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| 1. |  CERN@CERN #CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest particle physics lab, home of the #LHC. French: @CERN_FR Geneva home.cern 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 2,560,976 | 58.7% |
| 2. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie (a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist/cosmologist, occasional freelance science writer, connoisseur of airplane food Raleigh, NC astrokatie.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 279,698 | 57.9% |
| 3. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physicist at Caltech. Author of The Big Picture and other books. Host of #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. In favor of truth and kindness. • The Big Picture • God and Cosmology • The Particle at the End of the Un... Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 224,868 | 55.5% |
| 4. |  Lisa Randall@lirarandall Physicist and author. Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,Warped Passages,Knocking on Heaven's Door,Higgs Discovery. Opinions expressed are not solely my own. • Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs • Higgs Discovery • Knocking on Heaven's Door 7 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 56,538 | 50.0% |
| 5. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 12,950,564 | 49.6% |
| 6. |  Brian Cox@ProfBrianCox Touring the world in 2019, mainly talking about cosmology, quantum mechanics, black holes and the value of our civilisation. • The Planets • Forces of Nature • The Infinite Monkey Cage – How ... The Earth, with everyone else apolloschildren.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 2,842,575 | 47.2% |
| 7. |  Frank Wilczek@FrankWilczek Think, play, repeat • A Beautiful Question • The Lightness of Being • FANTASTIC REALITIES 5 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 13,251 | 47.2% |
| 8. |  Nature News & Comment@NatureNews Science news & opinion from the news team at Nature, the international journal of #science. Get our daily newsletter: go.nature.com/naturebriefing Worldwide nature.com/news 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 1,882,982 | 46.9% |
| 9. |  Physics World@PhysicsWorld News, views and information for the global physics community Bristol, UK physicsworld.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 186,497 | 46.5% |
| 10. |  John Preskill@preskill Caltech theoretical physicist, Director of @IQIM_Caltech, Blogger at quantumfrontiers.com Pasadena, California theory.caltech.edu/~preskill 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 104,537 | 46.5% |
| 11. |  NASA@NASA Explore the universe and discover our home planet with @NASA. We usually post in EST (UTC-4) nasa.gov 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 29,694,744 | 46.1% |
| 12. |  Institute of Physics@PhysicsNews The Institute of Physics is a leading scientific membership society working to advance physics for the benefit of all. UK iop.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 167,316 | 44.9% |
| 13. |  Sabine Hossenfelder@skdh Physicist, blogger, author. Sometimes-songwriter, nighttime-philosopher. Maker of my own misery. • Lost in Math • Experimental Search for Quantum G... Germany backreaction.blogspot.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 19,568 | 44.9% |
| 14. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obama.org 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 103,116,885 | 42.9% |
| 15. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use "likes" for bookmarks. No endorsement implied. Boulder about.me/philplait 11 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 610,417 | 41.7% |
| 16. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science writer Jennifer Ouellette. Senior reporter, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. Los Angeles, CA jenniferouellette-writes.com 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 35,824 | 41.7% |
| 17. |  Jon Butterworth@jonmbutterworth UCL physics prof, researcher at CERN, writer of stuff (see lifeandphysics.com) Personal account. • Atom Land Mainly London & Geneva. hep.ucl.ac.uk/~jmb 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 14,903 | 41.7% |
| 18. |  Guardian Science@guardianscience Science, health and environment news from the @Guardian. Plus, independent comment and analysis from our network of expert science bloggers London theguardian.com/science 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 1,065,126 | 41.3% |
| 19. |  Physics Today@PhysicsToday Physics Today is the world's most popular physics magazine. College Park, MD physicstoday.org 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 139,188 | 41.3% |
| 20. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller on animal-microbe partnerships. edyong.me Washington, DC theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 146,541 | 40.9% |
| 21. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 3,672,598 | 40.6% |
| 22. |  TrueSciPhi@TrueSciPhi A window on science, mathematics, and philosophy communities on Twitter and YouTube, by Kelly Truelove. See site for more. Austin, Texas TrueSciPhi.org 3 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 5,696 | 39.4% |
| 23. |  NYT Science@NYTScience Science, Medicine, Environment, Space and Cosmos. Sync your calendar with the solar system: nyti.ms/2ECMtej New York, NY nytimes.com/science 11 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 1,136,484 | 39.0% |
| 24. |  APS Physics@APSphysics American Physical Society - Working to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. aps.org 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 73,102 | 39.0% |
| 25. |  Robert Garisto@RobertGaristo Theoretical physicist, editor for the physics journal @PhysRevLett, & author of pop science pieces. Opinions: mine & not necessarily those of APS. Long Island, NY journals.aps.org/prl/ 6 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 7,286 | 39.0% |
| 26. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. To subscribe go to: https://t.co/M4DdnmRv4N Worldwide newscientist.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 3,393,482 | 38.6% |
| 27. |  Science Magazine@sciencemagazine The world's leading outlet for cutting-edge research in all areas of science. Follow @NewsfromScience for stories from our news team. Washington, DC & Cambridge, UK sciencemag.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 1,204,369 | 38.6% |
| 28. |  Matt Strassler@MattStrassler Theoretical physicist studying particles and strings; interpreting science for the public. Following the Large Hadron Collider closely. NYC profmattstrassler.com 7 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 9,251 | 37.4% |
| 29. |  Brian Greene@bgreene Physicist, Author, Co-founder @WorldSciFest • AL and AL • The Hidden Reality • The Elegant Universe New York, NY briangreene.org 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 1,030,775 | 36.6% |
| 30. |  LIGO@LIGO Official Twitter of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration. We detect gravitational waves! YouTube: youtube.com/ligovirgo Livingston, LA and Hanford, WA ligo.org 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 82,831 | 36.2% |
| 31. |  symmetry magazine@symmetrymag Dimensions of particle physics United States symmetrymagazine.org 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 63,890 | 36.2% |
| 32. |  Natalie Wolchover@nattyover Physics writer and editor @QuantaMagazine. I have a Klein bottle that contains the universe. New York, New York quantamagazine.org/authors/natali… 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 15,748 | 36.2% |
