What if you could create new materials just by shining a light at them? To most, this sounds like science fiction or alchemy, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Towards the end of Philip Ball’s marvellous book on the history of alchemy he tells the story of pioneering nuclear physicist Ernest ...

THE history of alchemy should properly begin with a survey of the technical arts of the ancient nations. Archæological discoveries show that these arts were highly developed about-3500 B.C., so that ...

Seeing a game suddenly disappear from Steam always raises questions, especially when players were just starting to notice it. Alchemy Factory was quietly removed from the Steam store, leaving many ...

Advanced Alchemy is a Gather Wish in Hollow Knight: Silksong. It can be found in Act 3 by returning to the Wormways and speaking with Alchemist Zylotol. He once again gives you the Needle Phial to ...

Ackerman's latest foray (after Cultivating Delight) is ostensibly about the "crowded chemistry lab" of the human brain, but fans of her writings on the natural world will find many familiar pleasures.

You can hear sound, of course, but what if you could see it with a laser? That’s what [Goosetopherson] thought about, and thus a new project that you can see in the video below was born. The heart of ...

The alchemist in his laboratory was a popular subject for Dutch painters of the 17th century because it allowed them to show off their skill with light. Mattheus van Helmont’s A Savant in His Cabinet, ...