Science is vital – and so is making the argument for science

The campaign trail is unfamiliar to most scientists - but sometimes it can't be avoided. Stephen Curry reflects on Science is Vital's most recent excursion.

Campaigning is a strange game for scientists. To be politically effective, the message needs to be simple and repeated again and again. That's what those of us involved in Science is Vital have been doing for the past couple of months.

But this practice doesn't sit well with our scientific training, which is all about delving into the details (right down to the atomic and molecular level in my case), and never saying anything without caveats, (except perhaps occasionally).