The Takoma Park, Maryland, mayor’s order that people not clap during a public meeting led to insults and even a poll.

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The key to generating sound from ...

The student union at the University of Manchester in England received unwanted attention online following reports of what was described as a "clapping ban" during some of their events. The union voted ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The University of Oxford passed a motion banning clapping to prevent anxiety among students. (Photo: Getty) Students are urging ...

President Donald Trump clapped at his own State of the Union, and his internet critics couldn’t resist taking a few shots. As Trump punctuated his first State of the Union address to Congress with ...

What makes us clap more for some performances than others? You'd think it's obvious: The better the show, the more applause. Think again. Guest host Linda Wertheimer explores how and why applause ...

The University of Oxford has voted to nix clapping in favor of “silent jazz hands” at their future commencement ceremonies to show solidarity with the hearing-impaired. “Loud noises, including ...

WERTHEIMER: But what makes us clap more for some performances than others? You'd think it's obvious: the better the show, the more applause. Think again. New research at Uppsala University in Sweden ...