Jay-Z offered Beyoncé’s mom some sound advice when it comes to clapping back at online haters. The rapper’s mother-in-law, Tina Knowles, recalled his social media suggestion while discussing how she ...

Jay-Z directed a crowd to stop clapping as they struggled to stay on beat during his performance at Pharrell's recent debut Louis Vuitton fashion show. Jay-Z Tells Crowd to "Forget the Clap" On ...

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 ...

In a pivotal scene from the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand, a mutant claps his hands and blasts a shockwave across a battlefield. In a theater somewhere, Sunny Jung watched—and wondered. “It made me ...

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 ...

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 ...