Scientists with the ambitious Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project think they have potentially snagged a sample of DNA from the famed artist/inventor himself. The findings are presented in a preprint, and ...

Scientists at the Leonardo DNA Project say they are getting closer to reconstructing the 500-year-old DNA of Leonardo da Vinci – the famous Italian polymath of the Renaissance. According to a recent ...

For more than five centuries, Leonardo Da Vinci has been celebrated as a visionary artist, scientist, and inventor, known for his extraordinary talent and groundbreaking experiments. Today, an ...

Former 8th Ward Ald. Devon Reid calls himself “a proud Evanstonian, a proud Illinoisan and a proud American.” However, he said his family’s origins have been a lingering question. Now, by ...