ITHACA, N.Y. — Every time you applaud at a concert or celebrate a touchdown, your hands are performing a feat of physics that scientists have puzzled over for decades. Cornell University researchers ...

Clapping is a behavior so deeply rooted in human beings it’s almost an instinct. You can see babies and toddlers clapping just because everybody else is, and if you’ve ever felt the pressure to be ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Gilbarco Veeder-Roothas enhanced its Applause Media System with expanded audio/video capability, the company reported. In addition to graphic-based forecourt promotions and coupons ...

NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (UPI) -- The audio for U.S. pop star Lady Gaga's latest single "Applause" has gotten nearly 3 million hits since it was posted on YouTube Monday. The song is the first released from ...

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Pema Levy is a Washington Correspondent for Newsweek, covering Congress, elections and dabbling in court battles and other political miscellany. She worked at the International Business Times, Talking ...

So far, this is a fairly plodding address. Very few flashes of humor or eloquence. My friend Jeff Yarbro, a former Gore aide, called from Tennessee with the line of the night: “People at home must be ...