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Heidelberg researchers have succeeded in unraveling the defense mechanisms of jellyfish. Scientists working with Professor Dr. Thomas Holstein and Dr. Suat Özbek from the Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) of Heidelberg University, together with collaborators from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), analyzed the proteome, or full set of proteins, of the stinging cells in […]
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The Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming has already welcomed its first new member of 2012 with Jaime Caballero‘s Catalina Channel swim this April. Who else will join this esteemed group of open water swimmers? Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming club members are limited to those who complete crossings of the English Channel and
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Nuala Moore, an open water swimmer and a scuba instructor (teaching instructors) for over two decades, is today’s guest commentator. The Irish athlete talks about buoyancy in the open water and why some individuals float and some sink. Archimedes stated, “Any object wholly or partly immersed in a fluid
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Fletcher Cove near San Diego, California will be the fourth annual commemoration of the life and legacy of Dr. Dave Martin on Sunday, April 22nd at 12 noon. On the fourth anniversary of the shark attack that took his life, Dave’s Day celebrates what Dr. Martin loved very much: swimming and enjoying the ocean. Laurene
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Adventurers and heroes – both real and mythical – have always inspired and enthralled mankind through the millennium. Risk-takers, stewards of the Earth, protectors of the people or the environment, their legacies are passed on from generation to generation. From Hercules to Paul Bunyan, from George Washington to Jacques-Yves Cousteau, these larger-than-life figures have cut
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Green flash is an optical phenomena that is a short (less than a second) burst of visible green light that is visible the moment after sunset or before sunrise. A green spot becomes visible above the sun or it may resemble a green ray shooting up from the sunset on a clear, calm day when
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Swimming World Magazine named Jim McConica one of its 2011 World Masters Swimmers of the Year. While he set world records in the pool in the 60-64 year age group in the 200m free (2:09.50), 400m free (4:37.74), 800m free (9:32.74), 1500m free (18:24.21), long course 800m free (9:55.28) and short course 200m back (2:29.60),
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An Endless Pools Swim Spa, valued at US$30,000, can be selected by the winner on its generous Swim Across America campaign. Anyone can make a donation to support Swim Across America and be automatically entered to the contest and possibly win an Endless Pool. Since 1987 Swim Across America, has raised over US$40 million for
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Expedition White Shark is an iPhone and iPad app that allows tracking of Great White Sharks from a satellite array orbiting the earth. Scientists at the Marine Conservation Science Institute fitted Great White Sharks with custom-built satellite transmitters to enable this app. The iPhone and iPad app enables receipt of live tracking data for the
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The 2011 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year was originally about Nejib Belhedi‘s solo swim across 1,400 km across the coast of his native Tunisia. But the pioneering Tunisian marathon swimmer always had a greater vision and plenty of energy to spare. He has motivated people of all ages, but especially the youth,
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