Voters should consider signing Science Debate's call for one, and then advocate in whatever other ways they can.
For all these hopeful signs, the science behind mindfulness is in its infancy.
From the still-violent Amazon frontier to the thawing North Pole sea ice there are signs that science, education, transparency and global communication networks can foster progress even in the face of rapid change.
The group, which started in November 2012, has been calling on retailers to end gender-stereotyping in toy departments which has seen some display play kitchens and colouring sets under "girls" signs and science sets and doctor's costumers under "boys" signs.
"I feel upbeat because the political signs for science are good".
Mr Blair signed a science co-operation agreement with the Singapore government yesterday.
And the neon sign reads "science fiction," but the word "science" is concealed by a leaning platform.
Holt's win "is a great sign for science and long overdue," says Michael Lubell, a physicist at City College of New York and public affairs director at the American Physical Society in Washington, D.C. "We've had so few people in Congress with personal, professional experience in science".
Grandiose openings like this are often a warning sign in popular science books, a signal that the author is trying to gussy up a collection of unremarkable observations.
