School of Mathematics and Physics

The laboratory experiment that will outlive us all

3 May 2022
Andrew White
Recognised by the Guinness Book of Records as the longest running lab experiment in the world, the pitch drop experiment’s third custodian is Prof Andrew White. Photograph: David Kelly/The Guardian

For more than 90 years, a funnel of pitch in Brisbane has been slowly dripping into a beaker. Nine drops have fallen, now the long wait for the tenth is on.

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