Washington: Thousands of scientists and their supporters, feeling increasingly threatened by the policies of US President Donald Trump, gathered on Saturday in Washington under rainy skies for what they called the March for Science, abandoning a tradition of keeping the sciences out of politics and calling on the public to stand up for scientific enterprise.
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| Demonstrators participate in the March for Science in Washington. |
The American protest followed similar demonstrations around the world at the weekend, with thousands taking to the streets in Sydney and Melbourne.
As the US marchers trekked shoulder-to-shoulder toward the Capitol, the street echoed with their calls: "Who runs the world? Nerds," and "If you like beer, thank yeast and scientists!”
Some carried signs that showed rising oceans and polar bears in peril and faces of famous scientists like Mae Jamison, Rosalind Franklin and Marie Curie, and others touted a checklist of the diseases Americans no longer get thanks to vaccines.
Read Nicholas St Fleur’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “‘Nerds’ take to the streets across US with a science lesson for Donald Trump.”
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