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 ...

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 ...

On June 14 in Opatija, Croatia, Vitomir Maričić slipped into a hotel pool, inhaled one last breath of pure oxygen, and disappeared beneath the surface. He stayed there — motionless, silent — for 29 ...