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 ...

Not everyone is jazzed about this new rule at the University of Manchester. The British school’s student union has banned clapping, whooping and cheering at their events — suggesting the use of “jazz ...

When hands come together, they create a pocket of air between the palms. Clapping is an inherent human action performed to cheer, protest or pray, but a new study has shown that the gesture is as much ...

The student union at the University of Manchester in England received unwanted attention online following reports of what was described as a "clapping ban" during some of their events. The union voted ...

Traditional applause is being discouraged at Oxford University’s Student Union events, as students vote to replace ‘triggering’ clapping with jazz hands. Students at the University of Oxford have ...