In a letter to his friend Benjamin Rush he predicted that future generations would believe that "The essence of the [American Revolution was] that Dr. Franklin's electrical rod smote the earth and ...

Power lines are a regular part of our day-to-day lives now as they carry electricity through the world, but when were they first invented?

IN Guyana and in many other Western nations, Easter is celebrated every year by mostly Christians who believe that Jesus’ death and resurrection are to forgive them of their sins. It is celebrated ...

The Founding Fathers were a quiltwork of conflicting personalities. George Washington was dignified and coolly aloof. Thomas ...

260 YEARS AGO: Shocking Ideas In March 1747 Benjamin Franklin begins documenting ... from printing to pursue science. While his famous 1752 kite flight is not the first to identify lightning ...

This beer menu isn’t just a list—it’s a passport to European brewing traditions that would make Benjamin Franklin abandon his kite experiment for a pint. Photo Credit: Austin Krug Stepping inside ...

This beer menu isn’t just a list—it’s a passport to European brewing traditions that would make Benjamin Franklin abandon his kite experiment for a pint. Photo Credit: Austin Krug There’s something ...

In the pantheon of New England-born patriots, no two men stood higher than Benjamin Franklin and John Adams. And in the New ...

Christopher Leaman Benjamin Franklin was, in his own words, “the youngest son of the youngest son for five Generations back.” Born to a Boston candlemaker who had emigrated from Ecton ...

Extreme adventurer Mark Synnott is out with his third book, chronicling his attempt to sail through the Northwest Passage in ...