If you look back at the history of the world, it’s difficult to recognize every single inventor. There are so many worth ...

Pig Iron Theatre Company’s 'Franklin's Key' is a clue-finding, puzzle-solving uncovering of the 'truth' about Franklin’s ...

It’s a story we’ve heard many times, but it’s always worth repeating. In 1787, when Benjamin Franklin was walking out of the ...

Benjamin Franklin decided not to patent his many inventions because he believed that it was enough to help others with his creations. This would also allow other inventors to tinker with and build ...

It was during this terrible winter that Benjamin Franklin sought ... us answer an urgent question: Can you invent your way out of climate change? Franklin thought so. He’s an early example ...

For nearly 16 years, between 1757 and 1775, Benjamin Franklin — scientist, diplomat, philosopher, inventor, one of the founding fathers of the United States and more — lived at 36 Craven ...

Aristos is a Newsweek science and health reporter with the London, U.K., bureau. He is particularly focused on archaeology and paleontology, although he has covered a wide variety of topics ...

LOS ANGELES – Even Michael Douglas had doubts about portraying Benjamin Franklin in the ... it's one of the joys of life." Franklin invented the glass armonica, Douglas never mastered it Douglas ...

Yes, that Benjamin Franklin. The Boston-born founding father gained fame as a statesman, newspaper guy and public intellectual — and as the inventor of lightning rods, bifocals, the glass ...

The eclectic inventor, scientist ... Of the "Founding Fathers," Benjamin Franklin alone signed the three pivotal documents associated with the nation's birth: the Declaration of Independence ...

The newspaper clipping was authentic, published by anti-Communist and antisemitic newspaper Common Sense on Nov. 15, 1966. However, it was unknown how, or with what evidence, the newspaper ...

“Franklin” director Tim Van Patten, who won Emmys for “Boardwalk Empire” and “The Pacific,” says that although he loves history and is a history buff “this was a slice of history I ...