James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Ever since reading James Nestor’s 2014 book Deep, I’ve been fascinated by the scarcely believable feats of freedivers. Plunging 335 feet below the surface of the ocean and making it back on a single ...

"Think about the Mammalian Diving Reflex and what it does for you." Netflix released a 7-min featurette looking at "The Science of Freediving," considered one of the most dangerous sports on Earth. It ...

We can now monitor what happens inside diving animals in unprecedented detail thanks to a non-invasive way of recording blood flow and oxygen levels in their brain. The first study with this device ...