A deaf child has received a new gene therapy treatment with “mind-blowing” results that have allowed her to hear for the first time. Opal Sandy, from Oxfordshire, UK, is the first British patient and ...

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 ...

In a scene toward the end of the 2006 film, "X-Men: The Last Stand," a character claps and sends a shock wave that knocks out an opposing army. Sunny Jung, professor of biological and environmental ...