From TED: Leonardo Da Vinci's life and work is well known -- but his own face is not. Illustrator and activist Siegfried Woldhek used some thoughtful image-analysis techniques to find what he believes... more inside

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519 was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. The... more inside

"It was - or is - the world's first self-propelled vehicle," said Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science in Florence, who oversaw the project. Perhaps sensibly,... more inside

Santa shows up drunk at work. Santa's elf (Tony Cox) and the security boss (Bernie Mac) genially discuss how to proceed.

This video answers the question, why is the Mona Lisa the most famous painting of all time?

In a famous scene, looking down upon the people beneath from his vantage point on top of the Riesenrad, the large Ferris wheel in the Prater amusement park, Lime compares them to dots. Back on the ground,... more inside

"In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed - but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love,... more inside