I’ve been to more launches than I can count, but when Nedbank invited me to experience something called The Alchemy of Taste, I suspected this wasn’t going to be another predictable swirl-and-sip ...

Most of us think of suffering as something to eliminate, avoid, or fix. But what if conflict, especially in our relationships, is actually an invitation? What if the moments that stress us most hold ...

A spirited tour of alchemy shows how it bridged everything from chemical reactions, medicine and craft to philosophy, art and religion. When physicist Ernest Rutherford and chemist Frederick Soddy ...

Philip Ball sits in front of a full bookcase and looks to his left. Philip Ball Credit: Mei de Greff In his newest offering, Ball turns back the clock to study alchemy. C&EN reporter Bethany Halford ...

For thousands of years, the practice of alchemy — chemically transforming minerals into gold — has been attempted and failed. While it is generally considered a pseudoscience by modern standards, ...

Last month, a small company in San Francisco announced that it had a plan to manufacture gold—not merely a flake or a nugget, but tons of the stuff. According to a paper written by one of Marathon ...

With Western roots in Ancient Egypt and Greece, the now-defunct scientific field of alchemy regularly consumed the thoughts of some of history’s greatest scientists. Luminaries such as Roger Bacon, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Alchemy Factory “Alchemy Factory” is a first-person factory building & shop simulation game. You’ll process raw materials, research new recipes, and build ...

It’s widely recognized that the crises of loneliness, disconnection, and social fragmentation are touching nearly every aspect of our lives, from personal well-being to public health to democracy ...

Imagine yourself in a chemistry lab. You are probably picturing a scene featuring a whole load of liquids – fluids bubbling in round-bottomed flasks, solutions swirling in test tubes, droplets running ...