​Robert Croft, who has died aged 91, was a US Navy diving instructor whose record-breaking feats of deep diving in the 1960s transformed scientific understanding of how the human body ...

Anxiety makes us feel “hot under the collar.” But evolution has provided a mechanism to help cool us down. Enter the diver’s reflex or the mammalian diving response, the body’s physiological response ...

LAFAYETTE, Calif. - He has done it thousands of times. Even as he approaches the age of 97, walking up the ladder to his beloved diving board is a well-worn routine. "It's a reflex, so I don't have to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Croft (in wetsuit), 1967: he ignored the warning of his commanding officer – ‘You know you’re gonna die, right?’ - Stan Wayman/The ...