Clapping and music go hand in hand, if you'll pardon the pun. And we're not just talking about applause. What recordings that feature the percussive sound of hand claps are among your favorites? Lend ...

In a scene toward the end of the 2006 film, "X-Men: The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of biological and environmental ...

Nearly every human culture uses clapping to cheer, protest, pray or perform – but a new study reveals that the familiar gesture is as much a scientific event as it is a social one. “This is the first ...