Birthdays

As of today, Windows 95—the first of the “modern” Microsoft OSes—is a quarter-century old. Happy birthday old…

Bitcoin’s “genesis block”—the digital token’s very first set of transactions—was mined nine years ago today. The…

New research shows that many young children, prior to reaching the age of six or seven, mistakenly believe that…

Happy birthday! How did I know? Because humans are pretty predictable when it comes to having babies (also, data).

Having your parents throw an awesome Transformers-themed party for your sixth birthday is one thing. But having your…

The older someone gets the harder it is to find them the perfect birthday present. So why not just throw in the…

If Dmitri Mendeleev was alive, we'd be wishing him a happy birthday today. He's not—and thank goodness, because he'd…

The Paleofuture blog turns 7 years old today! And you can now find every Paleofuture post ever written—right here at…

Birthdays are great, aren't they? Really, we should have more of them—so why not try and do that by opting to…

Facebook has basically made remembering birthdays meaningless. With automatic reminders, it's just as easy to wish a…

The murky legacy of Henry Ford—who would’ve been 150 today—centers around a few familiar ideas like the assembly…

A very awesome Florida dad rented out his local historic movie theater so his son could have a fantastic 13th…

Do you ever feel like you're always running into people with your birthday? It might not be you; it might be the…

Presumably developed at some top-secret DARPA-funded research lab, what you're looking at here is the future of…

If it wasn't for Facebook, you'd probably forget all of your friends birthdays. Now, instead of just leaving them a…

We've already told you that Facebook ruined your birthday. And it's so completely true! It's completely…

Facebook both perfected and ruined the birthday. At first, it was the greatest convenience—never forget a special…

Surrounded by friends and family, celebrating with good food and drink, birthdays are happy occasions that we all…

Today's my birthday. Yaaay old drinks party Facebook shots punch hangover whatever. Anyway, this is the crap OKCupid…

Your birthday! The day you feel like the most special person on the planet! The day you get to do what you want. But…