Free divers swim to extreme depths underwater (the current record is 214m, more than 700 feet) without any breathing apparatus. Champions can hold their breath for extraordinary amounts of time—the ...

Aaron Fisher’s mental health, like that of many people around the world, suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic. “I started ...

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Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. A few minutes without oxygen can be fatal, so we have an involuntary ...

It doesn’t take long for the new Netflix/A24 documentary The Deepest Breath to let you know an ill wind is blowing. “I accepted that she was doing a dangerous thing,” intones the father of Alessia ...

While the idea of venturing deep into the ocean fills many people with dread, for thrill-seeking freedivers it's an exciting sport. Now, a study has revealed that elite freedivers who dive unaided to ...

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How long can you hold your breath? One minute? Two? Five? For freedivers, this calculation is a matter of life and death. If you are relying solely on one breath, your window to explore underwater ...

‘There’s no up, down, to the side because there’s no gravity. You don’t feel any pressure on your body in any particular place’ (Jack Lawes) In the Yucatan Peninsula, Fisher discovered freediving – a ...