He shattered the previous world record by over five minutes — now Croatian athlete Vitomir Maričić shares the details of his ...

Explorer Steve Backshall reveals how extreme breath-hold and freediving training helped him master mind-over-muscle – and ...

On the world’s most serene beaches, learning to dive without oxygen tanks becomes a meditation underwater and above land.

The answer: It depends on the rules. As the Daily Mail explains, humans set breath-holding records in water because they "can hold their breath twice as long underwater as they can on land.” The ...

All actors hold their breath during salary disputes, but these actors are also impressive at holding their breath underwater. We don't know exactly how long she could hold her breath underwater, but ...

Kate Winslet shattered a film record set by Tom Cruise after she held her breath underwater for seven minutes while filming a scene for “Avatar 2.” The “Titanic” actress is re-teaming with director ...

On Oct. 26, 2020, a social media post alleged English actress Kate Winslet said she held her breath for "seven minutes and 14 seconds" underwater while filming "Avatar." The tweet, displayed below, ...

This story contains spoilers from the documentary "The Deepest Breath." In 2017, Laura McGann read a story in the Irish Times about a fatal accident involving Alessia Zecchini, a preternaturally ...

“I absolutely loved, loved, loved learning how to breath hold. Maybe that’s why I got so good at it, just because I wanted to do it all the time,” Winslet shared with Empire Magazine. “We think we are ...

Esther Williams was a competitive swimmer and actress beloved for a run of films, starting in the mid-1940s, that highlighted her ability to perform gorgeously choreographed routines — often ...

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 ...