Vitomir Maricic, a freediver from Croatia, did something incredible on June 14: He held his breath for 29 minutes and three seconds, shattering the previous world record by nearly five minutes. For ...

Nothing encapsulates the experience of watching a John Sayles movie so well as the scene midway through Sunshine State in which Edie Falco and Timothy Hutton have a breath-holding contest. In real ...

That breath you’re holding right now isn’t just a party trick or swimming pool challenge, it’s actually one of the most accurate predictors of your overall health, vitality, and how many years you ...