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Leonardo da Vinci inventions and studies that changed the world

Some of these are centuries before their time.

Study finds Leonardo da Vinci's family tree spans 21 generations, including 14 living male descendants

The newly documented genealogy could help scientists identify Leonardo's long-lost DNA.

Researchers find a new hidden secret in the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci

Hint: you can't see it with the naked eye.

Hair claimed to belong to Leonardo da Vinci to undergo DNA testing

Critics, however, argue that this effort is flawed from the beginning.

New AI tells masterpieces from forgeries by only looking at brush strokes

How long until someone will train an AI to trick this AI?

Leonardo Da Vinci's to-do list from 1490 makes you look like a pleb

Every day in this man's life seemed to have been remarkable.

Hidden portrait found under the Mona Lisa

In what reads like the headline for a modern mystery novel, a researcher has found a hidden portrait under the Mona Lisa - or so he claims.

A primitive form of parenting possibly found in 540 million years old paleodictyon patterns

Paleodictyon is a mysterious fossil pattern found mainly in marine sediments thought to be specific of a certain paleo-depth range; it is a relatively widespread trace fossil – called this way because it is mainly accepted that it is created by a burrowing creature. Although it has been discovered since the dawn of geology and fossil […]

New record for human powered flight set by engineering students

A talented team of students from the University of Maryland’s Clark School of Engineering has set a new record for the longest flight time for a human-powered helicopter. The helicopter in question, called “Gamera II”, after the flying monster turtle of Japanese films and the university’s terrapin mascot, was devised and built by the students themselves. First thing that […]