Biosphere 2: The Theater of Utopia

Nice Try! by Vox Media Podcast Network

Jul 11, 201949:06Arts

In 1991, eight people embarked on a two-year experiment to create a completely enclosed, self-sustaining ecosystem in a domed research facility in Arizona. Inside the dome, there was a man-made savannah. A rainforest. A...

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