A seal clapping its flippers may not sound like a great revelation. Do an internet search for “clapping seal” and you’ll get a lot of hits. Ask a kid for their best seal impression, and odds are it ...

Social contagion If you wish to avoid the social faux pas of clapping at the wrong time, listen carefully to the volume of noise around you. That's the conclusion of a study about the social dynamics ...

On a movie set, every scene and every take gets "slated" during filming, and there's that distinctive clap sound we all know. But what's it for?... 'Clap!' On Set, The Signature Sound Of The Slate ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The key to generating sound from ...

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...

Clapping has been replaced with “jazz hands” at a student union, amid fears that the noise of applause could trigger anxiety among some students. Whooping is also discouraged at Manchester University ...

They’re one of the most annoying things about living in a big city, but pigeons—aka the rats of the sky—have developed a pretty clever defense mechanism designed to scare off attackers: a loud and ...

The northern lights of Earth are more than just dazzling light shows — they also generate their own strange applause too, a new study reveals. The same energetic particles that create the dancing, ...

If you're going to be a college football signal caller, your team has to hear your clap. And of course, that can prove difficult in a stadium full of 100,000 of your biggest fans ... or biggest rivals ...