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 ...

A birthday cake had lit candles around it, with each candle representing a year of the celebrant’s life. The celebrant blows ...

A new study says blowing out those candles on the birthday cake spreads not only thousands of tiny drops of saliva, but each aerosol drop carries with it a host of germs that can make you sick.

Blowing out candles on average resulted in 1,400% (that's 14 times) more bacteria on the frosting. Of course, the amount of bacteria varied depending on the blower.

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 ...

Blowing out birthday candles is an age-old tradition, but it's something that's more likely to make people cringe than cheer in the age of COVID-19. Thanks to the pandemic, we've all become a lot ...

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 tradition of blowing out candles on a cake has always kind of grossed me out, to be honest, even before covid-19,” says Caissie St. Onge, a comedy writer and television producer in Los ...

Picture the scene in its nostalgic innocence, the way it has always been captured in photo albums and home movies: family and friends huddled together; voices raised in song; a smiling face ...

One day there will be no more need for flames. [slider2732] has put yet another nail in the coffin of this most ancient of all technology by making a candle that uses a flicker LED that you blow ou… ...