Karen Kaplan

Number of the Day: 4.8 million. That's the new tally of obese kids in the U.S. (ages 10-17), via @RWJF https://t.co/HbtkLvzJBD

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 @LibraryFoundLA https://t.co/hI0Mf7mFGM

April Pyle @apyle

Come be apart of the conversation w me and @LATkarenkaplan Check out "Dreams, Genes, & Machines: Are We Living Science Fiction?" https://t.co/yUJCNJ31gC @Eventbrite @ALOUDla

Saturn 82, Jupiter 79. That's the number of moons for each planet, now that 20 more have been discovered around Saturn. @carnegiescience wants you to help name them! https://t.co/t8Q6yoBiMn https://t.co/EXq9jD3GWh

“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 https://t.co/q7eHZQjb70

Should we fight climate change by making *more* CO2? Yes, if we make it out of methane, some scientists say. https://t.co/SuRRHiU68r https://t.co/R8dfgVUZv0

"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! https://t.co/fCN3HlO2aw

Kilogram is redefined, and scientists say it was worth the weight https://t.co/fCN3HlwqLW https://t.co/If7QhXtcEY

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, @latimes needs you! We are building up our tech departments and have dozens of openings. Please apply: https://t.co/2TEFdQsZSM

RT @ScienceJulia: One government researcher comes in to feed his bugs green beans and collards. Another sneaks into the lab to maintain a…

RT @LATMelissaHealy: Memory research suggests a way to reconcile 2 irreconcilable stories about an assault. Fear demands that memories are…

.@NASA's Opportunity rover is still silent, but at least @HiRISE can see it again now that the dust is clearing on Mars. https://t.co/Jf70qABwgC https://t.co/HsYyEpwB4e

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. @AmericanCancer @CDCgov @theNCI @JournalCancer https://t.co/dn30GZVkX1

Number of the day: 1.5%. That's how much cancer mortality rates fell each year (on average) between 2010 and 2015. @AmericanCancer @CDCgov @theNCI @JournalCancer https://t.co/dn30GZVkX1

A comprehensive new report says cancer is affecting — and killing — fewer Americans with every passing year. @AmericanCancer @CDCgov @theNCI @JournalCancer https://t.co/dn30GZVkX1 https://t.co/OGKkdOMpkL

Check out @NASA_TESS's first shot from space! This is the southern sky, along the plane of the Milky Way. https://t.co/4jfmeTCsve

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.) https://t.co/rFLqCe6rKx https://t.co/yHv5YQFVF7

Will this become the first vehicle to take flight on another planet? We'll find out in 2021! @NASA @NASAJPL @NASABeAMartian https://t.co/rFLqCeo397 https://t.co/7w9lRZlPlt