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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...