Guinness World Records has declared a Ugandan church as the new record holder for the longest applause nonstop after its congregants engaged in clapping for over three hours. In a statement, Guinness ...

A Ugandan church has set the Guinness World Record for the longest applause while celebrating its ninth anniversary. Members of the Phaneroo Ministries church clapped for a total of three hours and 16 ...

Phaneroo Ministries International, a prominent Ugandan church, has set its sights on making history by attempting to break the existing Guinness World Record for the longest round of applause. The ...

Researchers deserve a round of applause for uncovering the science behind the acoustics produced from hand clapping that had not been clearly understood until recently. The daily gesture that people ...

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 ...

A famous Zen koan asks: What is the sound of one hand clapping? A contemporary spiritual riddle might inquire: What is the sound of a woman leaving? Neither has an answer. There is only silence. I ...

In a pivotal scene from the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand, a mutant claps his hands and blasts a shockwave across a battlefield. In a theater somewhere, Sunny Jung watched—and wondered. “It made me ...

Scientists have finally unravelled the complex process that generates sound during handclaps, a discovery that shows how even simple acts can be rich with physics. The key to generating sound from ...

You know how Sharia law calls for the hands of theives to be chopped off? Yeah, well my kids know that a similar penalty will be lovingly applied by their father if I ever catch them clapping at Mass.

A Ugandan church has set the Guinness World Record for the longest applause after its members clapped non-stop for more than three hours. “The congregation clapped for a total of three hours and 16 ...