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Unusual Attractions in Cambridge

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Corpus Clock & Chronophage

Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.

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Mathematical Bridge

Local legend says Isaac Newton built this footbridge without any screws, bolts, or nails.

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Whipple Museum of the History of Science

A treasure trove of astronomical, mathematical, and scientific instruments at Cambridge University.

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The Eagle

The Cambridge pub where Francis Crick announced that he and James Watson had discovered the DNA double-helix.

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Scott Polar Research Institute Museum & Library

An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.

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Queens' College Moondial

A complicated contraption for telling time by the moon.

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'Teleport-o-Matic'

One of several Lilliputian portals that are ready to transport passengers to other dimensions, if they can find them.

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Reality Checkpoint

An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.

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Butterfly wings from Fritz Müller.

The Curious Task of Digitizing Darwin’s Beans and Butterflies

From squeaky beans to arsenic scares, conservation is full of surprises.

by Diana Hubbell

September 22, 2021

An illustration of an entry from Sylvia Plath's journals, 1951, part of the "Sylvia Plath's Food Diary" project.

This Writer Is Tweeting Everything Sylvia Plath Ever Ate

Busting sexist myths about a famous poet, one tweet at a time.

by Reina Gattuso

A "glorious, Monet-style chaos" has taken root at the University of Cambridge's King's College Chapel.

A Stately English Lawn Is Going Wild In the Name of Biodiversity

"If there are ways to manage our landscapes that can make them more exciting for all the insects and mammals, then why not do it?”

Cookie or fruit bun? Tell us what you see.

Found: A Greasy Leftover Snack Inside a Rare Book

Whether a cookie or a fruit bun, the "offending object" has been discarded.

by Matthew Taub

We'll get to this party one day. Maybe.

Why We Will Not Have Been Able to Attend Stephen Hawking's Time Traveler Party

At least, not in this universe.

by Samir S. Patel

December 24, 2018

Ceramics, glassware, and clay pipes found at the site of an 18th-century coffeehouse in England.

Found: The Remains of an 18th-Century English Coffeehouse

Archaeologists think that calf's foot jelly was its signature dish.

by Vittoria Traverso

December 18, 2017

A bold, if slightly hard to understand, statement.

Latin Graffiti Appears in Cambridge, England

Bad Latin, though.

by Eric Grundhauser

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