The glass armonica was Benjamin Franklin's biggest contribution to the world of music—and then it started to kill people. Before he was a Founding Father, the multifaceted, ever-experimental ...
Today, Think Tank asks about Benjamin Franklin, America’s founding grandfather. He’s been called the first American, but not always as a compliment, but if he was the first American ...
Last week Philadelphia revived Benjamin Franklin's famed Junto, 174 years dead. The sight would have startled old Ben; the cozy little study club he founded in a tavern with eleven ...
A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive. A handful of ...