{
  "id": 260222,
  "title": "Scientists find unexpected life on Ötzi the Iceman’s 5,300-year-old body",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/scientists-find-unexpected-life-on-otzi-the-icemans-5-300-year-old",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-07T04:24:49.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260806050721.htm"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "More than 5,000 years after his death, Ötzi the Iceman is still hosting a remarkable mix of ancient and modern microorganisms. Researchers separated microbes that lived in his body during his lifetime from those that arrived after his death, uncovering traces of his original gut bacteria and cold-loving yeasts that may have survived alongside him in the glacier for millennia.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}