In the fall of 1915, polar explorer Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance sank off the coast of Antarctica, stranding its crew on drifting sea ice and setting in motion one of history’s most dramatic ...

Ultra-endurance athletes can push their bodies to extraordinary extremes, but even they run into a hard biological wall. Researchers tracked ultra-runners, cyclists, and triathletes over weeks and ...

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Common sense tells us that when the body is dehydrated, physical performance declines. Athletes and coaches have long known that even modest fluid loss can hurt endurance and speed. However, research ...

Ferrari clinched a World Endurance Championship title double in the 2025 season finale in Bahrain -- its first top-class sportscar world title since 1972. Ferrari's third and fourth place at the 8 ...

Demand for marathons and Hyrox races has surged in recent years, but will these events satisfy our human need for adventure? (Getty/iStock) On a beach in Reykjavik, what looks like the lovechild of a ...

More than half a million people around the world will take part in a Hyrox competition this year, alternating eight kilometres of running with eight workout stations, including sled pulls, sandbag ...

"She was doomed, no ship built by human hands could have withstood the strain."When polar explorer Ernest Shackleton wrote this journal entry on October 27, 1915, his dreams of reaching Antarctica had ...

Issues with the ship's hull, deck beams, and more show the ship was no match for Antarctic sea ice. By Laura Baisas Published Oct 6, 2025 6:00 AM EDT Image: Photo by Frank Hurley/Scott Polar Research ...

The explorer’s journey to Antarctica was likely doomed before it began. By Sara Novak On Oct. 27, 1915, after being caught and crushed by packed ice for nine months in the Weddell Sea off Antarctica, ...