| 33. |  Nature Physics@NaturePhysics A journal for cutting-edge physics research. Facebook: facebook.com/NaturePhysicsJ… Instagram: instagram.com/nature.physics/ London, Berlin & Shanghai nature.com/nphys 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 168,467 | 34.6% |
| 34. |  Jim Al-Khalili@jimalkhalili Professor of theoretical physics, author, broadcaster and humanist. President of @BritSciAssoc. "Affable Egghead" (Sunday Times). • What the Future Looks Like • Black Holes, Wormholes and Time M... • Halo Nuclei (IOP Concise Physics) University of Surrey jimal-khalili.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 122,773 | 34.6% |
| 35. |  Fermilab@Fermilab Fermilab's mission is to advance the understanding of the fundamental nature of matter and energy. Batavia, IL fnal.gov 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 56,961 | 34.3% |
| 36. |  Curiosity Rover@MarsCuriosity Your friendly neighborhood NASA Mars rover. Exploring the Red Planet since 2012. Team headquartered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 🚀 @NASAJPL Gale Crater, Mars mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 3,934,593 | 33.9% |
| 37. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @KatieMPalmer, @JetJocko, @rtg0nzalez, @MeganMolteni, and @MrMattSimon. San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 2,013,843 | 33.5% |
| 38. |  Dianna Cowern@thephysicsgirl Assume a spherical cowern in a vacuum... kauai-grown, #MIT physics, YouTube videos. Pls respond to tweets w bad puns. San Diego youtube.com/physicsgirl 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 91,818 | 33.5% |
| 39. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 23,425,954 | 33.1% |
| 40. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Bill Nye Saves the World Season 3 Now Streaming Only on Netflix. netflix.com/billnyesavesth… 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 5,775,667 | 33.1% |
| 41. |  Dr Jess Wade 👩🏻🔬@jesswade Physics postdoc @ImperialCollege. @500womensci/ @wes1919 / @physicsnews enthusiast. I 💜 🔬s. Least useful doctor in my family. A RT is probably an endorsement. gofundme.com/challenge-bias… 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 20,013 | 33.1% |
| 42. |  Dan Hooper@DanHooperAstro Physicist and author at Fermilab and the University of Chicago • High-energy Neutrino Astronomy • Dark Cosmos Chicago, IL 11 mos on Twitter | 4,441 | 33.1% |
| 43. |  The Royal Society@royalsociety The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world's most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence. fb.com/theroyalsociety London, UK royalsociety.org 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 207,997 | 32.3% |
| 44. |  BlackPhysicists@BlackPhysicists Arlington, VA and Worldwide 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 18,896 | 32.3% |
| 45. |  Matthew R Francis@DrMRFrancis Writer of physics and astronomy. Wearer of jaunty hats. Tryin' to publish a novel. Proud Rebel scum. Avatar by @ScienceComic . He/him. Cleveland, OH bowlerhatscience.org 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 17,186 | 32.3% |
| 46. |  Ethan Siegel@StartsWithABang The Universe is: Expanding, cooling, and dark. It starts with a bang! #Cosmology Science writer, astrophysicist, author, Forbes & NASA columnist. Portland, OR forbes.com/sites/startswi… 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 12,605 | 32.3% |
| 47. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Senior Editor & Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist, public speaker. Wrote a book on Curiosity rover. Asteroid 274860. Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 149,502 | 31.9% |
| 48. |  Robert 🦃the baste god🦃 McNees@mcnees Professor, physicist, sci comm. Black holes, quantum gravity, cosmology. Tar Heel. RT = spooky action at a distance. Opinions are mine alone. Chicago, z=0 jacobi.luc.edu 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 11,868 | 31.9% |
| 49. |  Dr Ben Still@benstill Award winning #scientist, #author and #teacher. Superposition of #LEGO and #Physics. Particle Physics Brick by Brick & The Secret Life of the Periodic Table • Particle Physics Brick by Brick • The Secret Life of the Periodic T... • Brains Explains Quantum Physics London benstill.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 3,027 | 31.9% |
| 50. |  ATLAS Experiment@ATLASexperiment ATLAS is an experiment at the Large Hadron Collider that is searching for new discoveries about the origin of mass, extra dimensions, and dark matter. CERN atlas.cern 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 86,044 | 31.5% |
| 51. |  Quanta Magazine@QuantaMagazine An editorially independent online publication launched by the Simons Foundation. Award-winning coverage of #physics, #biology, #math and #computerscience news. quantamagazine.org 6 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 65,237 | 31.5% |
| 52. |  Ian Sample@iansample The Guardian's Science editor, planet's worst surfer and author of Massive, shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Science Book Prize. I live by the river theguardian.com/profile/iansam… 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 46,704 | 31.5% |
| 53. |  CMS Experiment CERN@CMSexperiment Official account of the CMS Experiment at @CERN. Cessy, France cms.cern 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 43,996 | 31.5% |
| 54. |  Frank Close@closefrank Physicist, broadcaster, and author of Half Life: How Kim Philby gave Bruno Pontecorvo to the USSR. Was Mr Neutrino also a spy? • Theories of Everything • Eclipse • Too Hot to Handle University of Oxford facebook.com/frankclose.obe 6 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,561 | 31.5% |
| 55. |  PHD Comics@PHDcomics Life (or the lack thereof) in Academia. phdcomics.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 215,335 | 31.1% |
| 56. |  Freya Blekman@freyablekman #LHC Particle physicist (@CERN @CMSexperiment) &Professor at @VUBrussel/@IIHE_BXL Tweets in EN/NL. I search for new particles and regularly explain LHC results Brussel we.vub.ac.be/nl/freya-blekm… 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 4,324 | 30.7% |
| 57. |  Phys.org@physorg_com Science news, Technology news. Physics, Space, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Math, Electronics, Nanotechnology, Materials, Computers, Health, Earth Science. phys.org 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 698,350 | 30.3% |
| 58. |  Shit Academics Say@AcademicsSay A social experiment | @prof_nch chronicle.com/article/Academ… 5 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 296,559 | 30.3% |
| 59. |  Dr Chiara Mingarelli@Dr_CMingarelli Gravitational-wave astrophysicist. Flatiron Research Fellow at @FlatironCCA. Previously @Caltech, @NASAJPL, and MPIfR. Views my own. New York, NY chiaramingarelli.com 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 6,080 | 30.3% |
| 60. |  Steven Strogatz@stevenstrogatz Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. • Infinite Powers • The Joy of x • The Calculus of Friendship Ithaca, NY stevenstrogatz.com 6 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 46,451 | 29.9% |
| 61. |  Kyle Cranmer@KyleCranmer particle physics, LHC, stats/ML/AI, collaborative & open science, Crayfis.io, family man New York theoryandpractice.org 5 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 4,994 | 29.9% |
| 62. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 7,528,281 | 29.5% |
| 63. |  FQXi Physics@FQXi Exploring the foundations of physics and cosmology with Zeeya. At the edge of reality. fqxi.org/community 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 17,990 | 29.5% |
| 64. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,081,748 | 29.1% |
