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

It's getting cold and blustery here in Minnesota in Los Angeles is sunny but getting a little colder

There's all sorts of weather happening all around the country and the world right now snow rain clear skies wind gusts

Sticky dry hot freezing you name it somewhere. It's happening

It may seem hard to keep track of it all but scientists have it figured out

We're going to find out how meteorologist predict the weather and where wind comes from keep listening

You're listening to brains on from mpr news and Southern California public radio. I'm Molly Bloom

My co-host today is 12-year-old Ryan Cordova from Los Angeles. Hi Ryan. Hi Molly

So Ryan do you pay attention to weather forecast or predictions?

Yeah, that's pretty much what I watch most of the day

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