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This experiment is probably a classic home experiment that anyone can try. It doesn’t require much at all but it’s really fascinating. The task is to cause a boiled egg to go through a narrower bottle opening without busting. Gravity alone won’t make this Humpty Dumpty fall! You’ll be manipulating air pressure within the bottle to make this work. What do you need? A boiled egg -- preferably hard. The soft boiled eggs may get messy. A glass bottle -- with an opening of diameter that is a bit smaller than that of the diameter of the egg. Lighter + Paper (depends on method used) Icy Cold Water (depends on method used) Warm Water (depends on method used) How to do it? The Heating Methods Using a lighted paper After you have your egg boiled and ready, you can strip the shell away. Light the paper and drop it inside of the bottle. Place the smaller end of the egg into the mouth of the bottle. Watch to see the egg descend into the bottle as the bottle cools. Using