A lot of annoying little hacks are needed to keep our integer-based calendar in sync with a floating-point universe, and the big one, leap day, passed us by this week. Aside from the ignominy of a ...

Promising review: "I bought these because the last trip before I found these, I used up so much paper making notes of what I ...

She was born on 29 February, an elusive day that appears once every four years in a leap year - so she's only had seven birthdays on her actual day in her lifetime. Julia, aged 12, blows out the ...

Halloween is here and scientists at the Nation Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are claiming that elves and ...

The chance of having a baby on the 29th February is about 1 in 1,461, so if you give birth on Leap Day, your baby's going to be very special indeed. It's thought that, around the world, there are ...

The Vectrex was intended for tabletop use in a home environment. However, [Jeroen Domburg], also known as [Sprite_tm], decided to set about building a portable version. This wasn’t easy ...

Leap day, February 29, comes around every four years and was first introduced by Julius Caesar over 2,000 years ago. It is a day filled with folklore, superstitions and traditions, old and new.

Leap day statistics estimate the odds of a Feb. 29 birthday at about 1 in 1,500. The extra 24 hours on Feb. 29 are necessary about every four years — a leap year — to keep the calendar in line ...

For the first time, however, we may have to subtract a leap second because since around 1990 Earth’s rotation has been speeding up, counteracting the slowdown and shortening the day. There are ...

One of the residents, Helen Davidson, turns 100 on a day that only comes once every four years. 84-year-old woman celebrates 21st birthday as part of Leap Year Triangle hospitals welcome several ...

One of the residents, Helen Davidson, turns 100 on a day that only comes once every four years. SoCal welcomes 'leapling' babies with rare Leap Day birthday 84-year-old woman celebrates 21st ...