The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci is best known for those famous paintings, but some are unaware he was also an engineer, scientist, inventor, and more — and the Leonardo da Vinci ...

Fantastic machines based on sketches by Leonardo da Vinci that were years ahead of their times — including a bicycle, machine gun, helicopter, and even a robot — are coming to the Motor City.

A groundbreaking project is piecing together Leonardo da Vinci’s genetic profile by tracing his lineage across 21 generations and comparing DNA from living descendants with remains in a Da Vinci ...

For more than 500 years, Leonardo da Vinci has remained the Renaissance’s most enigmatic figure — a painter, scientist, engineer, and dreamer whose genius seemed almost otherworldly. Yet, for all the ...

For centuries, Leonardo da Vinci’s genius has fascinated historians and scientists alike, but now researchers are closer than ever to uncovering his true biological legacy. A decades-long genealogical ...

If you were friends with Leonardo da Vinci, there’s a variety of favors you could have asked him for. You could have asked him to paint you a fine portrait, or to build you a flying machine, or to ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists are trying to sequence the DNA of Leonardo da Vinci to identify if the remains at his interment site really are his. The project began ...

In a groundbreaking development, researchers have cracked a 500-year-old anatomical puzzle that was first identified by the brilliant Leonardo da Vinci. The mystery surrounds the trabeculae of the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: A study reveals the beginning of understanding of the ...