Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Karen Hopkin. Doing science isn’t easy. It takes an enormous amount of time and energy to collect and analyze data. At least, that’s ...

Researchers studied the physics of a finger snap and determined how friction plays a critical role. Using an intermediate amount of friction, not too high and not too low, a snap of the finger ...

Have you ever thought about what happens when you snap your fingers? Raghav Acharya, Elio Challita, Mark Ilton and Saad Bhamla have looked deeply into the physics of the finger snap and published a ...

We Homo sapiens take our ability to snap for granted. So much so that anything we think of as easy is a snap to do. But a new study from a team of researchers and students published in the Journal of ...

The iconic Thanos' finger snap using his Infinity gauntlet has puzzled some fans if it is possible in real life. Some believed that a person could do the same thing. Believe it or not, some ...