Good news if you can't hold a beat: An app called Steve Reich’s Clapping Music might be able to fix you. Clapping Music, from the British app shop Touchpress, is a gamified lesson in tempo. It plays ...

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.

Whenever we are listening to bhajans (devotional songs) in a group, we often hear the sound of clapping along with the rhythm of our heads swaying to the beat. Clapping in a rhythmic manner is ...