Pig Iron Theatre Company will remount its Barrymore Award-winning sci-fi adventure FRANKLIN’S KEY June 11–28, 2026 at Plays & ...

Today’s quote of the day is by Benjamin Franklin. He was a polymath inventor, writer, and statesman. He is one of the four founding fathers of the United States, also known as "the First American." ...

Historical southern city unveils new statue and marker honoring the city’s namesake, Benjamin Franklin I don’t want ...

Benjamin Franklin, a founding father of the United States, was a man of many talents. He invented the lightning rod and bifocal glasses. His quote, "Nothing is certain except for death and taxes," ...

AI is accelerating the commoditization of specialized expertise. The sustainable competitive advantage is connecting it ...

PHILADELPHIA — When "The Simpsons" writer Christine Nangle got a chance to pen the Philadelphia episode that aired Sunday night, the comedian from Oxford Circle knew it was high stakes — and local ...

When Katharine Burr Blodgett discovered nonreflecting glass, the General Electric Company’s public relations machine made her a star ...

His love of European foods didn’t stop there. While in France in the 1780s, he learned how ice cream was made and brought ...

Steamships allowed whalers to travel further and at higher speeds, keeping pace with whales that would have outswum the sailing ships of earlier generations. Harpooning cannons killed even the largest ...

For most of history, parents couldn’t buy their kids dolls, action figures, or the like. Then playtime became big business.