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Weird History

Unbelievable Facts About Biosphere 2, The Largest Contained Experiment Ever

12th - Higher Ed
Nowadays, the ambitious and wild Biosphere 2 experiment is only remembered as a footnote to the Pauly Shore film Bio-Dome, which is a shame. The Biosphere 2 project was ambitious, idealistic, and apocalyptic; it was some pretty crazy...
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The Wall Street Journal

Experimenta In Extreme Living

Higher Ed
Joaquin Ruiz, vice president for innovation and director of Biosphere 2 at the University of Arizona, speaks with The Future of Everything Editor Stan Parish about what it's like inside Biosphere 2, the largest closed system in the world.
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Pre-K - Higher Ed
Fresh leaves background
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Green Planet

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Green Planet
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Forests, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Forests, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Sunlight glinting through forest landscape, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Sunlight glinting through forest landscape, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Walking through forest, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Walking through forest, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Forest landscape, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Forest landscape, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Forests, Mpumalanga, South Africa

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Forests, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Forests, Mpumalanga, South Africa

Pre-K - Higher Ed
Forests, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Biosphere 2

9th - 10th
Audio story presents information on the Biosphere 2 project, an attempt to replicate the world's biospheres in a controlled environment. Includes a map of the facility.