Scientists say they’ve found the ideal way to cook boiled eggs to maximize consistency, taste and nutrients of the egg white and yolk. You can even test it at home.

A new method pioneered to optimally cook both the yolk and white (or albumen) of a boiled chicken egg has been published in Communications Engineering. The approach, which the authors call periodic cooking,

Hard-boiled eggs can be one of the simplest and also one of the trickiest things to make. (There's a reason you see so many hard-boiling egg hacks out there!) Getting your eggs to just the right consistency and making them easy to peel can require a lot of trial and error,