| 65. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer @nytimes columnist. New book: "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" bit.ly/SheHasHerMothe… My tweets are invitations to read the stories to which I link. Connecticut carlzimmer.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 271,368 | 29.1% |
| 66. |  Paul Halpern@phalpern Physicist and Science Writer. Author of fifteen books, including The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality • The Quantum Labyrinth • What's the Matter with Pluto? • Edge of the Universe Philadelphia QuantumLabyrinth.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 9,062 | 29.1% |
| 67. |  The Nobel Prize@NobelPrize The official Twitter feed of the Nobel Prize @NobelPrize #NobelPrize Stockholm, Sweden nobelprize.org 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 413,469 | 28.7% |
| 68. |  Gerard 't Hooft@gthooft Theoretical Physicist • Determinism and Free Will • The Cellular Automaton Interpreta... • Time in Powers of Ten Utrecht, Netherlands staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/ 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 4,556 | 28.7% |
| 69. |  George Musser@gmusser contributing editor for Scientific American and Nautilus, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory and Spooky Action at a Distance • Spooky Action at a Distance • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Str... New York georgemusser.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 7,943 | 28.3% |
| 70. |  Dr. Renée Hložek@reneehlozek South African cisgender, bisexual woman Assistant Prof. of Astrophysics, Rhodes scholar (and lover of loud karaoke), Senior TED Fellow. Feminist scientist. Toronto, Ontario reneehlozek.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 5,241 | 28.3% |
| 71. |  Maria@MariaSpiropulu Ch'en Prof. of Physics @Caltech - research @CERN @Fermilab @Energy - #Physics #AI4Science #QTech #picosecondtiming @UChicago @HarvardGSAS @FIntlPhysicsAPS LA/GVA/CHI about.me/smaria 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 4,253 | 28.3% |
| 72. |  Henry Reich@minutephysics Cool science videos! Trying to get people excited about learnin' email: minutephysics [at] gmail [dot] com Montana youtube.com/minutephysics 7 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 143,795 | 28.0% |
| 73. |  Emily Conover@emcconover Reporter at @sciencenews, bringing you the juiciest physics news. Washington, DC emilyconover.net 5 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 5,767 | 28.0% |
| 74. |  nature@nature International weekly journal of science. Editorials, News & Views, corrections and primary research coverage here. For news, please see @NatureNews. London nature.com/nature/current… 6 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,488,690 | 27.6% |
| 75. |  Lawrence M. Krauss@LKrauss1 Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, Best-Selling Author, Producer, Actor, Science and Public Policy Advocate • The Greatest Story Ever Told--So ... • A Universe from Nothing • Quantum Man lawrencemkrauss.com 6 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 471,112 | 27.6% |
| 76. |  Selina/ @RealScientists@realscientists Real science from real scientists, writers, communicators, artists & clinicians. This week: Selina Groh | @CrocBlob | He/They Everywhere realscientists.org 5 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 69,473 | 27.6% |
| 77. |  Janna Levin@JannaLevin Astrophysicist. Author. • Black Hole Blues and Other Songs ... • A Madman Dreams of Turing Machine... • How the Universe Got Its Spots New York City jannalevin.com 5 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 24,158 | 27.6% |
| 78. |  Dr Clara Nellist@claranellist Particle physicist & science communicator. Working on the @ATLASexperiment @CERN. Views my own. ATA @picsofparticles (She/her). ko-fi.com/claran Göttingen, Germany claranellist.com/about 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 5,179 | 27.6% |
| 79. |  Michael Krämer@mikraemer I'm a professor for theoretical physics at RWTH Aachen University. Interested in LHC & Higgs physics, SUSY, dark matter and philosophy of science. Aachen, Germany web.physik.rwth-aachen.de/~mkraemer/ 5 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 2,636 | 27.6% |
| 80. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Canadian Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Earth chrishadfield.ca 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,394,098 | 27.2% |
| 81. |  Dr./Prof. Sarah Hörst@PlanetDr Asst Prof of Planetary Sci @JohnsHopkins and Titan evangelist. “I try not to hope and fail utterly” [email protected] she/her https://t.co/KTdjavkCds Baltimore, MD, USA etsy.com/shop/PlanetDr 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 47,732 | 27.2% |
| 82. |  Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🙅🏽♀️ 🇧🇧🌈@IBJIYONGI #BlackandSTEM Asst. Prof of Physics. Particles, cosmology, #STS, #HistSTM. F the binary, tweets by/for me only, rep by @jkpapin. medium.com/@chanda Portsmouth/Cambridge/Wakanda cprescodweinstein.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 39,758 | 27.2% |
| 83. |  Athene Donald@AtheneDonald Physics Professor Cambridge University; Master @ChurchillCol; interested in interdisciplinary science, gender & policy for science issues; all comments personal Cambridge, UK occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 22,540 | 27.2% |
| 84. |  Sophia Gad-Nasr 🏳️🌈@Astropartigirl Astroparticle physicist working on dark matter. PhD student @UCIrvine. Feminist. Captivating the world w/ physics, one particle at a time. And w/ hamsters. 🐶|Los Angeles〉+ 🐹|Irvine〉 astropartigirl.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 18,042 | 27.2% |
| 85. |  David Spergel@DavidSpergel Astrophysicist at Princeton University and Flatiron Institute Princeton NJ astro.princeton.edu/~dns 4 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 5,065 | 27.2% |
| 86. |  Matthew Buckley@physicsmatt Theoretical physicist. Faculty at Rutgers. I work on dark matter, BSM physics, and LHC phenomenology. physicsmatt.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,988 | 27.2% |
| 87. |  Seth Zenz@sethzenz They call me Dr. Zenz. Lecturer in particle physics at @QMUL. Married to @CuratorPolly. Mile End, London cern.ch/sethzenz 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 3,206 | 27.2% |
| 88. |  astroparticle@astroparticle Find here exciting astroparticle physics news! #DarkMatter #CosmicRays #Neutrinos #GammaRays #GWaves Geneva appec.org 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 27,135 | 26.8% |
| 89. |  Sarah Kavassalis@sc_k Grad student. Marfanoid. Cat mom to @FelisKlein. Eats bugs. Likes: atmospheric chemistry, nonlinear dynamics, land-atmosphere interactions, politics. she/her University of Toronto 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 6,885 | 26.8% |
| 90. |  Nate Silver@NateSilver538 Editor-in-Chief, @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (amzn.to/QdyFYV). Sports/politics/food geek. New York fivethirtyeight.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,170,616 | 26.4% |
| 91. |  Maria Popova@brainpicker Reader. Writer. Brooklyn, NY brainpickings.org 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 880,956 | 26.4% |
| 92. |  Dr Paul Coxon@paulcoxon Physicist in Materials Science at @Cambridge_Uni researching solar cells, molten salts & energy storage materials. Science writer & communicator. Cambridge, UK mcg.msm.cam.ac.uk 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 26,006 | 26.4% |
| 93. |  Brian Schmidt@cosmicpinot An overly busy Cosmologist who is Vice Chancellor of the ANU, Wine maker, Dad & Husband. 2011 Nobel Laureate in Physics Canberra Australia msowww.anu.edu.au/~brian 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 23,344 | 26.4% |
