1.0Steve Spangler Sciencehttps://www.stevespanglerscience.comstevespanglersciencehttps://www.stevespanglerscience.com/author/sss-wp-dev-admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="jGWDX7K0LS"><a href="https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/2012/03/19/can-you-really-balance-an-egg-during-the-equinox/">Can You Really Balance an Egg During the Equinox?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/2012/03/19/can-you-really-balance-an-egg-during-the-equinox/embed/#?secret=jGWDX7K0LS" width="600" height="338" title="“Can You Really Balance an Egg During the Equinox?” — Steve Spangler Science" data-secret="jGWDX7K0LS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> This is an encore posting of an article we ran in spring of 2010 about balancing an egg on the equinox.  The first day of spring and the vernal equinox ishttps://www.stevespanglerscience.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/EarthRotateSun-400x216.png