Due to the historic participation in early voting, counting votes will take longer this year than it has before.
This is a sign that our system is WORKING.
Every vote must be counted, and we are willing to wait.
Democracy works, and we are willing to wait for it. Voting is our right and everyone should have their vote counted. #CountEveryVote
We know there's a lot of anxiousness, and it's easy to put that out on social media. But please remember: fear doesn’t propel people — it paralyzes them. And that’s the last thing we need before election day.
Right now, we need to be supportive, and do all we can to help people to vote.
Take a breath. We’re going to work together to make sure everyone’s vote is counted. #CountEveryVote
Thank you to @ziibiing for putting together an excellent guide on messaging around the election.
Planning to attempt sleep tonight? Never fear, science is here!
Sleep is a very interesting area of science. Sleep quality is associated with health measures that range from memory to heart disease to diabetes.
AND YET. No one really knows for sure why we do it.
Evolutionarily, losing consciousness for hours at a time puts you at increased risk of predation, so it must be very important for it to be worth it. But, we really don’t fully understand it.
We are doing a FB live with some of the scientists who launched a 4,000-signature petition calling on the scientific community to publicly commit to defending democracy.
Also joining us to help situate this action in the wider context will be Ali Nouri, President of @FAScientists, and Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at @UCSUSA.
Did you know that studies have revealed that diversity drives scientific innovation? Another way to put that: The absence of Black people in science results in lower quality science. So says @nature, one of the world’s most prestigious science journals
@nature Where are all the #BlackAndSTEM scientists? Racism blocks their way. While white males make up 40-60% of science Ph.D. students, the Black %s are usually in the single digits. Physics, astronomy, and Earth sciences are usually in the 1-3% range.
TODAY IS THE DAY! Join us at the #MarchForScience at our main march in New York City or in 130+ locations around the world including Mexico, Chile, Guatemala, Malawi, Ghana, Germany, Croatia, Finland, India, Philippines, China, Australia & Antarctica: bit.ly/mfs2019
Xiamen, China joined the global #MarchForScience today to advocate for cleaner, healthier & more environmentally cities. Thank you!!!
The Phillipines marched for the preservation of their reefs and forests #MarchForScience