Conflict, Difficulties Marked Life in 'Biosphere II' Jane Poynter spent more than two years living in "Biosphere II" in the early 1990s. Her book about the experience is The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes inside Biosphere Two.

Conflict, Difficulties Marked Life in 'Biosphere II'

Conflict, Difficulties Marked Life in 'Biosphere II'

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Jane Poynter spent more than two years living in "Biosphere II" in the early 1990s. Her book about the experience is The Human Experiment: Two Years and Twenty Minutes inside Biosphere Two. Poynter speaks with Scott Simon about her time locked inside the structure.