Nature and nurture give Korea’s women divers, known as Haenyeo, an edge in deep-sea diving with high cold tolerance and low ...

The secret to tackling one of the United States’ most deadly chronic diseases may reside thousands of miles away in the ...

Bart Heines Picture yourself floating in the open ocean at night, far from the familiar reefs and sandy slopes. Beneath you, the water seems endless, with no visible bottom, and all around, the deep ...

Scientists have investigated the unique biology of the Haenyeo, women from the South Korean island of Jeju who are known for ...

What’s hiding beneath Hawaii’s busiest cliff? During a scuba diving trip with my underwater metal detector, I explored the ...

The Haenyeo divers of the Korean island of Jeju have a genetic variant linked to pain tolerance, as do other people living on Jeju.