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It should be noted that this experiment is different than the Queensland experiment, which is still going on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experimen
by duggieawesome 13y ago
It should be noted that this experiment is different than the Queensland experiment, which is still going on.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_drop_experiment
- dalore 13y agoHow are they different? Both the article and the wikipedia link you gave mention they are similar experiments. It seems they are the same experiment to me.
- cecilpl 13y agoThey're similar, yes, but they're aren't one and the same. GP is pointing out that there are two experiments underway.
- albedoa 13y agoThe Queensland experiment was mentioned in the article. The GP is confusing because it insinuates that something wasn't mentioned which should have been.
- peterkelly 13y agoThe theory is that the Australian one will drip upside-down
- vacri 13y agoThat's how we get the pitch into the funnel in the first place!
- berberous 13y agoSame experiment, but I for one was interested to know it was not the Queensland one, because that one has a great Radiolab episode about all the times they missed the drop (webcams failing, etc.). Their pitch is due to drop soon too, so it's sort of sad someone else beat them to finally filming it.
- freehunter 13y agoSounds like the pitch may actually contain the Higgs Boson, and it is going back in time and creating events designed to make the monitoring fail. The failing webcam was the proverbial bird that dropped bread into the coolant pipe.
- synchronise 13y agoThey didn't really record a 'drop', the tail was still connected, so the experiment is still on.
- notacoward 13y agoSame class, different instances. ;)