| 94. |  Katie Yurkewicz@kyurkewicz Events & protocol lead @Argonne, science communicator, PhD nuclear physicist and sci-fi enthusiast. Views my own! Batavia, Illinois 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,833 | 26.4% |
| 95. |  Tara Shears@TaraShears Particle physicist 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 5,108 | 26.0% |
| 96. |  Perimeter Institute@Perimeter Driven by curiosity, Perimeter Institute is an independent centre for research, training, and outreach in theoretical physics. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada insidetheperimeter.ca 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 21,916 | 25.6% |
| 97. |  SLAC@SLAClab The official Twitter account of the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, operated by Stanford University for the U.S. Department of Energy. Menlo Park, CA slac.stanford.edu 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 18,257 | 25.6% |
| 98. |  Graham Farmelo@grahamfarmelo Author of 'The Strangest Man', a biography of Dirac. Interested in physics, books, theatre, music, movies, art, museums, politics, history, coffee etc. • The Universe Speaks in Numbers • Churchill's Bomb • Churchill's Bomb grahamfarmelo.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 7,888 | 25.6% |
| 99. |  NASA JPL@NASAJPL NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system and our universe. Tweets from JPL's News Office. Pasadena, Calif. jpl.nasa.gov 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 2,689,420 | 25.2% |
| 100. |  ESA@esa European Space Agency, keeping you posted on European space activities. Europe esa.int 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 885,545 | 25.2% |
| 101. |  Catherine Q.@CatherineQ Astrophysicist, science communicator, over-thinker. One of @HuffPostscience Top 30 Physicists to follow. Autoimmune illness girl. Kiwi in US. Dogs rule. USA CatherineQ.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 40,570 | 25.2% |
| 102. |  Brian Keating@DrBrianKeating Physics Professor: @UCSanDiego. Director: @SimonsObs. Associate Director: @imagineUCSD. Author: LOSING THE NOBEL PRIZE amzn.to/2sa5UpA @WWNorton & @TantorAudio • Losing the Nobel Prize San Diego, CA briankeating.com 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 7,009 | 25.2% |
| 103. |  Chad Orzel@orzelc I'm a physicist, professor, blogger, and author of popular science books. • Breakfast with Einstein • Eureka • How to Teach Relativity to Your D... Niskayuna, NY chadorzel.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 5,925 | 25.2% |
| 104. |  Dr Claire Lee 🏳️🌈@Claire_Lee #SouthAfrican #particlephysicist and @BrookhavenLab research associate working on #electroweak measurements with the @ATLASexperiment at @CERN. Views my own. Geneva, Switzerland 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 3,132 | 25.2% |
| 105. |  Chris Quigg@chrisquigg Supercollider physicist · Higgsologist · Author, Gauge Theories of the Strong, Weak, & Electromagnetic Interactions • Gauge Theories of the Strong, Wea... Batavia, IL chrisquigg.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,601 | 25.2% |
| 106. |  Erik Verlinde@erikverlinde Theoretical Physicist at Amsterdam University working on string theory, gravity, cosmology and black holes, known for entropic gravity & the Verlinde formula. Amsterdam uva.nl/profiel/v/e/e.… 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 6,236 | 24.8% |
| 107. |  ben goldacre@bengoldacre Doctor, nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, procrastinator. Currently an academic at CEBM in Oxford ebmdatalab.net [email protected] Oxford, England badscience.net 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 481,704 | 24.4% |
| 108. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Science writer on @BillNyeSaves. Contributing editor at @aeonmag, @discovermag, and @AmSciMag. Science-curious. Brooklyn, NY discovermagazine.com/outthere 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 66,625 | 24.4% |
| 109. |  Davide Castelvecchi@dcastelvecchi No, those aren't real dreads, unfortunately. I cover physics, astronomy, mathematics and technology @NatureNews. Opinions are my own. Image by MeerKAT London sciencewriter.org 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,031 | 24.4% |
| 110. |  Katherine Freese@ktfreese Cosmologist, swimmer, dancer • The Cosmic Cocktail Stockholm, Ann Arbor and NY www-personal.umich.edu/~ktfreese/inde… 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,011 | 24.4% |
| 111. |  Jester@Resonaances Resonaances is a blog about particle physics. Jester is a nom de plume of the Parisian physicist Adam Falkowski. Paris resonaances.blogspot.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 3,124 | 24.4% |
| 112. |  Science News@ScienceNews Covering the latest news in all fields of science. Tweets by @wwrfd, @ThatMikeDenison and @Kate_Travis. Publisher @society4science. See also @SNStudents. Washington, DC sciencenews.org 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 2,817,676 | 24.0% |
| 113. |  Deborah Berebichez@debbiebere Physicist (@Stanford), Chief Data Scientist (@thisismetis) & TV Host of Outrageous Acts of Science. @Future_ish' Most Stylish Scientist. Made in Mexico. • Time-Reversal of Waves for Spatia... NYC sciencewithdebbie.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 27,725 | 24.0% |
| 114. |  Steven Pinker@sapinker Cognitive scientist at Harvard. Boston, MA pinker.wjh.harvard.edu 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 474,908 | 23.6% |
| 115. |  chrislintott@chrislintott Astronomer, zookeeper and journalist, based at University of Oxford. Oxford zooniverse.org 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 28,594 | 23.6% |
| 116. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Correspondent for Nature, views my own. Reach me (generally) witzescience-at-gmaildotcom or (securely) awitze-at-protonmaildotcom. Boulder, CO lakithebook.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 19,237 | 23.6% |
| 117. |  Sarah Tuttle@niais Astrophysicist. We're not going to be shady, just fierce. Professor. Rudderless Conan w/ magic powers you don’t quite understand. 100% problematic. She/they. Here, I guess. 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 10,921 | 23.6% |
| 118. |  Maria Womack@StarzanPlanets Astrophysicist & planetary scientist, USF professor #teamcomet #astrochemistry #scipolicy #planetarydefense Contains no pseudoscience Tampa, Florida mariawomack.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 4,385 | 23.6% |
| 119. |  Gianfranco Bertone@gfbertone Astroparticle Physicist. Spokesperson @GRAPPAInstitute. Married to @DominiciNad. Father of two. Author ‘Behind the Scenes of the Universe’ https://t.co/woz6Z9TomX • Behind the Scenes of the Universe • Particle Dark Matter Amsterdam, NL gianfrancobertone.net 6 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,614 | 23.6% |
| 120. |  Bill Gates@BillGates Sharing things I'm learning through my foundation work and other interests. Seattle, WA gatesnotes.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 45,989,503 | 23.2% |
| 121. |  Aatish Bhatia@aatishb Science writer, physicist, tinkerer, teacher. "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver aatishb.com 7 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 14,476 | 23.2% |
| 122. |  PhysicsForums.com@physicsforums Join the largest and highest quality science community with 200K+ members. Discussions in #physics, #astronomy, #STEM, #engineering, #math #homeworkhelp etc! USA physicsforums.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 6,608 | 23.2% |
| 123. |  Dr Suzie Sheehy@suziesheehy Particle accelerator physicist & Royal Society University Research Fellow (Oxford), sci presenter, lecturer, distance runner, Aussie. Views my own etc... suziesheehy.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 5,757 | 23.2% |
