Ever prescient, John Adams rightly predicted that Benjamin Franklin would forever occupy an elevated position in the American imagination. He was, after all, the man who risked life and limb to ...

Benjamin Franklin did not invent electricity, but he discovered how to harness its power for common use. Franklin's kite ...

While the answers to this question are multifaceted, the wisdom of one of America’s founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, offer a roadmap for us today. Franklin was more than just a statesman ...

Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic,” By Joseph J. Ellis The past decade has seen an explosion in wonderful books about the ...

Rice’s Naomi Halas is the recipient of the 2025 Benjamin Franklin Medal in chemistry, awarded “for the creation and development of nanoshells — metal-coated nanoscale particles that can capture light ...