In the ’80s, a group of scientists and artists wanted to know if they could recreate Earth’s ecosystem, so they built Biosphere 2 (Earth was known as Biosphere 1) in Oracle, Ariz. The experiment was ...

Sustainability consultant Jane Poynter tells her story of living in a hermetically sealed environment in the Arizona desert for two years and 20... What Lessons Came Out Of Biosphere 2? Part 2 of the ...

A sci-fi comedy by Mel Eslyn and a literary noir by Alice Troughton – who are, respectively, the longtime producer for the Duplass brothers and an award-winning UK television director (Doctor Who, ...

Biosphere Joy Ride Ed Araquel/Lionsgate The Lesson BIOSPHERE More than a decade after co-starring in the brilliant Humpday, co-writer/co-star Mark Duplass—with co-writer Mel Eslyn making her feature ...

IT WENT wrong fast. Biosphere 2 was meant to be a self-sufficient colony in the Arizona desert, stocked with plants and animals that could sustain eight people for two years. But the bold project soon ...

Thirty years ago last month, on Sept. 26, 1993, a group of eight weary, visionary adventurers “returned” to Earth after two years of living together in a miniature version of our world — a ...

In the ’80s, a group of scientists and artists wanted to know if they could recreate Earth’s ecosystem, so they built Biosphere 2 (Earth was known as Biosphere 1) in Oracle, Ariz. The experiment was ...

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