A round of applause for scientists who solved the mystery of clapping

Scientists have finally solved the mystery of the physics behind the sound you hear when you clap your hands! The mechanism at work is a Helmholtz resonator—the same effect you get when you blow across the top of a bottle and produce a sound. — Read the rest
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