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Scientists want to send our endangered species to the Moon to “save” them
Scientists are considering using the moon's craters for cryopreserving endangered species' cells to…
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If the world ends, the Doomsday vault now has over a million types of seed to help humanity start over
The addition of the 60,000 new seeds brings the total number of seed varieties stored in the v…
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Oreo built an 'asteroid-proof doomsday vault' for cookies as advertising takes a turn for the apocalyptic
The IHOP stunt worked, but it looked tiny in comparison to Planters' campaign, in which it killed o…
Mary Meisenzahl
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The world's 'doomsday seed vault' is built to store every crop on the planet, but the icy area that protects it is at risk
Inger Hanssen-Bauer, the editor of the new report, told CNN that the climate in Longyearbyen is pro…
Aylin Woodward
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Scientists want to build a doomsday vault of germs that could one day help save humanity
The proposal's authors - Dominguez-Bello, Jack Gilbert from the University of Chicago, Martin Blase…
Peter Kotecki,Peter Kotecki
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The doomsday vault that's supposed to store every known crop on the planet is in danger
"It was not in our plans to think that the permafrost would not be there and that it would experien…
Kevin Loria
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Norway has opened a doomsday vault to house the world's most precious books
Piql founder Rune Bjerkestrand says the company is storing all that data on special film reels, whi…
Chris Weller
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What it's like inside the doomsday vault that stores every known crop on the planet
It stores valuable seeds from crops all over the world, and recently, because of the Syrian civil w…
Kevin Loria
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Seeds from Syria have been returned to the 'doomsday' vault that stores every known crop on the planet
Cary Fowler, the man considered the "father" of the seed vault and a former executive director of t…
Lydia Ramsey
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The man behind the 'doomsday' vault that stores every known crop on the planet explains how it came to be
Fowler, whose book "Seeds On Ice: Svalbard and the Global Seed Vault" is out now, explained that th…
Lydia Ramsey
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The doomsday vault built to store every known crop on the planet is becoming more crucial than ever - and it may get a big upgrade
Last year, it was also discovered that the seed bank is more vulnerable than it might seem. The vau…
Kevin Loria
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See inside the 'doomsday' seed vault, where billions of seeds are stored in case of nuclear war
Behind the thick concrete wall lies the most diverse selection of food crop seeds in the world. See…
Charles Clark
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An incredible doomsday vault, buried deep in an Arctic mountain, is coming to the rescue for the first time in history
Local seed banks around the globe like ICARDA serve as an essential food security measure. They pro…
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This 15-story underground doomsday shelter for the 1% has luxury homes, guns, and armored trucks
Someday, the 1% may live out Armageddon in style at Hall's Survival Condo Project, which cost $20 m…
Melia Robinson
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Scientists want to send 6.7 million sperm samples to the moon as a 'global insurance policy'
They'd like a huge payload of sperm and ova being stored on the moon. This sperm bank, or "ark," wo…
Cheryl Teh
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Microsoft's former VP of HR shares the types of employees who are most likely to be laid off
Microsoft's former VP of HR told Insider the three types of employees who are most likely to be let…
Jordan Parker Erb
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A Russian navy boat was attacked and sunk by a walrus in the Arctic
"Walruses attacked the participating boat," the research group explained. "The boat sank, but the t…
Ryan Pickrell
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The US Navy finally confirmed that mysterious videos showing pilots spotting UFOs are genuine after years of speculation
Gradisher, the Navy spokesperson, told Vice that the Navy changed its policy in 2018 to make it eas…
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker
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The Air Force put some guys in a freezer to test out new Arctic survival gear for F-35 pilots
Four members of the team, to include Lt. Col. James Christensen, commander of the reactivated 356th…
Senior Airman Beaux Hebert, US Air Force
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The UK will send 800 troops to the Arctic to 'demonstrate we're there' to the Russians
In a speech earlier this year, the defense secretary said Russian sub activity had "increased tenfo…