Stand Up for Science

Stand Up for Science: February 17, 2017 Editor’s Note: For a nonpartisan assessment of Why Scientists Must Also Be Advocates and suggestions for what you can do now to connect to the public, listen to a podcast with Mary Woolley, president of Research!America ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7318-5892 'You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and kept separate from everyday existence. But science and everyday life cannot and should not be separated.' -Rosalind Franklin In this current political climate, facts matter more than ever. With responsibility as a leading Open Access publisher, a beacon of positive change to archaic systems, PLOS loudly stands up for science and scientists around the world in their efforts to improve the health and well-being of societies and explain the wonder of the world around and beyond us. Back in the 17th and 18th centuries, enlightenment thinkers advanced politics,

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