Given his numerous accomplishments as a printer, scientist and statesman, it’s easy to overlook Benjamin Franklin’s record as a prolific inventor of his era. “During Benjamin Franklin’s lifetime, he ...

Did you know that using Foursquare can make you just like the founding fathers? The Wall Street Journal's Zachary Seward, in an article about the delights of social broadcasting tools such as ...

Have you ever sat around a dinner table or in a pub and rubbed your finger along the rim of a glass to make that eerie ...

Ben Franklin's invention of the lightning rod and his revelation of the mysterious workings of lightning and thunder made him one of the foremost scientists of his day. As Dray, who won the Robert F.