I’m excited by this news release, especially as it connects to my “Cool Science” book, Astrobiology and my school visit talk and upcoming book Our Next Planet.
Astrobiology
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Beyond NASA’s Astrobiology Buzz: Is Arsenic Just One Possibility for Exotic Life?
The blogosphere and mainstream media have been buzzing for the past day or so about a new finding that changes our view of alien life. If you were looking for Little Green Men, you’ll be disappointed; but if you like 
my 2008 book on Astrobiology, then you’ll realize the scientific importance of this discovery.
Oh, oh O/OREOS – Astrobiology Satellite
I don’t usually post news releases, but this one caught my attention because I wrote a book for young readers about the “Cool Science” of Astrobiology. A satellite with the delicious name of O/OREOS will be paving the way for serious testing of an important question in the study of life in space and on other worlds.
SETIcon info — I wish I could go!
As the author of 
Astrobiology in Lerner’s mid-grade “Cool Science” series, I’d love to be able to attend this conference about The Search for Life in the Universe in Science Fact and Science Fiction.
I can’t afford the airfare and hotel, but perhaps a reader of my blog can go and send me an e-mail about it. Here’s the information.