- Mount Everest’s harsh heights shelter a rich array of life, according to DNA shed by the residents of the world’s tallest mountain. Scraps of DNA show that living things of all kinds thrive in the thin air above 4,000 metres. https://www.cell.com/iscience/fulltext/S2589-0042(22)01120-8?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2589004222011208%3Fshowall%3Dtrue 4 comments science