Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deaf child has received a new gene therapy treatment with “mind-blowing” results that have allowed her to hear for the first ...

Hand clapping is ubiquitous behavior for humans across time and cultures, serving many different purposes: to signify approval with applause, for instance, or to keep time to music. Acousticians often ...

It is 40 years since American composer Steve Reich first performed his Clapping Music; his aim to "create a piece of music that needed no instruments beyond the human body", but his fascinating ...