Mark Nelson, one of the eight crew members locked in Biosphere 2 during its first closure experiment, offers a compelling insider’s view of the dramatic story behind the mini-world in his forthcoming ...

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 ...

Looking for something completely different yet totally safe to do with your family this weekend? Biosphere 2 is here for you. For the next two months, the grounds of the research facility, originally ...

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 ...

This image released by Neon shows Dr. Roy Walford, foreground, with candidates for the Biosphere 2 Project from the documentary "Spaceship Earth." (Peter Menzel/Neon via AP) During lockdown, have you ...

PHOENIX — Arizona is getting a new ocean — or at least a model of one. The “ocean” is coming to the 700,000-gallon aquarium at the Biosphere 2 project northeast of Tucson. Project Manager Rafe Sagarin ...

Manzo Elementary School, in part with their scaled-down experiment of Biosphere 2’s LEO project, planted a variety of seeds on their miniature hillslopes. The seeds were picked out by Manzo school ...