Kate Winslet is full of hidden talents. Chief among them? Holding her breath underwater. It's an unusual skill she discovered on the set of "Avatar: The Way of Water," where she set a shocking ...

Anthony Bain receives funding from the National Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada. It’s a remarkable feat; anyone (including professional freedivers) would acknowledge that a ...

Getting enough oxygen in the water can be hard work. While fish and many other aquatic animals take air directly from the water through gills, other animals find ingenious ways to drag air bubbles ...

James Cameron enlisted the help of "the world’s best breath-hold specialists" to help Sigourney Weaver, Zoe Saldaña and Kate Winslet for underwater sequences The Avatar: The Way of Water cast grew ...

“I have the video of me surfacing saying, ‘Am I dead, have I died?’ And then going, ‘What was [my time]?'” Winslet said. “Straight away I wanted to know my time. And I couldn’t believe it…The next ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

While Kate Winslet left the “Avatar: The Way of Water” cast and crew stunned by holding her breath underwater for seven minutes while filming the long-awaited sequel, Zoe Saldaña was certainly no ...

The “completely unexpected” behavior reported in scalloped hammerhead sharks raises questions about how widespread it may be among other species. By holding their breath, scalloped hammerhead sharks ...