| 124. |  Simon Singh@SLSingh Author of The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets, Fermat's Last Theorem, The Code Book, Big Bang & Trick or Treatment? London simonsingh.net 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 76,054 | 22.8% |
| 125. |  Bethany Brookshire@BeeBrookshire Science writer and journalist. @SNStudents and @ScienceNews, host @sci4thepeople. She/her. My opinions are my own and don’t represent the views of my employer. Washington, DC bethanybrookshire.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 62,740 | 22.8% |
| 126. |  BBC Science News@BBCScienceNews News, features and analysis from the BBC Science & Environment news desk. London, England bbc.co.uk/news/science_a… 11 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 1,366,134 | 22.4% |
| 127. |  Science Friday@scifri Brain fun for curious people. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 761,583 | 22.4% |
| 128. |  Peter Edmonds@PeterDEdmonds Work in astronomy publicity after surviving an astrophysics PhD & postdocs. Interested in science & scicomm. Opinions are mine & RTs aren't always endorsements. peterdedmonds.blogspot.com 6 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 4,090 | 22.4% |
| 129. |  Tristan du Pree@Tristan_duPree Particle physicist @ATLASexperiment @CERN | Researcher @HiggsZtoA @_Nikhef | Blogger @NewScientistNL | #science | #physics | #lhc 🌐 (📸C.Odijk) Genève & Amsterdam nikhef.nl/~tdupree 5 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 2,022 | 22.4% |
| 130. |  WIRED@WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. San Francisco/New York WIRED.com 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 10,352,441 | 22.0% |
| 131. |  Royal Institution@Ri_Science The Ri is an independent charity that inspires everyone to think more deeply about science and its place in our lives. London & Beyond rigb.org 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 69,596 | 22.0% |
| 132. |  Joanne Manaster@sciencegoddess Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, former international model, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. University of Illinois-Urbana joannelovesscience.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 59,541 | 22.0% |
| 133. |  MC Stardust ✨ Inclusion Rider 4 Life@Summer_Ash Astrophysicist by day and all around rock-it scientist whenever I get my act together. Tweets are my own opinions. Intersectional or GTFO. 1/2 of @startorialist Moon/New York City summerash.com 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 12,536 | 22.0% |
| 134. |  David W Hogg@davidwhogg astronomy, cosmology, stars, exoplanets, inference, engineering, data analysis, emcee, The Cannon, Astrometry.net, The Tractor, #openscience, #otherpeoplesdata New York City dwh.gg/dwhogg 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 6,017 | 22.0% |
| 135. |  Risa Wechsler@RisaWechsler astrophysicist. cosmologist. maker of universes and various kinds of trouble. professor of physics @stanford and director of @kipac1 San Francisco risawechsler.com 6 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 4,192 | 22.0% |
| 136. |  🦁 Leo C. Stein@duetosymmetry Physics Prof @ Ole Miss. Black holes, gravitational waves, general relativity & beyond. Formerly @Caltech @MIT @Cornell. I need thin pizza and fruity coffee Oxford, MS duetosymmetry.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 2,982 | 22.0% |
| 137. |  Laura Baudis@lbaudis Experimental physicist studying dark matter, neutrinos and particle detection techniques. Professor of physics at UZH. University of Zurich physik.uzh.ch/en/groups/baud… 7 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 2,183 | 22.0% |
| 138. |  The New York Times@nytimes Where the conversation begins. Follow for breaking news, special reports, RTs of our journalists and more. Visit nyti.ms/2FVHq9v to share news tips. New York City nytimes.com 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 42,299,919 | 21.7% |
| 139. |  Physics arXiv Blog@arxivblog The best new ideas in science and technology from technologyreview.com/profile/emergi… and medium.com/the-physics-ar… 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 56,837 | 21.7% |
| 140. |  Alok Jha@alokjha Science correspondent at @TheEconomist • Former @WellcomeTrust fellow • Author: The Water Book https://t.co/lySv8Xl9zt London, England alokjha.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 30,346 | 21.7% |
| 141. |  Karen James ❄️@kejames rogue scientist (formerly @mdibl & @nhm_london), outdoorswoman • molecular ecology, genetics, evolution, botany, space, intersectional feminism, resistance Bar Harbor, ME 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 29,332 | 21.7% |
| 142. |  Interactions.org@particlenews News from the world's particle physics laboratories. interactions.org 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 14,867 | 21.7% |
| 143. |  Steven Goldfarb@stevengoldfarb Steve is a physicist on the ATLAS Experiment at CERN and a singer in the Canettes Blues Band. Tell me, ''Have You Ever Been Mistweeted?'' Geneva, Switzerland atlas.ch 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 3,113 | 21.7% |
| 144. |  LHCb Experiment@LHCbExperiment The forward experiment at the LHC at @CERN. We study CP violation, rare decays of hadrons and more. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland cern.ch/lhcb-public 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 24,104 | 21.3% |
| 145. |  IceCube Neutrino@uw_icecube The IceCube Neutrino Observatory is an array of optical sensors located in Antarctic ice. It detects the presence of subatomic particles called neutrinos. Antarctica icecube.wisc.edu 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 8,970 | 21.3% |
| 146. |  Meg Urry@Meg_Urry Yale physics prof, likes supermassive black holes, teaching, writing, increasing participation in STEM, my family Yale University urrylab.yale.edu 7 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 4,287 | 21.3% |
| 147. |  Kate Shaw@KateShawOnline Particle physicist @SussexUni @ICTPnews @ATLASexperiment & I run @ictpPWF. Lover of science communication, physics in society, & fostering physics worldwide! • Phylogenetic Relationships Among ... Brighton - Geneva - Trieste kate-shaw.co.uk 5 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 2,171 | 21.3% |
| 148. |  CassiniSaturn@CassiniSaturn Our spacecraft is gone, but the science continues. Join us at @NASASolarSystem for the latest. Saturn, Solar System solarsystem.nasa.gov/cassini 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 1,629,357 | 20.9% |
| 149. |  Fermat's Library@fermatslibrary A platform for illuminating academic papers. We publish an annotated paper every week. Our chrome extension for arXiv: fermatslibrary.com/librarian fermatslibrary.com 3 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 174,540 | 20.9% |
| 150. |  Dr Adam Rutherford@AdamRutherford Back off man, I'm a scientist hyperurl.co/BookofHumans bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03… 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 58,681 | 20.9% |
| 151. |  Open Science@openscience to open science … followers mapped at https://t.co/vtIZDsYlE6 #openscience LHR | SFO | SEA opensciencefederation.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 57,909 | 20.9% |
| 152. |  Jane Leopardis@upulie Big Nano | Molecular Biologist, Nanotechnologist| Space | Astropalaeontology | Co-founder, @realscientists | Dinosaur Evangelist | Naarm, Australia patreon.com/upulie 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 32,547 | 20.9% |
