On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers from being fired based on ...

One of Benjamin Franklin’s most famous quotes was in response to ... This might be said of our American experiment, which in many ways, has been the inspiration for other nations, and has ...

But of course the Declaration was of inestimable value in uniting the disparate states in common principles and in the recognition, in Benjamin Franklin’s apocryphal words after ... a most dangerous, ...

While many likely associate Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment with the discovery of electricity, the truth is that far older ancestors were well aware of its power. For instance, Ancient ...

starting with Thales of Miletus's observation of static electricity from amber, followed by Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment that linked lightning to electrical charge. The narrative progresses ...

The last time a U.S. banknote design ... Known for his kite experiment, he proved lightning was electricity and invented the lightning rod, bifocals and Franklin stove. He also founded the first ...

It was during this terrible winter that Benjamin ... electricity, the Gulf Stream’s thermal patterns, the cooling effect of volcanic haze blown over oceans and continents. As Franklin was ...

And boy howdy, you can’t help but admire the experiment ... it seems – and it’s the home of Benjamin Franklin’s illegitimate son, William (Daniel Betts). We spend a bits and bites of ...

Thinking about this, my mind turned to a recent book about Benjamin Franklin by journalist Eric Weiner, “Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life.” Weiner ...

In part because Benjamin Franklin had such ... lightning in his kite-flying experiment. For his work on electricity, he was awarded the British Royal Society’s highest honor in 1753, and three ...