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STEVE INSKEEP
NPR Morning Edition
06-27-2007
Biosphere 2 Reopens for Climate Study

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Time 11:00-12:00 PM

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Some people may be old enough to remember Biosphere 2, that big glass terrarium in the desert outside Tuscan, Arizona. People lived and work there as part of a giant science experiment that largely failed.

But the Biosphere has a new order and a new life as NPR's Ted Robbins reports.

TED ROBBINS: If you're one of those people who still think Biosphere 2 is where people in "Star Trek" uniforms seal themselves in to stimulator space colony, ...

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