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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 research, published in the ...

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 ...

Something went a bit awry Saturday night when Kid Rock made a special appearance at Bon Jovi’s keyboardist David Bryan’s birthday celebration in Nashville — after the crowd’s response wasn’t up to ...

At President Donald Trump‘s rally in West Virginia on Tuesday night, he spoke out against censorship, saying he’d even be willing to tolerate “fake news” if it meant no one would be singled out and ...

Kid Rock stormed off stage during a Saturday performance at Jon Bon Jovi's Nashville bar after scolding the audience for not clapping. You can watch his outburst below. "No, fuck them. Fuck them. Hey, ...