The legendary editor discusses nurturing Nobel winners, discovering her Berber roots, and the night in the desert when everything changed ...

Chemical reactions reflect human dramas, which reflect celestial movements, which reflect the mind of the divine.

Isaac Newton did not just invent calculus and rewrite physics, he also tried to calculate the end of the world with the same ...

Nicolas Flamel is one of the most mysterious figures in history, a man whose name has become synonymous with alchemy, secret ...

Decades of searching uncovered the brilliantly illustrated plants and detailed notes made by a U.S. woman living in Cuba in the 1800s. Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a species of flowering shrub found in ...

For centuries, one book has captured the imagination of scholars and curious readers alike while refusing to yield its meaning. Its pages contain delicate drawings of plants that seem both familiar ...

A recent auction has led to the discovery of one of Isaac Newton’s alchemy transcripts, which may just be one step towards creating the magical substance known as the philosopher’s stone. According to ...

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 ...

How does Oblivion Remastered Alchemy work? This invaluable skill makes it easy to turn everyday materials into life-saving potions and potent poisons capable of debilitating enemies with the swing of ...

In the dim illumination of a library devoted to protecting ancient books from light degradation, James R. Voelkel gingerly picks up a nearly 600-year-old alchemy text. Written by hand sometime around ...

IN a reprint from Osiris (2, 220; 1936), W. J. Wilson, of the Library of Congress, Washington, deals with a treatise copied by Arnaldus de Bruxella at Naples between 1473 and 1490, arid purchased by ...

Some of the medieval age’s greatest treasures are its books of hours, virtually museums within hard covers. These Christian almanacs are crammed with prayers, psalms, and calendars of saints’ days.