Category: Science

Humans have been swimming inefficiently for hundreds of years and could move more quickly in the water by imitating eels and jellyfish, scientists believe. Experiments by Stanford University have shown for the first time just how the sea creatures undulate through the water, and it has thrown up some surprises. Previously it was thought that…

Eminem can help you run a lot more than “8 Mile” as a new study reveals listening to the rapper’s hits can boost athletic performance by up to 10 per cent. A research team from Hartpury University Centre in the UK spent three months monitoring the physiological effects of different music genres on British swimmer…

December 18, 1975: This is no casual swim: astronauts Carolyn Griner, Ann Whitaker, and Mary-Helen Johnston train in the Neutral Buoyancy Simulator to help design new experiments to conduct in the challenging environment of space. Unlike many early space agency programs composed of all-women teams, the program had nothing to do with testing the suitability…

There has always been a constant debate as to which is the best form of exercise, so it’s time science finds the answer.

A teenager in Italy recently beat some incredible odds when he survived for 42 minutes underwater, according to news reports. The 14-year-old boy, identified only as “Michael” by the Italian newspaper Milan Chronicle, reportedly dove off a bridge into a canal with some friends last month and never resurfaced. His foot became caught on something…

In the part of Mote Marine that visitors see, three-foot-long bonnethead sharks show off in a multi-windowed tank. In a nearby shallow pool, Atlantic stingrays, whose barbs have been snipped to make them safe enough for a toddler to touch, circle endlessly. Beyond the employees-only door, research scientists headed by Carl A. Luer have spent…