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'Doomsday' Seed Reserve Reaches Important Milestone The Svalbard "Doomsday" Global Seed Vault is a facility located on the Norwegian island of the same name, which has been constructed specifically to promote plant diversity. Its creators say that the large underground facility is meant to safeguard as many plant species as possible in face of natural and man-made dis... 11 March 2010 01:20 GMT European Initiative to Vitalize Astronomical Research Over the past few decades, the number of astronomical observatories around the world has increased considerably, and a wealth of new data has come to scientists' attention. But, at this point, a researcher looking to combine, for example, information obtained by NASA with data from ESA or the European Southern O... 14 October 2009 02:26 GMT