In seasons past, the Mariners would be coy or guarded or even misleading when asked about their team celebrations. Sometimes it was out of superstition, other times it was inside joke/meaning that ...

If you find yourself dining in a French restaurant, be sure to avoid making this hand gesture, which can be extremely offensive to the wrong crowd.

Hand movements are often treated as a nervous tic to be suppressed, but a growing body of research suggests they are one of the most powerful tools a speaker has. Across lab experiments, large-scale ...

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Everyone “talks” with their hands at least sometimes. Some people’s hand-talking or gesturing matches their message well. Other people have a tendency to make overly large gestures that can be ...

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A hand gesture to signal distress became widely shared during the pandemic. A missing 16-year-old girl from North Carolina is home safe after investigators said a trick she learned on social media may ...

A biohybrid hand which can move objects and do a scissor gesture has been created. The researchers used thin strings of lab-grown muscle tissue bundled into sushilike rolls to give the fingers enough ...

The famed member of the rock band KISS filed a trademark application on June 9, 2017, for the unique but indeed distinguishable hand gesture. Did Gene Simmons Actually Invent the Devil Horns Hand ...

Speaking at a celebratory rally in Washington, Mr. Musk twice extended his arm out with his palm facing down, drawing comparisons to the Nazi salute. By Ryan Mac Elon Musk ignited speculation and ...

One simple trick can make you seem more persuasive when you're talking to people. This is the discovery of University of British Columbia (UBC), University of Pennsylvania and University of Southern ...