Mixkit, by Envato, is a platform that provides access to a huge library of free assets to use in your multimedia projects. These multimedia materials include free ...

For decades, marine biologists observed seals making clapping motions underwater but struggled to understand the purpose behind this behavior. Many people who have visited aquariums or marine shows ...

Paradoxes and other mischievous pranks our minds play on us. Write on a piece of paper ‘The statement on the reverse is true’. Turn the paper over and write ‘The statement on the other side is false’.

Not long ago, Fred Armisen was reminiscing about the sound-effect LPs he used to stock at the Chicago record store where he worked in the Nineties. These vinyl platters contained all kinds of sounds, ...

The actor and comedian Fred Armisen phoned the front desk from his room at a midtown hotel the other day, and asked the clerk to call right back. “I’m not going to pick up,” he explained. “I’ll just ...

Scientists found that clapping sounds come from trapped air escaping rapidly between palms, creating vibrations. Cornell and University of Mississippi's study shows that hand speed, size, and skin ...

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 ...