Nuclear-powered alchemy could even be key to transitioning the world away from fossil fuels, according to one San Francisco ...

Take a deep dive into how eight inventions shaped the human experience forever. You can read this technology tome with us this November. The Alchemy of Us brings together a range of topics, including ...

Editor’s note: A version of this story appeared in CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Experimentation is the basis of the scientific process — and ...

Researchers analyzing Tycho Brahe’s centuries-old alchemy tools have uncovered traces of tungsten—an element not officially identified until nearly 180 years after his death. The find challenges ...

Alchemy comes in several varieties, and can be used to help someone just as it can be used to hurt.

A New York Times article this morning, titled “How to Tell if Your AI Is Conscious,” says that in a new report, “scientists offer a list of measurable qualities” based on a “brand-new” science of ...

Episode: 1292 Alchemy and modern science: how much magic should we accept? Today, old magic finds a place in modern science.

A cartoon drawing shows a robed, bearded man with a pet weasel on his shoulder as he examines a piece of paper while sitting at a table containing a book, a flask, and a chunk of gold. Affirmation for ...

OK, boys and girls, take out your primer on Ursel Zetzner and grab your distillation vessel. We're going to do a little alchemy. Ursel Zetzner was the author of a multivolume book on alchemy begun in ...