Science

New Data on DC LGBTQ Youth

David Mariner of The DC Center reports: Results from the 2015 District of Columbia Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) released today by the Office of the State Superintendent of Education…

Earth Day March for Science

Live feed from today’s rally on the Mall.

Cassini’s grand finale: Saturn, life, and a pale blue dot

(From Saturn, Earth appears as a pale blue dot. NASA photograph) Dennis Overbye reports at NYT: On Saturday morning, the spacecraft, which has been circling Saturn and its environs for…

Earth from space – Live feed from ISS

From the International Space Station. Peace on earth. (Aspirational, not descriptive.)

Why straight rural men have gay "bud-sex" with each other

Why straight rural men have gay "bud-sex" with each other https://t.co/TGgLShmdoE — huffpostqueer (@huffpostqueer) December 19, 2016

Dr. Tyson on truth and politics

NASA Did Not Just Change Your Zodiac Sign

(The constellation Ophiuchus, courtesy Wikiwand) Stop Freaking out, NASA Did Not Just Change Your Zodiac Sign https://t.co/0Jd4IvOZdU — ScienceAlert (@ScienceAlert) September 19, 2016 Glamour Magazine has set off a kerfuffle…

Freddie Mercury has asteroid named after him for 70th birthday

Out of this world: Freddie Mercury has asteroid named after him for 70th birthday https://t.co/lKerXj8FNB — huffpostqueer (@huffpostqueer) September 6, 2016 The question is, is Freddie’s asteroid heading for a…

A "strong signal" from a sun-like star is sparking alien speculation

94 light years away: A "strong signal" from a sun-like star is sparking alien speculation https://t.co/QQL663j7XT pic.twitter.com/29QFr7RgzA — CNN (@CNN) August 30, 2016

Just a few light-years from the White House!

Watch: Astronomers find an exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri that could be habitable https://t.co/brdI7rUKv9 pic.twitter.com/S0aQ8Bbtkx — Scientific American (@sciam) August 26, 2016 About that exoplanet orbiting Proxima Centauri, our sun’s closest…