Superpowers are real. Okay, maybe humans can’t leap tall buildings in a single bound like Superman or shoot energy beams from ...

The Bajau people of Southeast Asia are among the most accomplished divers in the world. In the summer of 2015, Melissa Ilardo got to see how good they are firsthand. She remembers diving with Pai ...

In the Bajau people, researchers30386-6) believe an increase in thyroid hormone levels is responsible for the enlargement of the spleen, a genetic adaptation that gives them an edge when diving.

The free-diving Bajau people of Southeast Asia, or “sea nomads,” can hold their breath for minutes at a time – thanks to genetics and their unusually large spleens, a study suggests.

The Secret May Lie In The Spleen : Goats and Soda Researchers investigate how the Bajau people of southeast Asia — aka "sea nomads" — can spend so much time under water without scuba gear as ...

Southeast Asian Bajau ‘sea nomads’ have evolved larger spleens to allow them to dive longer, says a study published in Cell by Cambridge, Berkeley and Copenhagen researchers.

The indigenous group live among the islands of Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. To find food, groups of the Bajau take daily plunges, often more than 230 feet down, to spear fish and ...

The Bajau’s spleens were about 50 percent larger than the Saluan’s, says Ilardo, now at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. DNA tests showed that the Bajau had genetic variations ...

The Bajau people of Malaysia and the Philippines are renowned for their free-diving abilities, often working eight-hour shifts in search of fish and other ...

Scientists have discovered the group of "sea nomads" may have developed genetic adaptations that allow them to free dive to depths of up to 230 ft. Bajau members report lasting up to thirteen ...

Before diving as deep as 230 feet under the sea, the Bajau people put on a pair of wooden goggles. They pick up a set of weights. Then, they take one very big breath. And they hold it for five ...