Stories about the development of life on earth used to be much more compelling. The hands of deities split the mountains and raised the seas. Gods crafted man from dust and dreams: Animals were ...

Did the New England Patriots bend the rules a bit to help secure a home win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday? As the Falcons were trying to drive down the field and potentially take a late ...

A New England Patriots player may have thrown off the Atlanta Falcons by clapping on a key play late in Sunday’s game between the two teams, but it did not look like gamesmanship was the intent. The ...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris said the New England Patriots defense simulated his team's snap on a key fourth-quarter play by clapping, leading to an intentional grounding ...

Georgia improved to 7-1 on the season on Saturday with a 24-20 win over Florida in Jacksonville, but once again, it was not without several controversial calls from the referees. The most questionable ...

Meditate on this Zen Buddhist koan (a paradox used to train Zen Buddhist monks) long enough, promises neuroscientist Nikolay Kukushkin at the start of his book, and the origins of mind, and perhaps ...

You might want to think twice before clapping when your plane lands next. Clapping on airplanes is being decried as 'cringe', 'annoying' and 'embarrassing' across social media. The gesture once used ...

Watch Video: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's joke about his return from a two-nation trip left the audience in splits at the Semicon India 2025. When he began his speech, the prime minister asked the ...

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If you’re starting a new sport and wear glasses, you’re probably no stranger to sweaty nose pads, fogged lenses or frames constantly on the verge of sliding off. Zoff’s latest Standard Clap Click ...

Nearly every human culture uses clapping to cheer, protest, pray or perform – but a new study reveals that the familiar gesture is as much a scientific event as it is a social one. “This is the first ...