Read more breath stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23416/breath.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:27 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/65934/china-recruits-astronauts-bad-breathed-need-not-apply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagChina’s looking for astronauts for its new space program, but getting the job won’t be easy: Applicants must conform to some 100 specs, including a ban on bad breath, the BBC reports. “Bad body odor will affect fellow colleagues in the narrow confines of a space shuttle," says a doctor...http://www.newser.com/story/65934/china-recruits-astronauts-bad-breathed-need-not-apply.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 8:34:14 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56793/at-london-bar-patrons-breathe-their-liquor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTwo British entrepreneurs have opened a truly innovative bar—where alcohol is inhaled rather than drunk, ABC News reports. London’s Alcoholic Architecture fills a room with gin and tonic vapor, which patrons covered in protective suits breathe in for around $7 an hour. "We're reinventing the gin and tonic," creator...http://www.newser.com/story/56793/at-london-bar-patrons-breathe-their-liquor.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 18:28:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/26144/david-blaine-breaks-breath-holding-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDavid Blaine broke the world record for holding one’s breath today when he was submerged for 17 minutes and 4 seconds during a taping of Oprah. The endurance artist looked relaxed emerging from a water-filled sphere, the AP reports. Blaine had undergone simulated altitude training and pure oxygen treatment to...http://www.newser.com/story/26144/david-blaine-breaks-breath-holding-record.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Apr 2008 12:11:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19457/medical-breathalyzer-tracks-disease.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDiagnosing diseases such as asthma and cancer may become quicker and easier thanks to a new device that analyzes a patient's breath. By shooting lasers as the gas molecules in a person's breath, doctors will be able to analyze the composition of the gas and search for biological markers of...http://www.newser.com/story/19457/medical-breathalyzer-tracks-disease.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Feb 2008 14:19:00 CST