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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ago Bay lies beneath a rolling coastline lined with lush green trees in the Mie Prefecture of Japan. A ...

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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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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 ...

Freedivers routinely achieve impossible feats, achieved with a special reflex that humans share with seals. What exactly does this reflex do? The "Mammalian Diving Reflex" is a so powerful that it ...

As the sport's popularity continues to surge, women of the region are working together to achieve success ...

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 ...

MainSail is CNN’s monthly sailing show, exploring the sport of sailing, luxury travel and the latest in design and technology. Things which might distract you while having coffee with a friend: food ...

‘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 ...