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INTERVIEW: Ahead of his new album ‘Sentient’, featuring collaborations with some of the great musical icons from history, the legendary guitarist talks to Kevin E G Perry about working with the King of Pop, his memories of Woodstock and Altamont, the genius of Miles Davis and why death is just…

Feb. 15, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

"The guy turned out to be one of the best 3D modelers I've ever seen"

Imagine getting a live art class from Leonardo da Vinci, or having a fully interactive discussion about the meaning of life with Socrates. You can now do this in your living room with a laptop and headset through startups like Ireland’s Engage XR and Sweden’s Hello History, combining the capabilities…

One of history’s greatest minds gets the documentary treatment from Ken Burns. Here’s what you need to know about the PBS doc.

This two-part documentary celebrates the genius of Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci, and our guide here explains how to watch “Leonardo da Vinci” online and from anywhere now.

The battle scenes at the centre of this somewhat academic exhibition ring with unforgettable violence – as Leonardo’s howling warrior prepares to sever an enemy’s hand

His old-fashioned painting prowess and explicitly queer subject matter has made the young American artist hot property. So why are some people so shocked?

The idea that prowess in activities like playing chess or writing poetry might be “fuelled” by frustrated, unconscious sexual desire is fairly well known today. But writing more than a century ago, Sigmund Freud was considered radical in his explanation of how sexual impulses could be transformed into creative or…