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 ...

Live entertainment creates a kind of excitement that feels immediate and shared. The room reacts together. Laughter spreads ...

A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping. The research pinpoints a mechanism called a Helmholtz resonator — the same acoustic concept that ...

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 ...

Singer and rapper Kid Rock stormed off stage at a Nashville performance this weekend, cutting the show short when the audience didn't clap along. On Saturday night, the "All Summer Long" artist ...