The Takoma Park, Maryland, mayor’s order that people not clap during a public meeting led to insults and even a poll.

This post is co-authored by Ron Riggio and nonverbal communication expert Alan Crawley. When and why do we clap? We get startled, and we clap. We try to get our dog’s (or our child’s) attention, and ...

Despite some mixed reviews, A Minecraft Movie has been a total commercial success, breaking the record for best domestic opening weekend in the US for any video game movie — beating out 2023’s The ...

First Lady Jill Biden suffered a Jeb Bush “please clap” moment on Thursday when her applause line fell utterly flat during an event in Washington. “I’ve visited red states and blue states and I’ve ...

Okay, so we’re not entirely sure what to think of Masato Takahashi’s disembodied clapping robot arms, but we’re pretty sure “creeped-out” factors into our feelings somewhere. Masato, a Japanese ...