Pitch, err, this: World's longest-running experiment finally drops

By Bridie Smith
Updated April 23 2014 - 6:13pm, first published 2:52pm
On Thursday, the ninth dollop of pitch to fall in 83 years touched down at University of Queensland. Photo: Facebook
On Thursday, the ninth dollop of pitch to fall in 83 years touched down at University of Queensland. Photo: Facebook

The world's longest-running laboratory experiment has finally delivered a result – eight months after the man who patiently watched over it unrewarded for five decades died.