The extraordinary Philosopher's Stone is not only a legendary artifact, but one of the core elements of the entire narrative.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Towards the end of Philip Ball’s marvellous book on the history of alchemy he tells the story of ...

The book focuses on off-screen moments in Samuels's life and how she learned to cope through "the ancient steps of alchemy ...

It is rightly said that mindfulness — a cognitive skill and practice — helps us to identify our hidden emotional patterns.

Extremophile molds are invading art museums and devouring their collections. Stigma and climate change have fueled their ...

The artist isn’t known for her drawings, but in a new show these cryptic, sometimes unsettling works speak volumes.

The end of the year had more ups than downs for local businesses as more new businesses opened their doors or gained a lot of ...

15. ONYX STORM, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet ...

It is this: when many individual entities come together, the result is not merely the sum of their parts. In the language of ...

Last summer I polled the great art houses of Europe with a seemingly straightforward question: Had they had any recent experiences with mold in their collections? Mold is a perennial scourge in ...

Twice a week, I meet with two elderly men to read poems out loud. The poems are ancient, even older than us. They’re usually ...