progressed from light drizzle to what we would now call teeming, it doesn't seem to have diminished the tens of thousands, and acts from bill nye the science guy who elicited beatle-like squeals on the streets today. and to groups. there are hundreds of these events in cities around the world ranging from london and geneva and new york, to australia. the stated goal of all the marchers around the world is to broaden civic appreciation for science and what they see increasing attacks on science, whether it's in the debate over climate change or the debate over vaccines and so forth. the organizers of the washington events were quoted as telling the associated press that this is not a