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.NASA's Opportunity rover is still silent, but at least HiRISE: Beautiful Mars (NASA) can see it again now that the dust is clearing on Mars. go.nasa.gov/2ONbBRf

Memory research suggests a way to reconcile 2 irreconcilable stories about an assault. Fear demands that memories are filed, stored & replayed: that's how we learn to stay safe. When one sees nothing remarkable in an event, no record of it is made or kept. lat.ms/2zBBvCe

One government researcher comes in to feed his bugs green beans and collards. Another sneaks into the lab to maintain a precious microbial culture. How the government shutdown will cost some scientists months or even years of work. By me. latimes.com/science/scienc…

Are you a data scientist or software engineer or UX/UI designer who cares about journalism and a healthy democracy? If the answer is yes, Los Angeles Times needs you! We are building up our tech departments and have dozens of openings. Please apply: bit.ly/2GcUho3

Kilogram is redefined, and scientists say it was worth the weight lat.ms/2EeYWTL

"If you tell aliens that our units of measurement are based on a hunk of metal, you will be the laughingstock of the galaxy.” But starting on Monday, you won't have to! lat.ms/2EeYWTL

Should we fight climate change by making *more* CO2? Yes, if we make it out of methane, some scientists say. lat.ms/2HE6FvM

“If we don’t do the experiments in female mice, then you are just providing more fodder for leaving out women in clinical trials, or treating them like they are just defective males.” @sciencemagazine lat.ms/2YYbzLa

Saturn 82, Jupiter 79. That's the number of moons for each planet, now that 20 more have been discovered around Saturn. Carnegie Science wants you to help name them! carnegiescience.edu/NameSaturnsMoo…

What better way to spend your Thursday evening than learning about how gene editing will change our future? Plus, it's FREE. Hope to see you there! ALOUDla Library Foundation of Los Angeles lfla.org/event/dreams-g…

Number of the Day: 4.8 million. That's the new tally of obese kids in the U.S. (ages 10-17), via RWJF stateofchildhoodobesity.org

Join us for a live video Q&A all about the coronavirus. Send in your questions and science and medicine reporter @Emily_Baum and editor Karen Kaplan will answer your questions. youtu.be/WAX5ROppRsQ

After a 2-year pandemic hiatus, @latimesscience will be thrilled to welcome AAAS Mass Media Fellowship fellow Sumeet Kulkarni 🐋 to California this summer! 🌴🌞🔬🔭✍️ bit.ly/3v9ih3T

A helpful reminder that good intentions don't guarantee good outcomes. (Also, first Los Angeles Times byline for our new staffer Corinne Purtill!) lat.ms/3MlF0zi

Will this become the first vehicle to take flight on another planet? We'll find out in 2021! NASA NASA JPL Be a Martian lat.ms/2I8nRMZ

Number of the day: 100,000. That's how many feet above sea level a helicopter on Earth would have to fly to simulate the conditions on Mars. (In fact, the highest a helicopter has flown here is only 40,000 feet.) lat.ms/2I8nRMZ

Check out NASA_TESS's first shot from space! This is the southern sky, along the plane of the Milky Way.

A comprehensive new report says cancer is affecting — and killing — fewer Americans with every passing year. American Cancer Society CDC National Cancer Institute ACS Journal Cancer lat.ms/2wYnaR4

Number of the day: 1.5%. That's how much cancer mortality rates fell each year (on average) between 2010 and 2015. American Cancer Society CDC National Cancer Institute ACS Journal Cancer lat.ms/2wYnaR4

The health effects of smoking have a looooooooooooong tail. Smoking rates have been cut in half since 1964, but cigarettes are still blamed for more than 25% of cancer deaths. American Cancer Society CDC National Cancer Institute ACS Journal Cancer lat.ms/2wYnaR4