Avaricious American authors out to capitalize on the renown of the Founding Fathers have always known to take a reading of the zeitgeist when deciding how to portray their subjects. George Washington ...

The UA's E. Philip Krider, will discuss electricity and Benjamin Franklin Monday at this month's "got Science? Café." Krider, a professor at The University of Arizona Institute of Atmospheric Physics, ...

From Franklin’s kite in a storm to Einstein’s special relativity to QED - electromagnetism has gone on to explain everything ...

American Founding Father and polymath Benjamin Franklin invented a variety of useful things: a new stove for heating, rudimentary swimming fins, a better urinary catheter, a glass musical instrument ...

When we consider the serious electricity shortage in California, our reaction, as concerned Americans, is: Ha, ha! No, seriously, we are alarmed. Because history teaches us that whatever happens to ...