For recovery after intense training and to promote health, ice baths have been trending for years. But do all people benefit ...

Cold water swimming is growing in popularity amongst women, but more support is needed to make many wild swimming sites in the UK safer and more accessible, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Sasha Lauer loves wild swimming for the benefits it brings to her wellbeing but worries about the state of her local rivers. "We are pragmatic about it and are careful to keep our heads out of the ...

It’s 8am and I’m standing at the edge of my local lake at Beckenham Place Park in London, the early morning sun just beginning to peek over the trees. A layer of mist is rising from the cold water and ...

Whether you’re swimming at an outdoor lido, a lake or heading straight into the sea, these plush coat-windbreaker hybrids ...

The science suggests there is a very good reason why people enjoy what others would argue is a strange thing to do in winter.

Senses vary in their openness to language. If smells and tastes are hard to describe, the intimate somatosensory modalities may elude description altogether. A human body can sense its position and ...