There was once a stone of indefinable color. This stone was rumored to create gold. It was rumored to prolong human life. It was rumored to heal all. This stone was called the philosophers’ stone. The ...

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Imagine yourself in a chemistry lab. You are probably picturing a scene featuring a whole load of liquids – fluids bubbling in round-bottomed flasks, solutions swirling in test tubes, droplets running ...

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