same experience at some point: you are in the kitchen, half-awake, about to make breakfast. You reach for an egg. One wrong move and splat – it’s everywhere. On the counter, the floor, and somehow even your elbow.
Whether it is a quick omelette, scrambled eggs, or egg curry, when there is nothing else in the fridge, a broken egg at the wrong time can ruin your morning. Now, thanks to science, we might be able to avoid that heartbreak. Just handle your eggs sideways.
Good news for boiling too
Even if you are boiling eggs, this tip helps. Drop the eggs into the water sideways, and you are less likely to get those mysterious cracks that send the white oozing out like a ghost in a saucepan.
So while world leaders hold press conferences and generals plan their next move, science has gifted us a small but meaningful victory. They have told us what came first – the egg. And now they have shown us how not to destroy it before breakfast. In a world full of uncertainty, this is one truth we can hold onto. Carefully. From the side.