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Ostrich Eggs

Egg Cetera #6: Hunting for the world’s oldest decorated eggs

10 Apr 2012

In the final report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, archaeologist Brian Stewart investigates a remarkable technological leap for...

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Quail eggs

Egg Cetera #5: Nature’s paradoxical packaging

09 Apr 2012

In the fifth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, engineers and zoologists work together to discover the secrets of the eggshell...

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Nest of eggs; detail from ‘Flowers and Fruit’ (1732) by Jan van Os

Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces

08 Apr 2012

In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the...

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Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the King's horses and all the King's men, Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Egg Cetera #3: Take thirty Eggs, fifteen whites, beat them well…

07 Apr 2012

In the third report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, Dr Joe Moshenska delves into Sir Kenelm Digby’s fantastical and exotic 17th-...

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Egg Cetera #2

Egg Cetera #2: The answer to the riddle of which came first

06 Apr 2012

In the second report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, let’s begin with the age-old question: which came first, the chicken or the...

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Recently fertilised egg

Egg Cetera #1: The immortal egg

05 Apr 2012

In the first report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, biologists Dr Harry Leitch and Professor Azim Surani describe how advances in...

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