Sperm and egg samples from 6.7 million of Earth’s species should be sent to an ark built on the moon as a ‘modern global insurance policy’, scientists have proposed. The lunar gene bank — which could also house seed and spore samples — is envisaged as being built under the lunar surface, in a hollow, cooled … Read more
Fans of the Indiana Jones movies went into meltdown over New Year after ‘snowflake’ Channel 4 bosses cut the famous face-melting Nazis scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Steven Spielberg’s classic 1981 film is rated PG in the UK, which means that it is approved for ‘general viewing’ and ‘should not unsettle a child … Read more
Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank – the largest wild plant seed bank in the world – has collected and stored 2.4 billion seeds in the 20 years since it opened. Millennium Seed Bank (MBB) in Sussex hides its extensive collection of seeds from around the world in secretive chambers underground, banking them to conserve them for … Read more