Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The act of breathing has been central to life on Earth since the beginning, and the average human will take more than 600 million breaths in a single ...

Albitar, 27, is Jordan’s deepest freediver – and she’s also among a growing cohort of Arab women who are taking on this thrilling sport. From Egypt to Bahrain, female athletes in the Middle East and ...

Croatian freediver Vitomir Maričić broke the world record for longest human breath hold with a stunning 29 minutes and 3 seconds—almost five minutes longer than the previous record, set in 2021.

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 ...