Dolphins are able to avoid decompression sickness when deep in the ocean by consciously dropping their own heart rates before diving, a new study revealed. The condition, also known as the bends, occurs when dissolved gases come out of solution in bubbles and can affect just about any body area and can be fatal. Researchers from … Read more
Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a late-medieval era soldier, complete with his sword and boots, at the bottom of a lake in Lithuania. The 500-year-old skeleton was discovered during an underwater inspection of a bridge over Lake Asveja, about an hour outside Vilnius. The body was under a layer of silt and sand some 30 … Read more
Heavy rain and gale force winds have been forecast to batter the country during the UK’s second weekend in its second national lockdown. The MET Office has issued yellow weather warnings in the south of England and across Northern Ireland as both areas are set to be hit with torrential rain and winds. A large … Read more
Kate Winslet was honored to find out that her recent disclosure that she had held her breath for seven minutes meant she had beaten Tom Cruise’s previous underwater filming record. But the 45-year-old Oscar winner didn’t even realize she’d bested the action star, who had previously topped out at six minutes underwater for Mission: Impossible … Read more
Is this the most creative proposal ever? Love Island’s Luke Packham shares a video of the exact moment he popped the question UNDERWATER By Kristy Johnson For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:01 GMT, 6 November 2020 | Updated: 09:05 GMT, 6 November 2020 Love Island Australia’s Luke Packham announced his engagement last week. And on … Read more
‘Godzilla wasp’ discovered in Japan can swim underwater and inserts its parasitic larvae into unsuspecting prey It is the first example of a wasp species that deliberately dives underwater The wasp does this to attack caterpillars from below to catch them off guard Reearchers found the animal in japan and have called it By Joe … Read more
A marine reptile that lurked in the oceans 240 million years ago used its ‘short, flat tail’ as an underwater float to help it hide and pick off fish with its razor sharp fangs. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing say the reptile, a type of nothosaur, was about 2ft long, had … Read more
Kate Winslet recently revealed she can hold her breath for over seven minutes since learning free-diving for 2020’s Avatar 2. And a behind-the-scenes glimpse from filming, shared by producer Jon Landau, showed just how skilled the actress, 45, has become as she strutted underwater with a billowing cape while shooting the eagerly-anticipated sequel. The British … Read more
Sigourney Weaver, 71, admits she didn’t want anyone to think she was ‘too old’ to film demanding underwater scenes for Avatar 2 By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 19:21 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 19:26 BST, 19 October 2020 Sigourney Weaver is opening up about some of the challenging scenes she had to undertake for James … Read more
A British World War II Tallboy bomb has exploded while being made safe underwater by Navy sappers in northwestern Poland on Tuesday. No one was injured in the incident. The 5.4-ton bomb was found September 2019 beneath a waterway leading to the port of Szczecin during work to deepen the passage. Polish Navy sappers were … Read more