Diving without oxygen tanks requires you to enact some very weird and very strange and not all that well understood physiological feats just to stay alive.
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Summer may have come to an official end, but the plastics from your bathers might still be at the beach!
Cold water drowning kills many people every year. But can it also provide curative benefits? We asked an expert.
Swimming pools are much more than holes in the ground - they are often beautifully designed, as a new exhibition at the NGV shows. They also document Australia’s history of racism and sexism, and gradual relaxation of social mores.
A new study of captive dolphins has found that those engaging in synchronised swimming make more optimistic judgements about an unknown event.
The relationship between commercialised sport and junior sport has largely been left to the periphery of Australian sporting analyses.
Why don’t more of Australia’s urban residents swim in city rivers? History provides a guide to reclaiming these important urban assets as public spaces.
There are 16 contenders for the 2016 BBC Sports Personality of the Year award… But who is the best athlete?
Extreme feats of human endurance require extreme measures to stay alive
The burkini bans, now overturned by a French court, are selective and ridiculous. But controversy over women’s clothing, and competing cultural notions of appropriate garb, are nothing new.
The swimwear company has made the most of a messy situation.
Races at the international level are often decided by as little as 0.01 of a second.
Women’s football was introduced in the Olympics a staggering 96 years after the men’s event – and some sports still struggle with gender inequalities.
Rarely do we see such unscripted individual honesty on difficult topics such as doping, right in the middle of arguably the biggest international sporting stage.
The Australian swim team hoping for medal success in Rio have a lot to thank one of the earlier pioneers of sport science: Forbes Carlile.
Knowing how rip currents form and how to spot them could save your life.
Studying how athletes’ bones contort during exercise is helping scientists understand which exercise is best for maintaining healthy bones as we age.
Cycling has been on the look out for mini engines in bike frames, and it may have come up trumps. But it might be missing a trick to invigorate the sport.
Summer holidays are upon as, and many of us finally get to spend some lazy days by the pool. But how can you ensure this pleasant experience doesn’t leave you with any nasty surprises?
Blue bottles have been washing up on beaches lately, but what exactly are they? And are you really supposed to pee on their stings?
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NHMRC Research Fellow, School of Population Health and Co-founder UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Associate Professor in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow in Public Health, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer, School of Business, Western Sydney University
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Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science & Health, School of Sport, Health & Exercise Science, University of Portsmouth
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Professor in Department of Earth and Environmental Science, and Dean of Science, University of Waterloo
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Professor, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, UNSW
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Professor of Human and Applied Physiology, University of Portsmouth
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Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Professor of Planning and Director of Urban Transformations Research Centre, Western Sydney University
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Biomechanist (Victorian Institute of Sport), Victoria University
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Visiting Fellow, Centre for Cultural and Creative Research, University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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Professor of History, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor of Sports Technology, Bournemouth University
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Honorary Associate Professor of History, The University of Queensland