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A London-based dentist may have cracked a centuries-old mathematics puzzle hidden in one of the most famous anatomical drawings in the world—Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man. This discovery suggests ...

Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci is surely the most iconic image of the Renaissance. Yet this tantalizingly complex drawing still contains plenty of mysteries for today’s scientists to uncover. Last ...

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man has been puzzling scholars for centuries. Da Vinci, who was not only a famous artist but also an inventor, engineer, and scientist studying subjects like human ...

A longstanding mystery surrounding the Vitruvian man – yes, that Vitruvian man – has a new solution. The weird part? It comes from inside your mouth. You know the Vitruvian Man. He’s perhaps second ...