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

Hello Brainiacs. What you're about to hear is red hot

It's an encore episode all about volcanoes at the end

There'll be an eruption of newly added names to the brains honor roll

Listen in plus an all-new moment of um answering one of your questions. So let's dive in

You're listening to brains on where we're serious about being curious brains on a supported and part by a

Grant from the National Science Foundation

Today on brains on we're answering a question from six-year-old Rupert Kong from Toronto

He melts us with this question. How do volcanoes erupt?

There are volcanoes all over the world Alaska and Hawaii Washington and California

Guatemala and Costa Rica Italy and Iceland Japan and the Philippines and there's more

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