In 1991, 8 people walked into the first ever biosphere project, committed to live there, grow their own food, recycle their waste and sustain themselves on limited amounts of oxygen for 2 years. So who better to ask "What If we lived in a closed biosphere than Jane Poynter, one of the designers and participants of the historic endeavour. What was it like? Ho ... Show More
Apr 2024
Biosphere 2: Out of Oxygen with Alie Ward and Josh Gondelman | 32
Imagine sealing yourself in giant, glass, self-contained ecosystem with your boyfriend and a lady who's learning to play saxophone... for TWO YEARS. In 1991, eight semi-qualified volunteers entered Biosphere 2, and promised that they would live inside the giant science experiment ... Show More
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Nov 2020
StarTalk Live – Climate Science, with Neil deGrasse Tyson
How can we combat climate change? Neil deGrasse Tyson, comic co-host Chuck Nice, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, PhD, and chemist Peter Mahaffy, PhD, investigate on our first virtual StarTalk Live, sponsored by Pocketlab.
NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire epis ... Show More
55m 46s