The Corpus Clock, invented and designed by Dr. John Taylor and unveiled by Dr. Stephen Hawking at Corpus Christi College at Cambridge. The creature at the top was “inspired by medieval armour and gradually became more ominous: part-lizard, part-stag beetle, a Chronophage – time eater.”

“‘It is terrifying, it is meant to be,’ said John Taylor. ‘Basically I view time as not on your side. He’ll eat up every minute of your life, and as soon as one has gone he’s salivating for the next. It’s not a bad thing to remind students of. I never felt like this until I woke up on my 70th birthday, and was stricken at the thought of how much I still wanted to do, and how little time remained.’”

Via Guardian.