Christopher Leaman Benjamin Franklin was, in his own words ... The inventor of the Franklin wood-burning stove, the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, a chair that converted into a stepladder ...

The $100 bill has featured Benjamin Franklin ... he proved lightning was electricity and invented the lightning rod, bifocals and Franklin stove. He also founded the first public library and ...

Lightning strikes may have been the reason ... While many likely associate Benjamin Franklin's kite experiment with the discovery of electricity, the truth is that far older ancestors were well ...

but their height and voluminous crowns act as natural lightning rods, attracting strikes that damage foes and boost their competitive advantage in the dense jungle. The finding, reported March 26 ...

A painting of Franklin’s return to Philadelphia from Europe in 1785 shows him flanked by his son-in-law (in red), his daughter and Benjamin Bache (in blue), the grandson he’d taken to France ...

The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. Getting zapped with millions of volts of electricity may not sound like a healthy activity, but for some trees, it is. A new study ...

The trees may have even evolved to act as lightning rods. The research was led by Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. Gora studies how lightning impacts ...

D. oleifera’s wide crown and tall height, which enhance its chance of being hit, make it a living lightning rod. And it might resist damage by being more electrically conductive than other tree ...

The Tampa Bay Lightning might not be the top team in the Atlantic Division, but they are a sneaky favorite heading into the Stanley Cup Playoffs. While they still haven’t officially clinched a ...

OpenAI’s $40B raise signals a new era for work—where AI transforms leadership, strategy, workflows, and the social contract at scale.

Franklin police said the shooting happened in a parking lot in the 1400 block of West Main Street around 3 p.m. The 44-year-old victim from Franklin sustained a non life-threatening injury to his ...