Here, Nature takes a look at five of science's longest-running projects, some of which have been amassing data continuously for centuries. Some generate hundreds of papers a year; one produces a single data point per decade.
...MoreDescription Looks at five very long-running projects, some runing for centuries, in the fields of astronomy, volcanology, agriculture, psychology, and chemistry.
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