Procedures like go-arounds, diversions and holding patterns may be unnerving for flyers, but they're routine and meant to boost safety.

Racing more than 5,000 feet above sea level poses a new kind of challenge: high altitude. UCLA track and field will compete in the New Mexico Collegiate Classic on Friday and Saturday, respectively, ...

Humans are not yet done cooking. We're continuing to evolve and adjust to the world around us, the records of our adaptations ...

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

The governing body of cycling banned a strange method of cheating: repeatedly inhaling carbon monoxide. Yes, the deadly gas.

Study reveals how hypoxia-linked conditions like sleep apnoea and varicocele threaten male fertility and offspring health.

The UCI wants to make sure riders don't get sick huffing carbon monoxide to improve performance with their latest ban.

The use of carbon monoxide was put in the spotlight during the Tour de France when the cycling website Escape Collective reported that riders from multiple teams inhaled the toxic gas to optimize ...

We asked Dr. Bernabe Abramor, one of 30 physicians who work on Aconcagua during the climbing season, about his work and how ...

This is usually done at the beginning and end of altitude training ... If there is more haemoglobin in the blood, more oxygen can be carried to the muscles, giving an athlete more resistance ...

Further, while high-altitude activities such as hiking can cause a lack of oxygen in the testes, the effects on fertility are short-term, but can still take a few months to resolve after returning to ...

Medically reviewed by Arno Kroner, DAOM Altitude sickness occurs when air pressure and oxygen levels are reduced at a higher elevation, as in the mountains. It's more likely to occur if you're ...