The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of ...

India is the land of diversity and cultures. From the bright sarees and lehengas that adorn women in the North, to the simple ...

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the physics behind the sound you hear when you clap your hands! The mechanism ...

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 ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

With their 2012 hit "Ho Hey" Wesley Schultz and Jeremiah Fraites of the Lumineers could have become one-hit wonders. Instead, they've inspired a new generation of artists.

The sound of claps echoed through a town centre over the weekend as the community joined forces for a demonstration of ...

Acousticians often use a hand clap as a cheap substitute for pricey ... rather than being a solid collision sound. Frequency depended upon hand configuration: clapping with cupped hands, for ...

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to offer brief comments on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or ...

Early in his career, the EDM megastar Calvin Harris sang his own vocals, usually doing a detached, semi-ironic hipster thing on tracks like “The Girls.” Even after his career exploded, Harris would ...