Mammalian Diving Reflex has announced the World Premiere of its newest performance, Walk With Me While I Remember You, presented in collaboration with Evergreen. In Walk With Me While I Remember You, ...

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This reflex allows us to stay under water for extended periods of time and is triggered specifically by cold water on the face. The heart rate slows down 10% to 25%, lessening the need for oxygen. A ...

"Think about the Mammalian Diving Reflex and what it does for you." Netflix released a 7-min featurette looking at "The Science of Freediving," considered one of the most dangerous sports on Earth. It ...

The mammalian dive reflex is the mechanism aquatic mammals, such as seals and dolphins, use to dive underwater: Heart rates slow, blood is shunted to vital organs and the lungs fill with plasma on ...

We can now monitor what happens inside diving animals in unprecedented detail thanks to a non-invasive way of recording blood flow and oxygen levels in their brain. The first study with this device ...

Competitive breath-hold divers have only two options to increase their time underwater - through training, they can try to boost their lung capacity or increase their red blood cell count. Over ...