Applause is greatly revered as a symbol of warmth and adoration from a crowd. TV shows that film in front of a live audience often cue their audiences to clap in order to generate the desired auditory ...

Unprecedented video shows a male gray seal using its flippers to produce a loud sound underwater. Scientists say it could be a previously undocumented form of communication, in which the seals are ...

Students at a university in England have voted to replace clapping with what they call a less anxiety-provoking method of expressing appreciation. Per The Guardian, Manchester University's students' ...