WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I ENVIED SALLY CULVER. Though she was five years younger, she had somehow managed to get herself a fan club. It began one summer evening, when Mrs. Culver brought her 1 year-old ...

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 ...

Clapping is both a scientific event and a social gesture. A study explores the complex physics behind the sound of clapping. The noise originates from compressed air, not just hand collisions.

It was nearing 6:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. The setting was Court 17, one of the venue’s more intimate courts, a tidy tennis theatre in the round.

In Japanese Zen Buddhism, a verbal puzzle known as a “koan” is often used to frustrate the process of logical thought to encourage the student to look beyond the boundaries, or limitations, of their ...

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 ...

$24.95 304 pp. Other reasons to dislike Toby Young: He’s as vapid and fame-starved as any Real World cast member. The critical eye he capably turns on pop culture, love and marriage somehow dissipates ...