In this brief but eerie installation, one viewer and one performer, separated by glass, share the feeling of being trapped underwater. By Maya Phillips In the early days of the pandemic, when someone ...

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 ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. The discipline of holding one's breath underwater, motionless - static ...

World Record in Freediving: Croatian Vitomir Maričić (stock photo) held his breath underwater for more than 29 minutes. What happened in his body during this time? Photo: Getty Images/Image Source In ...

Illusionist and stunt performer Harry Houdini was famously capable of holding his breath for over three minutes. But today, competitive breath-hold divers can squeeze ten, fifteen, even twenty minutes ...

BETHESDA, Md. (August 4, 2009) — Divers who held their breath for several minutes had elevated levels of a protein that can signal brain damage, according to a new study from the Journal of Applied ...

She holds the world record for longest breath held underwater (nine minutes and two seconds), can dive 778 feet on one breath with a monofin, and in September 2009, she became the first woman in ...