Screenshot via YouTube For generations, human beings have been beating their heads against the proverbial wall, trying in vain to figure out which came first-the chicken, or the egg. Over the years, the adage has come to represent life’s many unknowable riddles. But now, thanks to a group of Japanese high school students and their “mad scientist” biology teacher, the question now feels beside the point: chickens apparently no longer need eggs at all.
A video posted to YouTube Monday shows the eager, giggling students breaking a number of eggs, storing the embryos in clear, cellophane-wrapped containers, and then incubating them until they’re ready to hatch 21 days later, all for a school visit this backlink science project. By the end of the video, a chicken can be seen running around the floor of the classroom.
