Science not silence: voices from the March for Science movement

’Due to recent funding cuts this is all I can afford,’ reads a post-it brandished by a protester in San Diego, California – one of millions who took to the streets around the world on 22 April 2017 as part of the March for Science.

The movement grew from a feeling of despair and disgruntlement among scientists in the US, who feared federal funding cuts and unfriendly policies from a newly elected President Donald Trump and his administration. Aided by social media, the idea of a public display of solidarity quickly caught on and the March went global.