| 153. |  Michael Moyer@mmoyr Deputy editor @QuantaMagazine. Fan of bicycles, sourdough, evidence. Old tweets auto-deleted. New York quantamagazine.org 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 7,456 | 20.9% |
| 154. |  Julianne Dalcanton@dalcantonJD Astrophysicist at the University of Washington. Principal Investigator of the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Treasury (PHAT). 6 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 6,391 | 20.9% |
| 155. |  Kathryn Jepsen@grimkat Science communicator | She/Her | Opinions are my own. Bay Area, California 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 2,829 | 20.9% |
| 156. |  Hillary Clinton@HillaryClinton 2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x2, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy. New York, NY onwardtogether.org 5 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 23,572,470 | 20.5% |
| 157. |  Dr. Michio Kaku@michiokaku Official Twitter of Theoretical Physicist, Famed Futurist, Bestselling Author, On-Air Personality, and Public Speaker, Dr. Michio Kaku. • The Future of Humanity • The Future of Humanity • The Future of the Mind New York, NY - USA mkaku.org 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 670,993 | 20.5% |
| 158. |  Lego Academics@LegoAcademics The female academics of the Lego Research Institute take on the challenges of modern academia. CC-BY-NC-SA Lego Research Institute ideas.lego.com/projects/83039 4 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 73,858 | 20.5% |
| 159. |  Alice Bell@alicebell I work for a climate charity. But this is me, not them. PhD in science communication and too many years working in universities or museums. London climatehistories.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 25,403 | 20.5% |
| 160. |  STFC@STFC_Matters Science and Technology Facilities Council: Pioneering science for a better future. STFC is part of UK Research and Innovation: ukri.org UK stfc.ac.uk 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 18,398 | 20.5% |
| 161. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev The Guardian's Science Correspondent. Send me your stories: [email protected] London theguardian.com/science 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 15,620 | 20.5% |
| 162. |  skullsinthestars@drskyskull Professor of optical physics, blogger of physics, history of physics, and pulp fiction. Opinions are my own (and, of course, mighty Cthulhu's) Charlotte, NC skullsinthestars.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 13,483 | 20.5% |
| 163. |  CERNpress@CERNpress News from @CERN for the media: press releases, media briefings, resources... Questions welcome! Tweets by @amarsollier @Mel_Jacquemod @Julie_Haffner #WhatsUpLHC Geneva press.cern 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 12,855 | 20.5% |
| 164. |  Dr Anna Watts@drannawatts Associate Professor of Astrophysics @ Univ. of Amsterdam. Neutron stars (explosions, dense matter), X-ray astronomy. Mom, Migrant. Particles in stars blah blah. Amsterdam staff.fnwi.uva.nl/a.l.watts/ 4 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,437 | 20.5% |
| 165. |  Andrew Pontzen@apontzen I do cosmology. Employed by UCL, funded by the Royal Society. Tweeting in a personal capacity: it’s no-one else’s fault when I talk nonsense. London cosmocrunch.co.uk 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 3,147 | 20.5% |
| 166. |  Dennis Overbye@overbye Cosmic Affairs Correspondent @NYTimes.com New York topics.nytimes.com/topics/referen… 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,147 | 20.5% |
| 167. |  Stephen Fry@stephenfry How can I tell you what I think until I’ve heard what I’m going to say? 🏳️🌈 (Never read DMs I’m afraid) Los Angeles, CA/ London UK stephenfry.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 12,735,177 | 20.1% |
| 168. |  Richard Dawkins@RichardDawkins UK biologist & writer. Science, the poetry of reality. Good-humoured ridicule of religions. RTs don't imply endorsement, nor exhaustive research of tweeter's CV richarddawkins.net 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 2,783,100 | 20.1% |
| 169. |  Astronomy Picture Of The Day@apod Each day a different image of our universe along with a brief explanation. For issues with this account contact @astronomyblog otherwise apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/apsub… Earth apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.… 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,287,553 | 20.1% |
| 170. |  ESA Rosetta Mission@ESA_Rosetta ESA spacecraft that studied Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko & sent @philae2014 to its surface. Mission completed 30 Sep 2016. Follow @esascience for latest news rosetta.esa.int 5 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Sep-30) | 478,011 | 20.1% |
| 171. |  Raychelle Burks@DrRubidium #Chemistry Blackademic in the Ivory Tower. Left Coaster in the Lone Star. Sarcastic & silly. Tweets = personal ≠ professional. Rollin' with @CurlyHairMafia Middle of Nowhere thirtyseven.scientopia.org 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 18,608 | 20.1% |
| 172. |  Lucianne Walkowicz@shaka_lulu Astronomer @AdlerPlanet, 5th Chair of Astrobiology @librarycongress, multimedia artist. Ethics of Mars exploration, exoplanets, social justice. Opinions my own. Chicago, IL tangledfields.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 13,230 | 20.1% |
| 173. |  Christine Corbett Moran@corbett Cyber Defense Research & Europa Clipper Engineering @NASAJPL, Astrophysics @Caltech, Mom. Past: @SpaceX, @MIT, @SignalApp, @SPTelescope. Science @astro_corbett Pasadena, CA christinecorbettmoran.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 12,552 | 20.1% |
| 174. |  Rhett Allain@rjallain Physics faculty, @WIRED Dot Physics blogger. Science stuff for @MacGyverCBS and @MythBusters. Physics, Science communication. Coffee is my superpower. • Geek Physics • National Geographic Angry Birds F... Hammond, Louisiana, USA wired.com/author/rhettal… 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 9,837 | 20.1% |
| 175. |  The Onion@TheOnion America's Finest News Source. theonion.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 11,000,475 | 19.7% |
| 176. |  The SETI Institute@SETIInstitute We believe we are conducting the most profound search in human history — to know our beginnings and our place among the stars. Mountain View, CA seti.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 677,717 | 19.7% |
| 177. |  Nautilus@NautilusMag A magazine on science, culture, and philosophy for the intellectually curious Science Connected nautil.us 6 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 70,520 | 19.7% |
| 178. |  Fraser Cain@fcain Publisher of universetoday.com, co-host of astronomycast.com. Named after Asteroid 158092. Courtenay, British Columbia about.me/frasercain 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 39,090 | 19.7% |
| 179. |  michael_nielsen@michael_nielsen Searching for the numinous @YCombinator Research • Reinventing Discovery • Quantum Computation and Quantum I... San Francisco, CA michaelnielsen.org 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 34,220 | 19.7% |
| 180. |  Helen Czerski@helenczerski Physics, bubbles, oceans, hot chocolate and curiosity. Author of Storm in a Teacup, out now: helenczerski.net/books-writing/ • Storm in a Teacup London, UK helenczerski.net 6 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 30,988 | 19.7% |
| 181. |  Maggie Koerth-Baker@maggiekb1 Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow. Science and society = my jam. Occasional cute kid stories. She/Her. Minneapolis, MN maggiekb.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 28,749 | 19.7% |
