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The World's Longest-Running Experiment Is Still Teaching Us Physics
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Gsus4 mander.xyz Gsus4@mander.xyz
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Link: https://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/resources/science-experiments/the-worlds-longest-running-experiment-is-still-teaching-us-physics/
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pageflight piefed.social pageflight@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-09-04
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Fun that the pitch drop is still running and will be for many years. But, given the headline, not much about current physics research in the article.
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j5y7 sh.itjust.works j5y7@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-02-19
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pageflight wrote:
Fun that the pitch drop is still running and will be for many years. But, given the headline, not much about current physics research in the article.

Says nothing about the viscosity of the glass itself either. That may have had an effect on the flow as well if the opening narrows from the sagging glass.
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