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19th March 2018
12:15pm GMT

Anthony and Lauren decided to at first look at YouTube videos of exploding eggs, but found there were too many variables, so they decided to conduct their own experiments.
While they were in the middle of their research, the case was settled in court, but they decided to continue with their findings and it has recently been published by Eureka Alert.
In their research, all of their eggs were placed in a bowl of water and heated for three minutes in a microwave.
They found that 30 percent of the eggs tested survived and only exploded after being taken away from the microwave and poked with a knife or sharp object.
Anthony said: "For both the exploded eggs and eggs that didn't explode, we would probe the inside of the yolk with the thermometer.
"We discovered that the yolk's temperature was consistently higher than the surrounding water bath."
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