First, the team assessed physiological traits related to diving in women from three populations: Haenyeo in Jeju, non-Haenyeo in Jeju, and non-Haenyeo from mainland South Korea. The researchers ...

In the deep blue sea, there are always unknowns waiting to be discovered. In 2025, China's HOVs dived into the heavily ice-covered areas of the Arctic Ocean. In the future, Du expects to explore the ...

A group of women around 70 years old laugh and sing on a beach in Jeju, an island off South Korea, preparing to spend the day diving for shellfish. Moments later, they’ll plunge into frigid waters as ...

It's been quite a year for Focus Features, which stunned audiences in 2024 with a pair of formidable Oscar contenders: Conclave and Nosferatu. Not content to rest on its laurels, however, the ...

A small island off the Korean coast is home to a genetically distinct population of humans. Haenyeo — literally "sea women" — are Korean cultural divers who have developed adaptations allowing them to ...

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By Captain Bobbie Scolley, U.S. Navy (ret.) and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.) For more than six decades, spanning from 1905 to the late 1970s, the U.S. Navy’s diving apparatus for deep ...