Pro wrestling is, in a lot of ways, a lot like Major League Baseball. The two entities increasingly find themselves in their own worlds, with their own unofficial codes of conduct, and language/hidden ...

What does a pilot really think when you applaud after a plane touches down? While flight passengers might attempt to show gratitude for a safe landing, some say this act could offend or come across as ...

Confession: I've clapped for a plane landing. While I'd never think to applaud when a subway train reaches my stop, there's something joyful about going from air to solid ground. I don't clap after ...

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.

For Alec Ounsworth, front man and principal songwriter for the indie rock band, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the past four years have been beset by turmoil. Some of the reasons for the recent struggles ...

"Oh yes that clap took me back to the teen years," Pelosi's daughter tweeted. Clapping for him, or clapping at him? At first, it looked like applause, but Americans around the country have quickly ...