Blowing out birthday candles is fun, but your spit is the icing on the cake — quite literally. Scientists say that puckering up and making a wish sends varying amounts of bacteria flying onto ...

The candles have a short, fast-burning wick, which lasts just long enough to sing “Happy Birthday to You” twice (“Birthday song: 22 seconds. Candle burn time: 55 seconds,” the box ...

A new study revealed that blowing out birthday candles increases bacteria on the cake by 1,400 percent, which is downright disgusting if you’re a germophobe.. So even though it’s one of the ...

Those colorful candles burning brightly atop a birthday cake may look lovely, but apparently blowing them out has some pretty disgusting side effects, researchers say. A study in the Journal of ...

‘Birthday Candles’ Playwright Noah Haidle on the Deferred Dream of a Broadway Opening (Guest Column) Roundabout Theatre Company on Wednesday announced that its spring production of 'Birthday ...

Review: “Birthday Candles” (4 stars) When: Through Oct. 8. Where: Northlight Theatre at the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.