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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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