Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low ...

Trained and genetic differences could help the women survive the intense physiological stresses of free-diving—and could ...

From high-altitude climbers to divers who can fish without scuba gear, scientists are finding new ways that human bodies may ...

A new analysis of a group of all-women extreme divers off the coast of Korea has uncovered genetic differences that could ...

A group of women on South Korea's largest island, Jeju, follow a unique tradition to put food on the table: They freedive to ...

Past work from Ilardo has shown that nomadic Bajau divers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines have especially large ...

The Haenyeo, a group of all-female divers from the Korean island of Jeju, are renowned for their ability to dive in frigid ...

Imagine a world so dark and crushingly cold that sunlight never reaches it, a place where the weight of the ocean above is ...

Hypertension affects nearly one in three adults worldwide and is one of the major risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

A squishy, layered material that dramatically transforms under pressure could someday help computers store more data with ...

Gravity-feed toilets dominate the market, but pressure-assisted models are worth a look. As their name implies, these toilets have a flush valve that relies on gravity. Water drops from the tank ...

The researchers suggest that pressure shifts can cause a mass flow of water through the plant that carries chemicals released by cells at the site of the wound to the rest of the plant.