Ancient Ice Man Still Hosts Mysterious Cold-Loving Organisms, Study Finds (opens in new tab)

A new study untangles the complex microbial history of Ötzi the Iceman, revealing which microorganisms originated during his lifetime and which arrived long after his death. For more than 5,000 years, Ötzi the Iceman has carried an invisible community of microbes through ice, time, and modern museum preservation. Now, scientists have taken the most detailed [...]