Chemist's Ultimate Birthday Gift: A Nobel. October 10, 2007 / 7:22 AM EDT / CBS/AP ... Gerhard Ertl of Germany won the 2007 Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday - his 71st birthday ...

If you’re wondering whether your go-to store will be open on the Fourth of July, you’re in good company. The short answer: ...

Elsewhere in the heavens, Wednesday marked the 150th birthday of Kristian Birkeland, the Norwegian scientist who first explained the physics of the Northern Lights. After several expeditions to the ...

Lynne Spears wished daughter Britney Spears a happy birthday amid their years-long estrangement. On Monday, Lynne, 69, commemorated her daughter’s special day with a sweet tribute on Facebook ...

Known among ground-breaking female inventors, Marga Faulstich features in today's Google doodle on her 103rd birthday. Born in 1915, the German glass chemist is known to have developed over 300 ...

The baker can dispense with the candles: Today’s birthday boy comes with his own form of eternal flame. On Google’s home page today, its animated fire-and-beakers “doodle” marks the 200th ...

Goggle celebrated chemist Charles Macintosh's 250th birthday today by dedicating a doodle in his honour. He is the inventor of waterproof material.