Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering is a private institution that was founded in 1997. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 402 (fall 2023), and the campus size is 70 acres. Franklin W. Olin ...

Franklin believed a turkey killed with electricity would be tastier than one dispatched by conventional means: decapitation. Photo illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Wikimedia Commons, Unsplash ...

Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player. Lore has it that the ...

A new Apple TV+ series dramatizes the years Benjamin Franklin spent in France, leveraging diplomacy and guile to secure his nascent country’s future. By Roger Cohen Reporting from Paris Sailing across ...

At the centre of Rosalind Franklin’s tombstone in London’s Willesden Jewish Cemetery is the word “scientist”. This is followed by the inscription, “Her research and discoveries on viruses remain of ...

Historians have long debated the role that Dr. Franklin played in identifying the double helix. A new opinion essay argues that she was an “equal contributor.” By Emily Anthes On April 25, 1953, James ...

Rosalind Franklin is known for making a significant contribution to the discovery of the DNA double helix. In recent years, her story has become famous as one of a woman whose scientific work was ...

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 fly a ...