Category: Science
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The Science of Swimming Fast With Dr. Jan Olbrecht | Inside With Brett Hawke
Renowned coach and physiologist Dr. Jan Olbrecht discusses modern approaches to sprint training in swimming. Dr. Olbrecht shares insights from his extensive research and experience working with elite athletes. He explores topics like individualizing training programs, aerobic capacity development, recovery strategies, and periodization models. Dr. Olbrecht also examines how biomechanics and technique continue to evolve.…
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Swimming in Syrup | MythBusters | Season 6 Episode 16 | Full Episode
Jamie and Adam try to decipher whether you can swim faster in syrup than in water while the team try to repeat a MacGyver and Davy Crockett myth.
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New Science Test Hoping to Keep Swimmers Safe Against Sharks | 7 News Australia
Australian researchers are developing a water sample test that can track shark DNA, to tell whether one is swimming nearby.
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Florida’s ‘Dr. Deep’ Resurfaces After a Record 100 Days Living Underwater | AP
A university professor who spent 100 days living underwater at a Florida Keys lodge for scuba divers resurfaced Friday and raised his face to the sun for the first time since March 1. Dr. Joseph Dituri set a new record for the longest time living underwater without depressurization during his stay at Jules’ Undersea Lodge, submerged beneath…
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New Spinal Implant Allows 3 Paralyzed Men to Stand, Walk and Swim Again | Global News
Three men who were paralyzed from the waist down are walking again, even swimming and biking, after a nerve-stimulation device gave them the ability to move their legs again, researchers reported on Monday.
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Swimming: Is Taller Better? | Global Triathlon Network
Is being taller more beneficial when swimming? In this video, we go through the reasons why height is important to be competitive in swimming, also putting a very tall Connor Dunne vs a normal height Blake Samson in some ‘scientific’ tests to also determine this.
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Swimming Australia – Making Gold Medalists With Machine Learning | Amazon Web Services
Hear how Swimming Australia stood up a data lake on AWS, providing coaches with a detailed analysis of each swimmer’s performance, and in turn enabling them to extract peak performance in the pool.
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Swimming Robot Gives Fresh Insight Into Locomotion and Neuroscience | EPFL
Thanks to their swimming robot modeled after a lamprey, EPFL scientists may have discovered why some vertebrates are able to retain their locomotor capabilities after a spinal cord lesion. The finding could also help improve the performance of swimming robots used for search and rescue missions and for environmental monitoring.
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Protein in Deadly Spider Venom Blocks “Death Signal” After Heart Attack | New Atlas
As unlikely as it may seem, the venom of the deadly funnel web spider could prove a valuable source of a number of life-saving medicines, including drugs that kill skin cancer and reduce brain damage in stroke victims. Adding to these possibilities is new research demonstrating how a drug candidate built off a molecule in this spider venom can…