elixir of life
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Whoever can turn it invisible by bending light around it will change warfare just as dramatically as the Chinese alchemist 900 years ago who was looking for the elixir of life and discovered gunpowder.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
The researchers say taurine may be an "elixir of life" - but topping up levels in people has not been tested.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2023
Each is embellished with vibrant figures and verses, which set out the process for making the philosophers’ stone and the elixir of life.
From Nature • Apr. 28, 2020
China’s first emperor ordered his subjects to search for the elixir of life in a quest for immortality.
From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2019
Under the guidance of my new preceptors I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher’s stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention.
From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
