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The longest-running scientific experiment, the Pitch Drop at the University of Queensland, Brisbane (cdn.masto.host)
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The longest-running scientific experiment, the Pitch Drop at the University of Queensland, Brisbane @brisbane

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[โ€“] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

MSU's 142-year-old Beal Seed Experiment.

[โ€“] jimcullen@twit.social 3 points 6 months ago

@Spitzspot yeah I dunno why exactly the Pitch Drop experiment gets the label "longest continually-running experiment". Probably some kind of technicality about what exactly counts as "experiment" and "continually-running". There are some even older than Beal's listed on Wikipedia, depending on how you define it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_experiment