PHILADELPHIA -- Legend has it that 250 years ago this month, Benjamin Franklin sailed a kite and a key into a stormy Philadelphia sky and made a shocking discovery: Lightning is a form of electricity.

PHILADELPHIA -- Legend has it that 250 years ago this month, Benjamin Franklin sailed a kite and a key into a stormy Philadelphia sky and made a shocking discovery: Lightning was a form of electricity ...

The image of Ben Franklin with the key and the kite has endured throughout American history, even before there was an America. Here’s how the son of a soapmaker likely conducted -- and I do mean ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Legend has it that 250 years ago this month, Benjamin Franklin sailed a kite and a key into a stormy Philadelphia sky and discovered that lightning was a form of electricity. His test ...

It was June 1752 that one of the most famous and dangerous weather experiments may have been conducted. Most of us have seen the artist's rendering of the scene and heard the story of Benjamin ...

Illustrations of scientific experiments play a fundamental role in both science education and the dissemination of scientific knowledge to the general public. Confirming the adage that “a picture is ...

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 history ...

Landscape scene with dark trees and clouds; Benjamin Franklin and a young boy stand in the foreground, Franklin is holding a kite string with a large key hanging from ...

Guest Columnist Eliav Zendehdel shares his experiences in the new College Foundations curriculum and argues for its wider ...