ScienceSaves

Science changes lives - and inspires the future. On #NationalScienceAppreciationDay (26 March), we celebrate the power of discovery that has transformed humanity - from lifesaving breakthroughs like the #poliovaccine announced by Dr. Jonas Salk in 1953 to the #innovations shaping our #future today. Today, as the #GrandFinale of @InfoGujcost ’s #NationalSTEMQuiz 4.0 unfolds at @GujScienceCity, young minds from across the country come together to celebrate #curiosity, #knowledge, and #innovation - proving that the spirit of #science lives on in the next generation. Let us appreciate science, inspire young innovators, and build a future driven by curiosity and discovery.

A drunk driver ran him off the road. Months of treatment. Now he’s back. Science made that possible. What’s a moment you’re still here because of? #ScienceAppreciationDay

He used to be sick all the time. Plasma from thousands of donors. Immunoglobulins extracted. Infused back into his body. Now: “I basically replaced my broken immune system through science.” It sounds unreal until it’s your reality. What’s in your life because of science?

“I’m still here because of science.” March 26. What’s your story?

Most science doesn’t look dramatic. It looks like: → someone talking to their doctor → someone rethinking what they believed → someone getting more time with their dad Amelia studies how health info spreads online. She’s watched it change lives quietly. Thank you, science.

March 26, 1953. Polio went from a fear every parent lived with… to something we could fight back against. That’s the day we chose. #ScienceAppreciationDay

Five years running. Same states. Same quiet decision to recognize science’s impact on people’s lives. Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Washington, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C. It adds up.

Science saved my life. What’s your story?

A three-month-old was losing mobility by the day. There was a treatment. It was denied multiple times. It’s now approved: clickondetroit.com/news/2026/03/1…

Jacqueline made this herself. Same disease. Different treatment. Both are still here. #ScienceSaves

No pain. No urgency. Just… nothing. A ruptured appendix almost killed him. Five hours of surgery saved him. He’s 86 now. Still going. “Science—and a lot of people—saved my life.” March 26. #ScienceAppreciationDay

“I was diagnosed with glaucoma at 12. Now I measure my own eye pressure and share that data with my doctor to prevent further vision loss. I’m in school. Studying neuropsychology. Science makes that possible.” — Jhansi #ScienceSaves

Delaware just joined. This keeps growing for a reason. A vaccine. A procedure. A diagnosis caught in time. A lot of us are here because science showed up at the right time. March 26. #ScienceSaves #ScienceAppreciationDay

She called to cancel an appointment. They heard a heart attack. Paramedics were at her door within minutes. “I probably would have stayed home.” Science saving lives in action: ky3.com/2026/03/21/sav…

31 mm → 9 mm He lived. Because science caught up in time.

Five days out, and this is already spreading. States are recognizing March 26 as National #ScienceAppreciationDay because a lot of us are alive thanks to it. If that’s your story (or someone you love), you’re part of this too.

“Oncology science saved my life. Diagnosed with stage 2 Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer and had a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. ILBC started being researched in 2014, 4 years before my diagnosis." — Donna If you've lived something like this, you know what's at stake.

Artificial hearts kept failing for the same reason: Too complex. Now researchers have stopped trying to copy the heart. One spinning rotor. No valves. Less to break. For the first time in decades, there’s real momentum: facs.org/for-medical-pr…

May 17, 2019: septic shock. Machines kept her alive. She made it through. This is her later, still in recovery, still here. Not a perfect ending. But a very real one. #ScienceSaves #SepticShock #CriticalCare

Connecticut. Washington, D.C. Washington state. Now recognizing National Science Appreciation Day for the machines, medicines, and breakthroughs people rely on every day. March 26. See who else is participating: sciencesaves.org/whos-celebrati… #ScienceSaves #PublicHealth #STEM