The portrait of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, more exactly the portrait of one Lisa Gherardini, was executed by fits and starts very early in the 16th century. By now it has been seen by ...

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, hydrology, engineering and physics. As a painter, his Mona Lisa and Last ...

Leonardo da Vinci understood the power of melding human thinking and creation with nature’s intelligence—an approach to ...

I couldn’t understand the dedication. Not in the way they must have. But I couldn’t ignore the sheer force that had made this place possible, and I couldn’t help but ...

But that hasn’t stopped us from being fascinated by intelligence tests that attempt to assign a numerical value to how smart ...

In the 1950s and 1960s, pop’s queer appeal remained unspoken, a style that dared not speak its name.

Before Rome awoke, the jurisconsult supervised the grooming of an Indian white elephant, an “exotic” marvel meant to match ...

Located a few steps from Piazza della Scala, the Leonardo3 museum is a major attraction for tourists and art lovers. With ...

Every once in a while, Cristiano Ronaldo would drop a message to Portugal national team doctor Jose Carlos Noronha. “Hey doc, ...

Scientists are starting to understand more about the small heart muscle fibers that Da Vinci showed in his illustrations over ...