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A diver with fins on is silhouetted against the light from the surface while surrounded by small fish (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

The people who can dive like seals

By Katherine Latham

Several people climb up the stairs from an underground station (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

The benefits of taking the stairs

By Annabel Bourne
A sherpa carrying a huge load on his back on a track in Nepal (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

How to carry more than your own bodyweight

By Molly Gorman
A woman in a yoga class doing a Cobra pose (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

How yoga can rewire your brain

By Katherine Latham
Art of three pairs of runners' legs, against a red background with gray rectangle (Credit: Serenity Strull/ BBC/ Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

The science of how to run faster

By Annabel Bourne
Athletes lie on the track after a race (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

How to sleep like an Olympic athlete (should)

By Molly Gorman
South Korea's Hongten bends backwards in a dance move (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

The gravity-defying physics of breakdancing

By Amy Pope
Kim Yeji preparing for the Women's 10m Air Pistol Final at the 2024 Paris Olympics (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

The sports where women outperform men

By Christine Ro
Eilidh Doyle, GB 400m runner, sprinting off the starting line (Credit: University of Bath)
Science of Fitness

Why you might be born to run

By Katherine Latham
A runner crosses a street at sunrise (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

What's the best time of the day to exercise?

By Annabel Bourne
A teenager walks backwards through snow to look at his footprints (Credit: Getty Images)
Science of Fitness

The benefits of walking backwards

By Annabel Bourne
The exact mechanisms for how exercise affects the microorganisms living in our guts is still to be fully understood (Credit: Maridav/Alamy)
Science of Fitness

Why your gut bacteria like a workout

By Roberta Angheleanu