Listen Up, Candidates: Science Matters, and Here's Why
Scientists know how important their work is to America, and a science advocacy group thinks politicians should know it too
By Eliene Augenbraun
This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American
Because researchers work on solving problems that every politician should care about—including climate risks, clean energy, new materials, emerging diseases and a wide range of technologies that can fuel economic growth—the Science Coalition, a group of universities that lobbies for federal investments in research, is sponsoring an event called Super Science Tuesday. It's a video compilation in which scientists tell the candidates why they need to pay attention.
Here are just a few examples:
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