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“The scientists there found themselves having to do this evacuation of all of the seeds they’d collected … whilst under artillery fire.” On the frontlines of war, Ukrainian scientists put their lives on the line to save precious seed samples for the Svalbard ‘Doomsday Vault.’ The Times' Science Editor Rhys Blakely tells the “extraordinary story of scientific bravery”. Rhys Blakely was speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday to Thursday from 10am–1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/