The old fantasy of transforming lead into gold is now a reality, made possible by some wildly inefficient physics at the ...

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 universal ...

Gold has always held economic value because of several qualities. It is inert, which means it doesn’t decay (or irritate your skin if you wear it as jewellery). It is relatively soft, so it can easily ...