Researchers working on the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project believe the Renaissance Man left his DNA on the chalk drawing titled ...

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Science correspondent Richard Stone about recent developments in the search for Leonardo da ...

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

Scientists with the ambitious Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project think they have potentially snagged a sample of DNA from the ...

Scientists have discovered male human DNA on a chalk drawing that may have been created by the famous artist and scientist.

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

Leonardo da Vinci, a Renaissance master, excelled in art and science. His famous works include Mona Lisa and The Last Supper.

For centuries, the body of Leonardo da Vinci has been as elusive as his smile, his remains scattered and his grave uncertain, ...

Learn about the Leonardo DNA Project and the diverse biological traces that survive on the surface of historical artifacts.

It is one of the most tantalising – and entertaining – puzzles in art, stretching from the Louvre to the Loire via, well, Norfolk. And our critic thinks he has just worked it out ...

LEONARDO DA VINCI looks at how the artist influenced and inspired future generations, and it finds in his soaring imagination and profound intellect the foundation for a conversation we are still ...

What if a single Renaissance drawing could reveal not just who made it, but the biological traces of Leonardo da Vinci ...