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In 2025, an Arizona researcher spent two weeks in Biosphere 2 with 144 dwarf peas; harvesting them on Day 8 enabled a CO2 comparison

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In a 2025 Biosphere 2 experiment, researcher Mattias Beach spent a week living with 144 dwarf pea plants, then a week without them. Sensors tracked carbon dioxide levels to assess how effectively the plants could absorb human emissions and produce oxygen in a closed habitat. (Wikimedia Commons)

In October 2025, a researcher spent two weeks breathing inside a sealed habitat, first alongside 144 dwarf pea plants. The experiment was designed to measure whether the plants could absorb enough of the carbon dioxide released by a human occupant to help regulate air quality in a closed environment. In a 2025 Biosphere 2 experiment, … Read more

Twitch faces ‘furious’ streamer backlash as Amazon AI training opt-out appears enabled by default

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Twitch faces ‘furious’ streamer backlash as Amazon AI training opt-out appears enabled by default

Twitch faces ‘furious’ streamer backlash as Amazon AI training opt-out appears enabled by default Twitch is facing criticism after a new setting appeared to allow Amazon to use streamer channel content to train generative AI models. The setting is turned on by default, meaning streamers have to change their privacy settings if they do not … Read more