Award-winning documentary-maker Ken Burns tells Katty Kay about his unique approach to chronicling history, from the Civil ...

It is a very interesting history of the physical printed book which is very timely during these contemporary times because the book is increasingly becoming online.

The birth of our country may feel like a familiar story. But in making a documentary about it, we found plenty of revelations ...

Contrary to popular belief, Benjamin Franklin didn’t invent it. The idea actually came from George Hudson, a New Zealand entomologist, in 1895. Hudson proposed DST to give himself more daylight ...

Daylight savings time was first instated in the U.S. more than a century ago, though some people credit its invention to an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. In an essay about saving ...

Daylight savings time was first instated in the U.S. more than a century ago, though some people credit its invention to an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1784. In an essay about saving ...

In 1784, bifocal-clad Benjamin Franklin introduced the idea through a satirical essay ... In 1895, Hudson proposed a two-hour clock clawback and, as a result, gets the most credit for inventing ...

Sachs’ new film October 8 begins with the unprecedented Hamas attack a day earlier, then tracks the fallout over the course ...

Later, the invention of the telegraph meant that ... Walls says some think Benjamin Franklin had the first idea of moving time. "It's probably, it's where he was maybe playing with people, the ...