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

The “Helmholtz resonator” concept explains the frequencies of sound produced by clapping the hands together in different configurations.

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 ...

Wesley Schultz of the Denver-based folk-rock duo on becoming a hero to the likes of Zach Bryan and Noah Kahan.

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 ...

Clicking is a defensive posture for owls, but their beaks aren't the only thing they use when giving a warning.

The platonic ideal of the Obama-era stomp-clap sound also purveyed by Mumford & Sons and Of Monsters and Men, 2012’s Grammy-nominated “Ho Hey” made improbable stars of singer-guitarist ...