Avaricious American authors out to capitalize on the renown of the Founding Fathers have always known to take a reading of the zeitgeist when deciding how to portray their subjects. George Washington ...

On a dark, stormy summer night in 1752, Benjamin Franklin flew a kite with a key attached to the string waiting in anticipation for lightning to strike. The dramatic bolt would harken the discovery of ...

The film explores the history and development of electricity, beginning with ancient beliefs about natural phenomena like thunder and lightning. It highlights significant discoveries, starting with ...

The UA's E. Philip Krider, will discuss electricity and Benjamin Franklin Monday at this month's "got Science? Café." Krider, a professor at The University of Arizona Institute of Atmospheric Physics, ...

American Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin invented a variety of useful things: a new stove for heating, rudimentary swimming fins, a better urinary catheter, a glass musical instrument ...

When we consider the serious electricity shortage in California, our reaction, as concerned Americans, is: Ha, ha! No, seriously, we are alarmed. Because history teaches us that whatever happens to ...

"Check List of Paintings in the Philadelphia Museum of Art," Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1965. Image on file. The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the ...