Chrysopoeia, commonly known as alchemy, has been pursued by civilisations as far back as ancient Egypt. Now San ...

​​In pursuit of prestige and riches, wealthy people across medieval Europe worked in vain to transmute everyday metals into ...

I have been writing a book about gold, including a chapter on the ancient art of alchemy. Alchemy is a paradox. On the one hand, it is bogus science. You cannot turn base metals into gold. A ...