He’s 6 years old in a baseball cap, a little timid and very green (being a turtle). Popular with preschoolers and kindergartners who identify with his everyday challenges, the animated “Franklin” is ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Sorry, Toastmasters. When people clap at a performance, they’re ...

Hailed as the hottest unsigned act in 2005, the Brooklyn-via Philly Clap Your Hands Say Yeah kicked off their current North American tour with a first-rate performance in front of a sold-out crowd at ...

If you’ve ever attended a classical concert, you’ve probably experienced that awkward, hesitant half-clapping that sometimes occurs at the end of a symphonic movement: The music stops, the hall falls ...

How do you decide when to start clapping after a virtuoso performance? And when do you stop? New research finds the answer lies in what other people around you are doing. The louder the applause — ...

Picture the scene: a few years from now, your phone runs out of battery. Instead of scrambling for a charger, you clap your hands and watch it spring back into life. Sound far-fetched? It’s not, ...

Often bootlegged but unavailable commercially until now, One Hand Clapping originally served as the soundtrack to a documentary detailing Paul McCartney and Wings’ seminal recordings in Studio 3 at ...

Tonight, President Obama will stand up before a joint session of Congress and try to give his State of the Union address, despite 253 Democratic lawmakers interrupting him just about every other word ...