There ain't nothing gonna steal 6-year-old Loren Patterson's joy, but the energetic little girl is more than willing to share it. A video of Loren dancing with abandon as she sings "Old Church Choir" ...

What is the sound of one hand clapping? If said hand claps 403 times per minute, enough for an Everett teen to set a Guinness World Record, does it matter what it sounds like? Actually, yes, said ...

Where exactly did the tradition of clapping to express pleasure come from? In the course of researching this, I was surprised to find how many people want to argue about whether it is appropriate to ...

I couldn’t resist. The guy standing next to me wore a black polo shirt with The Christian Left embroidered on one side. “Oooh,” I said, all innocence. “Where did the Christian go?” I’ve gotten away ...

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

ITHACA, N.Y. — Every time you applaud at a concert or celebrate a touchdown, your hands are performing a feat of physics that scientists have puzzled over for decades. Cornell University researchers ...

Researchers elucidate the complex physical mechanisms and fluid dynamics involved in a handclap, with potential applications in bioacoustics and personal identification, whereby a handclap could be ...