I rented the movie on YouTube. Takeaways: 1) Save a buck and get the SD version - most of the thing is from archive VHS or 8mm film 2) I and my wife _really_ enjoyed ...

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 ...

The exterior of Biosphere 2, north of Tucson, in the documentary "Spaceship Earth." (Courtesy of Neon) During lockdown, have you taken a moment to appreciate that at least you're not quarantined with ...

ORACLE, ARIZONA (dpa) – At its start 10 years ago Biosphere 2 was intended as a test to see whether humans could survive on Mars and other planets. Four men and four women attempted to survive totally ...

ORACLE, Ariz. — They lived for two years and 20 minutes under the glass of a miniature Earth, complete with an ocean, rain forest, desert, grasslands and mangroves. Their air and water were recycled, ...

The mighty steel-and-glass compound known as Biosphere 2 is a sight that never loses its beauty, its absurdity or its wonder. Jutting out of the hot, dry ground of the Sonoran Desert, it was designed ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. The human terrarium. The first reality show. Spaceship earth. On Sept. 26, 1991, four men and four women began a two-year ...

Edward Bass is 46 years old and--as heir to a fortune that originated with his great-uncle Sid Richardson, a Texas oil wildcatter--is one of the wealthiest men in the United States. But although many ...

In September 1991, amid much media fanfare, eight people entered a closed experimental facility called Biosphere 2 for a two-year stint in total isolation. They endured hunger, a dangerous rise in CO2 ...