A round of applause, please: Scientists have finally figured out what’s behind the sound of clapping. The research pinpoints a mechanism called a Helmholtz resonator — the same acoustic concept that ...

On Oct. 14-16, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Fairfield, Orchestra Iowa will perform my favorite symphony: No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique," by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The "Pathétique" is one ...

One readily noticeable pathognomonic trait of autism is hand-flapping—a stereotyped motor movement that can look a bit like an attempt to accelerating the drying of nail polish. Not all with autism do ...

Tuesday’s story about whether concertgoers should applaud between the movements of a piece of classical music (“Clap trap”) received a rousing response. Here’s a sampling of reader reaction: Give ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Imagine this: You're at your local symphony hall and the orchestra has just delivered a spectacular performance of the first movement of Brahms' Symphony No. 4. As the notes fade ...

Most of us think clapping is just about two hands hitting each other, but new research out this week in the journal Physical Review Research found that the clap that we hear actually comes from the ...