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September 21, 2023

Curious Kids: what came first, the chicken or the egg?

Ellen K. Mather, Flinders University

Evolutionary biology and the fossil record reveal a great deal about the origins of chickens and eggs.

July 6, 2023

Eggs are so expensive right now. What else can I use?

Evangeline Mantzioris, University of South Australia

There are lots of other ingredients you can use to make foods puff and rise, give your meal a rich taste, or to hold together ingredients.

Getting the job done. A female Asian water dragon (Physignathus cocincinus) produced a daughter (left) without the assistance of a male. Skip Brown/Smithsonian’s National Zoo

December 15, 2020

Virgin births from parthenogenesis: How females from some species can reproduce without males

Mercedes Burns, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Parthenogenesis, a form of reproduction in which an egg develops into an embryo without being fertilized by sperm, might be more common than you realized.

December 1, 2020

Eight cracking facts about eggs

Hazel Flight, Edge Hill University

Here’s all the things you need to know about the mighty egg.

Yolks are a great source of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins packaged up by the female animal for an embryo. Emily Nunell/The Conversation CC-NY-BD

April 16, 2019

Curious Kids: why do eggs have a yolk?

Maggie J. Watson, Charles Sturt University

A yolk allows a developing animal to stay in an egg longer, boosting its chance of survival. The downside is the mother has to work hard finding extra food so her body can create a nutritious yolk.

There’s still a lot we don’t know about why more children have food allergies today. from www.shutterstock.com

January 9, 2018

Can I prevent food allergies in my kids?

Jennifer Koplin, Murdoch Children's Research Institute

Parents are now advised to introduce foods like peanut and egg to infants before one year of age.

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