On the day before my birthday, something phenomenal happened. Leaders from the US Senate, the House, and scientists, researchers, University Presidents, and corporate CEO’s, along with a few other advisors, held a conference. It was entitled “A Celebration of Science”. (The website has since disappeared. However, it has become an annual celebration- you can find events by search ‘celebration of science’.) This from leaders that have seemingly been denying the need for science in our policies. (What would you call it when climate change and evolution are denied and some believe that a woman’s body exudes something (miracles?) to prevent getting pregnant from a rape?)