This is Scientific Americans 60 Second Science. I'm Steve Mursky.

And tomorrow I'll be marching because don't you think Millie would agree with the

March for Science? Lisa Klein from the Material Science and Engineering Department

at Rutgers University in New Jersey.

On Friday evening, April 21st,

she gave a talk to the chemistry department at Lehman College in the Bronx.

She was filling in for the scheduled speaker her friend Millie Dressel House, who sadly

died in February at the age of 86. Dressel House, who was raised in the Bronx, was the recipient of the National Medal of Science and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

On Earth Day, we need to take care of our planet, remind others is the only one we have.

And the March for Science in New Jersey is in Trenton.

The emblem for the March in D.C. is science not silence because science means fact-based policies.

Free inquiry, strong public education.

She also told a story about an incident strong public education.

She also told a story about an incident that might have helped motivate her decision

to march for science.

She mentions STEM, which stands for science, technology, engineering, and math, usually in an educational context.

On March 28th, Education Secretary DeVos and President's daughter were filmed taking a group of young women to the National

Air and Space Museum where the President's daughter said that the boy should empower the girls to stay instead.

And I asked, do we really need the boy's permission?

And shortly after that, the budget was delivered to Congress where the president removed

NASA's Office of Education, which works for remote STEM for girls and one with other educational

initiatives.

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