Collective: Mammalian Diving Reflex Film: Teen Thoughts Synopsis: Teen Thoughts features five members of Mammalian Diving Reflex's teen collective — Virginia Antonipillai, Sharay Dennis, Sanjay Ratnan ...

This reflex allows us to stay under water for extended periods of time and is triggered specifically by cold water on the face. The heart rate slows down 10% to 25%, lessening the need for oxygen. A ...

We can now monitor what happens inside diving animals in unprecedented detail thanks to a non-invasive way of recording blood flow and oxygen levels in their brain. The first study with this device ...

"Think about the Mammalian Diving Reflex and what it does for you." Netflix released a 7-min featurette looking at "The Science of Freediving," considered one of the most dangerous sports on Earth. It ...

(Reuters Health) - An age-old nomadic community of Southeast Asian boat-dwellers who get their food from the sea appear to have evolved enlarged spleens that may help explain their extreme diving ...

On March 11, 2017, freediver Arthur Guérin-Boëri went diving. This time, however, it was completely different to the other thousands of dives he'd already logged during his record-breaking freediving ...