More than 100 scientists, researchers and their supporters showed up for the Stand Up for Science rally outside the state Capitol on Friday afternoon. The protesters were there to speak up for the importance of science and against federal funding cuts made by the Trump administration and spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)

The Stand Up for Science rally in Seattle, part of a nationwide effort, filled the mural amphitheater at the Seattle Center. (Photo courtesy of Bryn

“We’re looking at the most aggressively anti-science government the United States has ever had,” astronomer Phil Plait told the booing crowd that carried signs that were decidedly nerdy and attacking President Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.