| 182. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #JrProf, Mammalogist, Diversity & Access to STEM, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer, #DispatchesDNLee Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/expedition/dnl… 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 28,491 | 19.7% |
| 183. |  John Carlos Baez@johncarlosbaez I do math, physics, network theory at U. C. Riverside and the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore. Riverside, CA math.ucr.edu/home/baez/ 2 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 9,986 | 19.7% |
| 184. |  Peter Coles 🌈 🇪🇺 🇮🇪@telescoper Theoretical astrophysicist, specialising in cosmology, making a new home in Ireland. Also interested in jazz, opera, poetry, crosswords, cricket, etc. #FBPE Maynooth, Co Kildare, Ireland telescoper.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 5,649 | 19.7% |
| 185. |  John Womersley@JohnWomersley Director-General of the European Spallation Source europeanspallationsource.se 51.750771,-1.270797 europeanspallationsource.se 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 3,558 | 19.7% |
| 186. |  Jo Dunkley@j_dunkley Professor of Physics and Astrophysics at Princeton • Our Universe Princeton, NJ physics.princeton.edu/~jdunkley 7 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 2,269 | 19.7% |
| 187. |  Richard Ruiz@bravelittlemuon HEP/collider and #neutrino theorist. Friendly Neighborhood #FrequentFlier. #Muons are awesome! University Research Fellow at Universite Catholique de Louvain. Brussels, Belgium cp3.irmp.ucl.ac.be/Members/rruiz 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 1,613 | 19.7% |
| 188. |  Juan Rojo@JuanRojoC Theoretical particle physicist - VU Amsterdam and Nikhef, Theory group Amsterdam, Netherlands juanrojo.com 6 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,433 | 19.7% |
| 189. |  Matthew Feickert@HEPfeickert High energy #physics Ph.D. candidate @SMU woking on #LHC physics with the @ATLASexperiment @CERN. Has a monotonically growing love of code and data science. Hilbert space matthewfeickert.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 1,223 | 19.7% |
| 190. |  President Obama@POTUS44 This is an archive of an Obama Administration account maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Washington, D.C. obamalibrary.gov/research/archi… 3 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2017-Jan-20) | 14,854,846 | 19.3% |
| 191. |  Edward Snowden@Snowden I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. President at @FreedomofPress. freedom.press 3 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 3,845,284 | 19.3% |
| 192. |  Scientists for EU@Scientists4EU Love UK-EU science 🔬🇪🇺 FB page: https://t.co/sVb7nTZOtk Donate: https://t.co/4qbeKbzFTl London, England scientistsforeu.uk 3 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 105,500 | 19.3% |
| 193. |  Brookhaven Lab@BrookhavenLab We're an @ENERGY National Lab that pushes the frontiers of science - from creating primordial plasma to inventing the sustainable energy technology of tomorrow. Long Island, New York bnl.gov 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 32,751 | 19.3% |
| 194. |  ALICE Experiment@ALICEexperiment A Large Ion Collider Experiment is one of the largest experiments in the world devoted to research in the physics of matter at an infinitely small scale. CERN, Geneva, Switzerland aliceinfo.cern.ch/Public/Welcome… 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 29,966 | 19.3% |
| 195. |  US LHC@uslhc News from the U.S. community participating in the Large Hadron Collider project 32 U.S. states and Puerto Rico uslhc.us 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 13,502 | 19.3% |
| 196. |  IOP Publishing@IOPPublishing The latest from IOP Publishing, a society-owned scientific publisher, providing impact, recognition and value for the scientific community. Bristol, UK ioppublishing.org 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 12,308 | 19.3% |
| 197. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 7,182 | 19.3% |
| 198. |  INSPIRE HEP@inspirehep INSPIRE - the information management system for High Energy Physics inspirehep.net 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 2,458 | 19.3% |
| 199. |  Amanda Yoho@mandaYoho Data Scientist, Cosmologist, former NASA Earth & Space Science fellow. Tweets most likely to be about data, beer, or python. Tweets are my own. Cleveland, Ohio 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 1,861 | 19.3% |
| 200. |  David Zaslavsky@ellipsix Software engineer at @SoundHound, former particle physicist, occasional science blogger, moderator at Physics Stack Exchange, and fan of cake. Santa Clara, CA ellipsix.net 6 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 847 | 19.3% |
| 201. |  Tim Berners-Lee@timberners_lee Director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) w3.org, the place to agree on web standards. Founded webfoundation.org - let the web serve humanity Boston 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 306,442 | 18.9% |
| 202. |  Prof Alice Roberts@theAliceRoberts Professor of Public Engagement in Science at Uni of Birmingham. Physical anthropologist, author, broadcaster. All views my own & I assert my right to share them location: Crypt of Lieberkuhn alice-roberts.co.uk 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 153,148 | 18.9% |
| 203. |  Matt Parker@standupmaths I do mathematics and stand-up. Sometimes simultaneously. Weekly-ish maths videos: youtube.com/standupmaths London, UK standupmaths.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 73,894 | 18.9% |
| 204. |  Berkeley Lab@BerkeleyLab Bringing #science solutions to the world. Share photos & videos with us by tagging us. Berkeley, CA newscenter.lbl.gov 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 58,066 | 18.9% |
| 205. |  Marcus du Sautoy@MarcusduSautoy Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics simonyi.ox.ac.uk 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 49,810 | 18.9% |
| 206. |  Jedidah Isler, PhD@JedidahIslerPhD Astrophysicist / Professor / Relentless Dreamer / Innovator / Founder & Host @VanguardSTEM / Senior @TEDFellow / @NatGeo Explorer JedidahIslerPhD.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 12,437 | 18.9% |
| 207. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 11,318 | 18.9% |
| 208. |  Dr Roberto Trotta@R_Trotta Astrophysicist @imperialcollege | #scicommer | author of edge-of-the-sky.com | @CLCCDirector | statistical consultant | runner | #FBPE | Opinions my own. London robertotrotta.com 4 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 2,212 | 18.9% |
| 209. |  André David@DrAndreDavid Physicist @CERN✴︎Views my own📝✴︎Dr∵Homonyms🤷♂️✴︎Higgs boson sleuth @CMSExperiment✴︎✒️#Physics #Science #STEM #SciComm #MachineLearning #DataViz #TyposInTheWild likely in the lab. cern.ch/adavid 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,832 | 18.9% |
| 210. |  Céline Bœhm@CelineBoehm1 Professor & Head of School of Physics at The University of Sydney. Astroparticle Physicist & Dark matter detective. RT no endorsement. Personal account. Sydney, New South Wales 4 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 1,530 | 18.9% |
| 211. |  Paul Krugman@paulkrugman Nobel laureate. Op-Ed columnist, @nytopinion. Author, “The Return of Depression Economics,” “The Great Unraveling,” “The Age of Diminished Expectations” + more. New York City nytimes.com/column/paul-kr… 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 4,489,988 | 18.5% |
| 212. |  Mike Brown@plutokiller Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, Finger-wrapped dad. Dangerous secularist. Pasadena, CA mikebrownsplanets.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 63,221 | 18.5% |
