Dubbed the "global insurance policy", the project is planning on sending seeds, sperm and ovaries to the Moon. A solar-powered ark would then cryogenically store the frozen samples from some 6.7 million species underground. Taking inspiration from Noah's Ark, experts fear that Earth may not be safe enough to ensure the survival of the human race - or any species. Prof Jekan Thanga, of University of Arizona, who proposed the idea in a paper earlier this year, says the human race must safeguard to world against global catastrophes. There is a similar project on Earth - the Svalbard Seedbank in...