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I can't fall asleep without the dripping sound (quokk.au)
submitted 4 weeks ago by [A] to c/science_memes
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Context: The pitch (bitumen) drop experiment is the world's longest running experiment. Started in 1927 by Thomas Parnell of the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. In 2014 the 9th drop fell, with the 10th still in process. This experiment has allowed them to calculate the bitumen to have a viscosity of approximately 230 billion times that of water

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[–] 32 points 4 weeks ago (4 children)

It also, famously, is elusive to being observed dripping. One researcher got up for just minutes to use the restroom only to come back to see he had missed it. (this is before portable cameras were widely available)

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  • [–] [S, A] 25 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

    I’m questioning that scientists dedication if they didn’t even have a piss jar setup.

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    • [–] 5 points 4 weeks ago

    2027 probably gonna be lit

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