How long can you hold your breath? 30 seconds? A minute? Longer? Whatever your answer, there’s a very high chance it’s not as long as some divers out there. Whether through culture, evolution, or just ...

Vitomir Maricic, a freediver from Croatia, did something incredible on June 14: He held his breath for 29 minutes and three seconds, shattering the previous world record by nearly five minutes. For ...

Did you know that the average human takes over 600 million breaths in their lifetime? As our key survival function, breathing is so necessary that it is primarily an involuntary act–it’s hardwired ...

Take, for instance, Croatian freediver Budimir Šobat. On March 27, 2021, Šobat held his breath underwater for an astounding 24 minutes and 37 seconds—a feat that was only possible thanks to minutes of ...

Tom Cruise is no stranger to high-octane action scenes, but one of his most jaw-dropping stunts came in 'Mission: Impossible- Rogue Nation (2015),' when he stayed submerged underwater for a staggering ...

Earlier this year, Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić set a world record with a breath-hold of a mind-boggling 29 minutes and 3 seconds He beat the previous world record by nearly five minutes — but ...