I’VE VISITED Biosphere 2, the Earth science research facility in Oracle, Arizona, on two different occasions. I first went three years ago during the early days of the pandemic, when we still had no idea how the COVID-19 virus would behave. A lot of institutions had already closed their doors to the public.
Biosphere 2 offered self-guided tours through a phone app, though, so my family and I drove out on a hot August evening. We listened to a young woman’s voice over our car speakers, narrating the story