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TopicLeonardo Da Vinci

Topic: Leonardo Da Vinci

AI Mona Lisa to touchscreen Last Supper, Da Vinci goes hi-tech. Some call it ‘dumbed down’

The show Da Vinci Genius made its India debut at NESCO Centre in Mumbai last week. It brings the Renaissance master’s art, inventions, and ideas to life through projections, AI, and play.

‘Youngest Leonardo da Vinci descendant’ born in 2020, study to decode his genius finds 13 others

Bike enthusiast, porcelain retailer & glass-maker — these are some of the living descendants the Leonardo Da Vinci DNA Project has identified in its research that covers 690 years.

How making children think like Leonardo da Vinci can help tackle climate change

Renaissance polymath, Da Vinci, worked across disciplines and remains as renowned for his inventions as he is for his paintings.

Discovery of hidden microbes on Da Vinci drawings could help preserve them better

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week.

That’s not his name: 5 things you do not know about Leonardo Da Vinci

500 years after Da Vinci's death, the largest exhibition of his work is being held in Paris. It has taken years to organise, but has not been free of controversy.

Mona Lisa is more than a painting, she’s the ultimate female fantasy figure

There is a real question as to whether anyone before the 20th century thought much about the Mona Lisa. But the painting’s modern global iconic status can't be denied.

Not much wrong in ‘test-tube Sita’ remark. It can be India’s Renaissance moment

If Florentine Renaissance shaped the next 500 years of world history, there is no reason why we should not lay claim to our destiny and derive inspiration from our past to shape the next 500 years.

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Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.