Google has updated Google+ Hangouts to include sound effects that range from laugh tracks, to chirping. Get ready to be annoyed by constant laughing after jokes, clapping after singing, and plenty of ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor and musician Fred Armisen about the reason and production behind his new sound effect album, 100 Sound Effects.

For the past fifteen years, the Super Smash Bros. franchise has been offering some of the most entertaining party games on any console. With the jump to online play, the party has now extended beyond ...

Their wedding video was a flop and now a Brooklyn wife is giving the production company two big thumbs down — by taking them to court. Monica Nikchemny, 26, claimed the memories of her special day ...

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 ...

Fred Armisen releases '100 Sound Effects,' a catalog of hyperrealistic noises inspired by his nostalgia for haunted mansion albums of the past.

Social contagion If you wish to avoid the social faux pas of clapping at the wrong time, listen carefully to the volume of noise around you. That's the conclusion of a study about the social dynamics ...

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 research, published in the ...