Long plagued by logistical problems and dogged by controversy, the troubled Biosphere 2, under new management, is attempting to revitalize one of the most criticized aspects of the program--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 ...

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 ...

Human space exploration helps to address important questions about unknown aspects of the universe and the ability to sustain life on other planets. At the University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2, the ...

University of Arizona’s Biosphere 2 has been the site for research on ecological systems and human habitation since it was built in the late 1980s. Now, the 3-acre ecological laboratory about 30 miles ...