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The Haenyeo, an all-female group of divers on South Korea’s Jeju Island, spend much of their lives underwater without ...

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A group of female South Korean free divers on Jeju Island, known as the Haenyeo, exit the water after catching marine snails in November 2015. Chung Sung-Jun / Getty Images On Jeju Island, 50 ...

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.

"I'm not even near the age of these women and I don't think I can go and dive all day," she says. "I feel like that's a superpower." Ilardo says she and her team returned to Jeju to share the resu ...

The all-female Korean Haenyeo divers show genetic adaptations to cold-water diving involving their blood pressure and cold tolerance. It's "like they have a superpower," says one of the researchers.