Where exactly did the tradition of clapping to express pleasure come from? In the course of researching this, I was surprised to find how many people want to argue about whether it is appropriate to ...

Clapping is both a scientific event and a social gesture. A study explores the complex physics behind the sound of clapping. The noise originates from compressed air, not just hand collisions.

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you're not happy and you know it, press play on Le Youth's "Clap Your Hands" and watch that frown turn upside down in a nanosecond. By Kat Bein If ...

David Guetta turned a nursery rhyme into an EDM track at a festival in Belgium over the weekend. The DJ/producer performed at Tomorrowland in the town of Boom, near Antwerp on Thursday (July 23).

The clapping hands emoji: When used repetitively in a row, it signifies applause, but as any social media user by now understands, that is not the emoji's primary placement in the world of Twitter.