Perhaps some filler social of this article which is (at least tenuous) in the news right now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svalbard_Global_Seed_Vault

"The Syrian Civil War prompted the first withdrawal in 2015 to restock the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas." http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/09/21/us-mideast-crisis-seeds-idUKKCN0RL1KA20150921

Plus it's a supercool article on a supercool project. :)

Joe

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