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 — ...

What do applause and typhoid fever have in common? They are both contagious—at least, they fan out in ways that can be predicted by contagion theory, a bundle of models and assumptions that can apply ...

Stress is omnipresent. Stress management and taking care of emotional well-being pose significant challenges in one’s life when living in a society where there is hardly any time left for oneself. The ...

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 ...