#alchemy

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Video games
fromInverse
4 months ago

Finally, There's An Easy Way Into The Atelier RPG Series

Atelier Ryza trilogy centers on alchemy-driven crafting as the gameplay core, enhanced by DX editions that add content and accessibility for newcomers.
fromNature
5 months ago

Alchemy: discredited pseudoscience or chemistry's worthy ancestor?

When physicist Ernest Rutherford and chemist Frederick Soddy discovered nuclear transmutation - the natural decay of one radioactive element into another - in 1901, Rutherford's first cry was of alarm, not delight. "For Mike's sake, Soddy," he chastised his co-worker. "Don't call it transmutation, they'll have our heads off as alchemists!"
History
fromThe Atlantic
7 months ago

How to Turn Your Power Plant Into a Gold Factory

Last month, a small company in San Francisco announced a plan to manufacture tons of gold by tweaking atoms superheated during nuclear fusion, serving as a side hustle to offset fusion costs.
Science
fromVG247
9 months ago

There's now an Oblivion Remastered mod that lets you eat rocks

Modder CephalonImp's 'Edible Gems' is a new Oblivion Remastered mod that allows players to consume rocks, gems, and ores, adding unique alchemy effects.
Everyday cooking
OMG science
fromTheregister
10 months ago

CERN boffins turn lead into gold for about a microsecond

CERN successfully transmuted lead into gold, a notion long held by medieval alchemists, through high-speed ion collisions.
History
fromMedievalists.net
10 months ago

Medieval Alchemists Were Right! You Can Turn Lead into Gold - Medievalists.net

Modern science achieved what ancient alchemists dreamed of: transforming lead into gold via particle physics at CERN's LHC.
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