Hi friends, it's me Mark. I'm just dropping in to tell you about a virtual party brains on is having Saturday, July 29th

It's free and you're invited

Not only are we celebrating our 10th birthday, we're also super excited to share our newest book with you

It's called meet my micro pets. The book is a fact-filled

hilarious journey through the weird and wonderful world of microbes. I know I know you're thinking

But Mark, will there be cool games at this virtual party on July 29th?

I mean, yeah, only the coolest and before you ask

There will absolutely be epic stories and yes

Molly Sandin and I will be there answering as many questions as we can during the whole event

This is a one-time only live virtual party. You do not want to miss again. It's on Saturday, July 29th

11 a.m. Pacific one p.m. Central and two p.m. Eastern had to brains on dot org slash events for a link to sign up

That's brains on dot org slash events. See you on July 29th

You're listening to brains on where we're serious about being curious. I'm Molly boom

What's that in the sky? Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

It's a total solar eclipse

That's right here in the United States

We have total solar eclipse fever. That's because on Monday, August 21st a total solar eclipse

will be visible on a path from Oregon on the West Coast to South Carolina on the East Coast

And the rest of the country will get a glimpse of a partial eclipse

This is the first solar eclipse to go across the US since 1979

And just in case you don't listen to the end of this episode

We need to say right now up front do not look at the solar eclipse without protection and know your regular sunglasses won't cut it

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