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Staying at home all day mostly means the same thing for everybody — we’re spending nothing on transport, we’re no longer buying those daily cups of coffee we once swore we couldn’t live without, but here’s the thing: we’re all spending way too much on FOOD. Honestly, what even is a three-square meal at this point, when so many of us are already averaging about four meals a day, with little snack breaks in between? It may not be the wisest way to live, but if there’s anything we should’ve learned so far, it’s that life is too damn short, and you finna make the most of it even if you’re stuck indoors. So feel free to nibble on a few more goodies. We see you, and we respect it.

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ESSENCE recently launched Shop ESSENCE Live where vendors from our personal E-commerce platform are interviewed for a little more insight on their business. For its second episode, host Nöne talks with the owner of accessory store Mess In A Bottle Kalilah Wright.

Wright who started out with just ten t-shirts and five bottles remained patient and focused about her product. The ownereventually received the recognition she deserved when Lena Waithe stepped onto the red carpet wearing one of her designs. Waithe’s constant promotion led her to gaining popularity among additional celebrities like Serena Williams. The two dive into her business practices, how she got her start, and how she is managing her business during these unprecedented time.

Check out the full interview below. For more information on Shop ESSENCE, visit here.

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An artist's impression of the ExoMars rover on the surface of Mars (via European Space Agency)

Europe and Russia’s second ExoMars mission to study the Red Planet has been delayed until 2022.

A joint project team concluded that additional testing is needed to ensure the spacecraft is fit for its Mars adventure.

“We have made a difficult but well-weighed decision to postpone the launch,” Roscosmos Space Corporation Director General Dmitry Rogozin said in a statement.

“It is driven primarily by the need to maximize the robustness of all ExoMars systems,” he said. “As well as force majeure circumstances related to exacerbation of the epidemiological situation in Europe which have left our experts practically no possibility to proceed with travels to partner industries.”

In other words, COVID-19 has scuppered their plans.

Still, much progress has been made, including hardware integration, instrument testing, and system qualification.

“I am confident that the steps that we and our European colleagues are taking to ensure mission success will be justified and will unquestionably bring solely positive results for the mission implementation,” Rogozin said.

The ExoMars rover, named after female DNA pioneer Rosalind Franklin, was scheduled to launch this July. A new timeline places its send off between August and October 2020.

There are only two relatively short windows (10 days each) every two years during which Mars can be reached from Earth.

“We want to make ourselves 100 percent sure of a successful mission,” according to European Space Agency Director General Jan Wörner.

“We are very much satisfied [with] the work that has gone into making a unique project a reality,” he continued, “and we have a solid body of knowledge to complete the remaining work as quickly as possible.”

The project’s primary goal is to search for signs of past life on Mars and better understand the history of water on the planet.

ExoMars will be the first mission to search for signs of life at depths up to 6.5 feet below the Martian surface—where biological signatures may be well preserved.

More on Geek.com:

• ExoMars 2020 Mission Suffers Second Parachute Test Failure
• ExoMars 2020 Rover Operations Control Center Opens in Italy
• NASA’s InSight Lander Detects Hundreds of ‘Marsquakes’

We’ve heard the jokes about parents being tired of their kids during COVID-19. But what about their poor children? Stuck in quarantine with the same unshaven, sweatpants-wearing grownups who are either always on Zoom or complaining about how they have to be on Zoom? Kids need a break from all this, too. Fortunately, many celebrities have been there to help, volunteering their time doing virtual readings for children.

Frozen star Josh Gad has been holding his own popular digital book club, and Tom Hardy is returning for another round of bedtime stories for the BBC. Now, another big name is joining in to help both overwhelmed children and parents alike. Michelle Obama and PBS will host a free online series where she’ll read popular kid’s books.

The former First Lady is teaming with PBS KIDS and Penguin Random House on their new “Read Together, Be Together” literacy initiative. “Mondays with Michelle Obama” begins on Monday, April 20 at 12 p.m. ET and will air at the same time for four straight weeks. The digital series will livestream on PBS Kids’ Facebook and YouTube channels, and on Penguin Random House’s Facebook page. The videos will then remain online, so don’t worry if you can’t tune in on time.

The four books she will read include:

—April 20, 12 p.m. ET: The Gruffalo (Written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler)
—April 27, 12 p.m. ET: There’s a Dragon in Your Book (Written by Tom Fletcher and illustrated by Greg Abbott)
—May 4, 12 p.m. ET: Miss Maple’s Seeds (Story and pictures by Eliza Wheeler)
—May 11, 12 p.m. ET: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (By Eric Carle)

Parents can find “activities, tips, and resources for each of the books” at www.readtogetherbetogether.com. Additional companion literacy resources are available on pbskidsforparents.org.

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In a statement the former FLOTUS said, “As a little kid, I loved to read aloud. And when I became a parent, I found such joy in sharing the magic of storytelling with my own children—and then later, as First Lady, with kids everywhere. At this time when so many families are under so much stress, I’m excited to give kids a chance to practice their reading and hear some wonderful stories (and to give parents and caretakers a much-needed break).”

And she’ll be giving a break to those kids too. You can only hear the same desperately-in-need-of-a-haircut adult read the same story so many times.

Featured Image: PBS Kids

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