"BIG CLAPPER" Robot Cheers Up the World with Applause! Have you ever looked at those terrifying cymbal-clashing monkey toys and thought, boy, I wish someone would take that same sense of unnerving ...

Sure Alexa can sing you a song but can you clap back at her? A new product by the makers of the Freewrite lets you do just that. Called Clapboss, this smiling dongle lets you clap up to four times to ...

Imagine four hands clapping in unison a fast syncopated rhythm that lasts just six quick beats. Repeat 12 times. Have one pair of hands shift the pattern in phase by half a beat, keeping the rhythm ...

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 — ...

Fifty years ago the American composer perfected minimalism for the mainstream. By Phil Hebblethwaite In 1972, after a concert in Brussels, the American composer Steve Reich and his ensemble heard a ...