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November 2, 2022

Couple Creates Children’s Book Series Based on Adventures of Their Late Rescue Cat

When Connie and Mark Herrick first brought Ripley home, they knew that the tiny calico kitten had a big personality — so big that she would eventually inspire them to capture her adventurous spirit in a series of children’s books. The couple had adopted Ripley, the runt of a litter of kittens abandoned at a […]

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a photo of Connie and Mark Kerrick holding up two of their children's books about their cat Ripley

Meet Conan the Bacterium: The Ancient Species That Could Be Slumbering Deep Beneath Mars’ Surface

Billions of years ago, Mars may have been teeming with life. But these days, with its dry, arid landscape, ionizing radiation, and temperatures averaging negative 80 degrees Fahrenheit, the red planet is no longer habitable. However, a new paper published in Astrobiology suggests a certain type of bacteria might have endured the planet’s harsh environment

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a microscope slide shows a sample of Conan the Bacterium
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