CARBONDALE — Kevin Bonine gave a presentation called “Biosphere 2: Helping us better understand Biosphere 1, our planet Earth” to kick off The Science Center of Southern Illinois’ Science Café series ...

ORACLE, Arizona—From the outset, the Biosphere 2 project had all the ingredients of a large-scale earth science experiment with profound implications for human survival in outer space. Could a small ...

It was the ultimate social-distancing experiment. On September 26, 1991, four men and four women in dark-blue spacesuits waved goodbye to friends, families and a bank of television cameras as they ...

Biosphere 2 project began in 1984, led by John Allen who called it “The Human Experiment.” The project sent eight explorers, or “biospherians,” to live in a sealed ecosystem for two years. The ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — Plopped in the Sonoran Desert, just outside Tucson, Ariz., sits a massive, multilevel greenhouse that's probably best known as the inspiration for a Pauly Shore movie. A slick, stepped ...

ORACLE — Biosphere 2 never unplugged from Earth, but the University of Arizona, which now runs the giant terrarium as a research center, will come closer to making it self-sustaining with installation ...

TUCSON - Nearly 16 years after Biosphere 2 sprang to life, it will be getting its fourth go-round as a research facility. And University of Arizona officials taking over the research reins as of July ...

The University of Arizona Center for Innovation has a new startup incubator at Biosphere 2 that focuses on renewable energy and sustainable tech companies. University ...

Biosphere 2 will continue to operate as one of the world’s most diverse controlled ecological systems thanks in part to a $30 million endowment from its co-founder. Philanthropist Edward P. Bass, who ...