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by shrx 425 days ago
I wonder why they don't put it in a CT scanner first before breaking it.
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ublock origin to be specific
> A Micro CT scan showed that this ancient egg is still full of liquid.

> “Researchers are planning to carefully extract the liquid to better study it,” stated Edward Biddulph, Senior Project Manager, who oversaw the site excavation. “It’s a controlled process similar to egg blowing, where a tiny hole is made in its shell after creating a 3D model.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray_microtomography

I think it is a mistake not to cut the top off the egg and just look inside as ancient egg shell has no value after it drys out and the visual information may be unique,so off with its top, and then take samples of the "liquid" and the inner shell lining, if it's present, and then see if there is any remaining structure of an embryo or the egg as laid.