A Kansas high school teacher was arrested and dragged out of a contentious city zoning meeting for continuously clapping in opposition to a proposed data center. Lux Claridge was yanked out of a chair ...

At data center meeting, teacher defied mayor's orders against reacting to speakers, now faces bogus charge of "Interfering" ...

If you’re thinking of attending any sort of public meeting about, say, zoning changes in and around your community that ...

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.

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

Researchers deserve a round of applause for uncovering the science behind the acoustics produced from hand clapping that had ...

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 ...

Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results.

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 ...

Not everyone is jazzed about this new rule at the University of Manchester. The British school’s student union has banned clapping, whooping and cheering at their events — suggesting the use of “jazz ...