When someone stretches or bends their knuckle to crack it, they increase the space between the bones, which creates a drop in ...

Find out how the cracking of knuckles works for the same reason deep sea divers have to take breaks as they ascend, soda fizzes, and water boils instantly in a vacuum. We already know, thanks to a ...

In April, a group of scientists made a cracker of a claim: They finally figured out why knuckles crack. But any scientific finding requires confirmation, and now other researchers are on the case. A ...

Nearly all of us have experienced our joints ‘pop’ at some point in our lives. Whether it was from cracking our knuckles, getting adjusted by a chiropractor, or the inadvertent sound that sometimes ...

Maybe you've cracked your knuckles before or you do it all the time. Perhaps you know someone else who does it habitually. Have you ever wondered what exactly is happening to make that sound? While it ...

Researchers have used MRI to see what happens when a knuckle cracks. Photo: Supplied Researchers have used MRI to see what happens when a knuckle cracks. Photo: Supplied Researchers have used MRI to ...