The former site of Cambridge University’s physics department is now being demolished. Mićo Tatalović is one of the last journalists to get access. End of an era: a skip is placed at the main entrance of the Cavendish laboratory as it prepares to be demolished (courtesy: Mićo Tatalović) The prestigious Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge in the UK has an iconic status in the history of science. The university’s physics department was initially based in central Cambridge. It is where Francis Crick and James Watson famously worked on the double-helix structure of the DNA molecule. Yet in 1974 – 100 years after its foundation – the Cavendish moved to a new home on the outskirts of the city. The building was built in a drab style, covered in grey-brown pebble dash, and featured a maze of interconnected blocks. It was home to generations of physicists, and many thousands of students over the last 50 years.…