The story of the MAMMALIAN DIVE RESPONSE. Of course Boyle's law is still valid u…

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The story of the MAMMALIAN DIVE RESPONSE. Of course Boyle's law is still valid under water, but James Nestor describes the discovery of the human body's reaction to it in a very comprehensive way.

The article includes one of the most poetic freedive photos ever, shot by Annelie Pompe, the model is Hanli Prinsloo.

http://ideas.ted.com/2014/06/25/science_of_freediving/


How do freedivers not die?
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Journalist James Nestor explores the science of the "mammalian dive reflex," the phenomenon by which water triggers an immediate decrease in heart rate.