Five centuries after Leonardo da Vinci died, scientists are probing a startling possibility: that microscopic traces of his ...

A rare copy of the 1938 comic that introduced Superman to the world has sold to an anonymous collector for $15m (£11.2m). The ...

A rare copy of the comic book that introduced the world to Superman and also was once stolen from the home of actor Nicolas ...

Scientists are one step closer to pinpointing fragments of Leonardo da Vinci’s elusive DNA. A team of researchers from the ...

According to a new (but as-of-yet not peer-reviewed) study published in the preprint database bioRxiv, scientists began their ...

This video explores a core artistic principle often associated with Leonardo da Vinci and how it applies to modern painting.

Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and from letters that may belong to the Renaissance ...

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more ...

The last person to get their hands on a painting attributed to Leonardo da Vinci shelled out more than US$450 million at auction. Now, Italian cultural officials are making it possible to purchase a ...

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 ...