Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, making today his 305th birthday. Here is a list of things you may or may not have known sprang from this impossibly talented man’s mind. While it ...

In his day, Benjamin Franklin was Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, Mark Zuckerberg, and Henry Ford, all rolled into one. Here’s a look at his most enduring innovations and inventions on January 17 ...

It might surprise you to learn that the bespectacled Benjamin Franklin was once quite the womanizer who fathered an ...

Benjamin Franklin’s mind was never idle as he looked for ways to improve life in his times. Check out his legacy of inventions, discoveries and observations – a long list prepared for t… ...

Now and then, we think about Ben," begins Barretta's (On Top of Spaghetti ) lighthearted and enlightening picture-book biography. "It was as if Ben could see into the future. Almost everything he ...

In honor of the 306th anniversary of Benjamin Franklin's birth, park rangers from Independence National Historical Park were demonstrating a musical instrument invented by Dr. Franklin.

Benjamin Franklin was a leading US Founding Father and inventor. Discover who Benjamin Franklin was, his groundbreaking inventions of the lightning rod and bifocals, influential books, and key ...

Historians have spent centuries examining Benjamin Franklin’s groundbreaking inventions, but what if the Founding Father’s biggest discovery remained a secret? A new play imagines an alternate ...

What Ben Franklin knew about climate change — in 1740 Climate change is not new — and neither are our techno-optimistic impulses.