This week researchers from the Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project announced they have made the kind of breakthrough you might ...

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

Scientists pulled DNA from Leonardo da Vinci's possible Holy Child sketch in 2026, offering clues to his genius and new ways ...

DNA doesn’t just sit still inside our cells — it folds, loops, and rearranges in ways that shape how genes behave.

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

Scientists have successfully recovered what may be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from a centuries-old red chalk drawing, marking a breakthrough that could unlock secrets about one of history's greatest ...

Scientists have recovered a sample of DNA from a Leonardo da Vinci drawing that could belong to the Renaissance polymath.

Some Y-chromosome DNA sequences from the “Holy Child” artwork and from a letter penned by one of Leonardo’s cousins appear to ...

A woman's body has been found to consist of varying proportions of male and female cells because of an extremely rare form of ...

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Some people credit good habits or good fortune for a long life. But a new genetic study suggests the secret to reaching 100 may lie much deeper - in DNA inherited from ancient hunter-gatherers who ...