Leonardo Da Vinci Archives

The Mystery of the Mona Lisa

The mystery surrounding the 1911 theft and subsequent conspiracy theory catapulted the Mona List into the popular imagination.

Leonardo da Vinci botanical study, circa 1490

Politics & History

Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist/Scientist

Leonardo was the first scientific illustrator.

Editors' Picks

Politics & History

How Do White House Transitions Actually Work?

How do presidential transitions really work? Political science scholarship on White House staffers provides some insight.

Science & Technology

How the Public Health Community Prepares for Pandemics

Public healthcare experts have been anticipating and planning for a pandemic like COVID-19 for years. These research reports and scholarly articles explain how.

Science & Technology

Anthony S. Fauci on Pandemic Preparedness

Before he led the effort to contain COVID-19, the nation's top infectious disease expert published several papers about pandemic preparedness. Here are two.

Education & Society

Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus

How can we help students understand George Floyd's death in the context of institutionalized racism?

Education & Society

Talk about This, Not That

Looking to avoid politics at the holiday dinner table? Food trivia, ground-up mummy pigment, and snake jaws ought to do the trick.

The Mystery of the Mona Lisa

Leonardo Da Vinci, Artist/Scientist

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