Category: Science
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Behind the scenes at the EnergyAustralia Swimming Championships
A glimpse of the work that sport scientist and analysts do behind the main scene. Also: Ice baths :-)
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Underwater Record Gets Examined On ‘Outrageous Acts Of Science’
See Huffington Post In November 2002, Tim Yarrow set a world record for most time spent underwater. He was underwater for 240 hours, beating out the previous record, 212 hours and 30 minutes, set in 1986 by Michael Stephens of Britain. Yarrow, was 30 when he dropped into the water for a week and a…
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Nanotechnology in Competitive Swimming
Learn about what nanotechnology has to do with swimming. http://youtu.be/3lq_MAH1y10
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Marine Scientists use Google Street View to share images
Philippe Cousteau joins scientists using Google Street View to share their incredible underwater images online. See also Catlin Seaview Survey.
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Swimming pool as physics classroom
See wbng “The kids have been preparing for about three weeks now for the Great Cardboard Race,” said middle school science teacher Deidra Bigelow, “And they’re very excited. We’ve been talking about buoyancy and floating and sinking in science class.”
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Weight loss by (extreme) ice bathing ?
Read the Wired Cronise got the idea back in 2008 while watching a TV program about Michael Phelps. The coverage claimed that, while training, the Olympic swimmer ate 12,000 calories a day. At the time, Cronise was on a diet of 12,000 calories per week. (He was carrying 209 pounds on his 5’9″ frame and…
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Your body language shapes who you are
“Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” — standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident — can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our…
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Underwater tourist photos help scientists track individual whale sharks
Wow, posting your underwater holiday photos online could help conservationists track the movements of whale sharks, a new study finds, led by a researcher from Imperial College London. They compared results using tourist images with results based on surveys by marine researchers specifically aiming to track the sharks, and found that individual whale sharks could…
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What Happens When You Put A Red Hot Nickel Ball On Ice?
Awesomeness, that’s what