Installation view of “Da Vinci — The Genius” (2017), Boston Museum of Science (all images by the author for Hyperallergic) To be clear: there is no actual art by Leonardo at Da Vinci — The Genius, ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be sure that the genetic material belongs to the Italian polymath. When you ...

Scientists are exploring a groundbreaking approach to know about historical figures by extracting DNA from artifacts they once touched. Leonardo da Vinci, the Renaissance master popular for ...

Artist, inventor and anatomist Leonardo da Vinci was the definition of a Renaissance man — and scientists are aiming to unlock the secrets of his genius on a genetic level. But there’s just one ...

Like the artist, the scientist is a lover of nature. Just as the artist is restricted only by his imagination and his facility with his chisel or brush, the scientist is restricted only by his ...

Kendra Pierre-Louis: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Kendra Pierre-Louis, in for Rachel Feltman. It’s been more than 500 years since Leonardo da Vinci died. Yet, in those intervening ...

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Leonardo da Vinci’s study of human anatomy combine scientific exploration with expert artistry. Leonardo da Vinci resumes his investigation into human anatomy, merging rigorous scientific exploration ...