Researchers at University of Tsukuba have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an artificial culture vessel made of transparent film, ...

Researchers have developed a method for culturing fertilized chick eggs without their shells. The eggs were placed in an artificial culture vessel made of transparent film, allowing for real-time ...

Tsukuba, Japan—Efforts to observe chicken embryonic development date back to Aristotle date back to 300 BC. However, because the chicken's eggshell is opaque, it has been necessary to break the shell ...

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Over the past few days, you may have seen a video of Japanese high school students demonstrating a way to hatch a chicken outside of its egg—to the amazement of some onlookers. The video’s narration, ...

The "shell-less culture system" was not invented by a group of high school students, and the video does not show the "first time in history" that a chick hatched after developing outside an eggshell.

For chickens bred to lay eggs, being male is a gloomy prospect. These cockerels develop too slowly to be raised for meat, so they are usually killed within days of hatching by methods including ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. More than 50 years ago, researchers found that chickens start to ...