| 213. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer. Slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), supernovas and spiders. Champagneophile. 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 25,249 | 18.5% |
| 214. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @Story_Collider. Lecturer @Yale with @NNCIonline. Compass points: science, storytelling, #scicomm studies & gorgeous design. she/her Washington DC area storycollider.org 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 17,312 | 18.5% |
| 215. |  Roger Highfield@RogerHighfield Museum exec, writer & visiting prof at @Dunn_School and @UCLChemistry. Ex New Scientist Editor & Science Editor of The Daily Telegraph. Neutron bouncer London rogerhighfield.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 17,015 | 18.5% |
| 216. |  Thomas Levenson@TomLevenson Author, The Hunt for Vulcan and Newton and the Counterfeiter; writer and professor of Science Writing at MIT; occasional @GlobeIdeas columnist. Cambridge, MA inversesquare.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 12,500 | 18.5% |
| 217. |  Physics@APSPhysicsEd News and commentary on physics research, plus interviews with physicists, conference coverage, and more. Published by the American Physical Society. Ridge, NY physics.aps.org 7 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 12,142 | 18.5% |
| 218. |  LHC Proton@LHCproton Slightly grumpy proton, endlessly flying round the Large Hadron Collider, trying not to smash into my friends Large Hadron Collider, CERN 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,139 | 18.5% |
| 219. |  Physical Review Lett@PhysRevLett Flagship journal of the nonprofit APS. The most cited physics journal, publishing Letters which substantially move physics forward. Earth journals.aps.org/prl/ 3 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 8,143 | 18.5% |
| 220. |  Philip Ball@philipcball Author, writer and broadcaster, mostly about science. Books include The Music Instinct, Curiosity, Critical Mass. Obsessed by (too) many things. London, UK philipball.co.uk 4 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 7,910 | 18.5% |
| 221. |  BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking Breaking news alerts and updates from the BBC. For news, features, analysis follow @BBCWorld (international) or @BBCNews (UK). Latest sport news @BBCSport. London, UK bbc.co.uk/news 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 38,437,316 | 18.1% |
| 222. |  NASA Kepler and K2@NASAKepler Launched in March 2009, Kepler is NASA's first spacecraft to detect Earth-size planets in the just-right Goldilocks habitable zone of other stars. Trailing Earth around the Sun nasa.gov/kepler 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 616,573 | 18.1% |
| 223. |  March for Science@ScienceMarchDC Championing science for the common good. Washington, DC marchforscience.com 1 yr, 9 mos on Twitter | 355,586 | 18.1% |
| 224. |  Hannah Fry@FryRsquared All math and no trousers CASA, UCL, London hannahfry.co.uk 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 67,262 | 18.1% |
| 225. |  ESA Planck@Planck A European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft to understand the origin and evolution of our Universe L2: 1,000,000 miles from Earth esa.int/planck 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2017-Oct-14) | 47,072 | 18.1% |
| 226. |  Max Tegmark@tegmark Known as Mad Max for my unorthodox ideas and passion for adventure, my scientific interests range from artificial intelligence to the ultimate nature of reality • Life 3.0 • Our Mathematical Universe MIT space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/ 4 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 35,995 | 18.1% |
| 227. |  David Harris@physicsdavid science+art+design+journalism+books+words (Editor of Journal of Brief Ideas: briefideas.org. Previously editor of various science magazines.) Brisbane, Australia sciartica.net 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 4,053 | 18.1% |
| 228. |  Richard Easther@REasther Father, scientist, @AucklandUni prof, Kiwi diaspora returnee; @thinksciencenz co-founder: 'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.' excursionset.com 7 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 2,539 | 18.1% |
| 229. |  Tom Whyntie@twhyntie Postdoctoral Researcher in Neuroimaging Harminsation at WIN @FMRIB, @UniofOxford. Views my own etc. etc. • Introducing Particle Physics Oxford, England tomwhyntie.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2017-Jun-07) | 2,237 | 18.1% |
| 230. |  Caterina Doglioni@CatDogLund Researcher at the @ATLASexperiment at @CERN, from @lunduniversity. Tweets are my own unless they're from the birds in my garden. • Measurement of the Inclusive Jet ... Lund, Sweden hep.lu.se/staff/doglioni/ 3 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 1,222 | 18.1% |
| 231. |  Gordon Watts@SeattleGordon Physics Prof, #UW, experimental particle physics #CERN #LHC #ATLAS Seattle gordonwatts.wordpress.com 5 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 1,204 | 18.1% |
| 232. |  Popular Science@PopSci Awe-inspiring science, tech, and DIY. 146 years strong. Here's animated proof: pops.ci/146YEARS New York popsci.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,265,256 | 17.7% |
| 233. |  SarcasticRover@SarcasticRover Doing a science on the red planet. Not @MarsCuriosity. Portrait by @badportraits. Written by @jfiliatrault. 4th Rock From the Sun 6 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 985,302 | 17.7% |
| 234. |  XKCD Comic@xkcdComic XKCD comic feed with images, mobile friendly links, and what-if articles. Unofficial, run by @dghubble xkcd.com 4 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 195,409 | 17.7% |
| 235. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 28,184 | 17.7% |
| 236. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Editor in Chief, @sciam. EVP, Editorial & Publishing, Magazines, Nature Research. All opinions expressed are my own. RTs are not endorsements. New York ScientificAmerican.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 21,002 | 17.7% |
| 237. |  Prof. Lucie Green@Dr_Lucie Royal Society University Research Fellow, Professor of Physics at UCL. Staring at the Sun & beyond. Chief Stargazer @popastro. 1st book: amzn.to/2nitfmi UK luciegreen.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 19,857 | 17.7% |
| 238. |  I Am SciComm@iamscicomm A rocur by @SciComm_Hub & @SciCrastina. Created by @AmandaFreise, managed by Sarang Park (@pleasantsarang). This week tweets by @smacsorley 🏳️🌈@supercoolsci Toronto, Ontario crastina.se/i-am-scicomm/ 3 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 19,110 | 17.7% |
| 239. |  Lee Billings@LeeBillings Science journalist covering space and physics for @sciam. Author of Five Billion Years of Solitude, a book on the search for alien Earths. Opinions are my own. New York City leebillings.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 8,063 | 17.7% |
| 240. |  Dr. Vincenzo Chiochia@chiochia Analytics Director at @DeloitteCH and Particle Physicist | Big Data, Data Science, Tech, Science & Space | Views are my own GVA | ZRH vincenzochiochia.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 4,394 | 17.7% |
| 241. |  Dark Matter Hunters@DMHunters Dark Matter Hunters is a website dedicated to Dark Matter research. Analyzing arxiv preprints, publications, etc. Personal project of @Roberto_Lineros Chile dmhunters.com 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,849 | 17.7% |
| 242. |  A7R2 • Achintya Rao • ಅಚಿಂತ್ಯ ರಾವ@RaoOfPhysics #particlephysics/#LHC #scicomm: @CERN, [email protected] • PhD student: @SciCommsUWE • research summaries: @apostilb • PGP: https://t.co/U1hY0WT9Bq • 🏏 Indian in Geneva, CH scholar.social/@RaoOfPhysics 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,605 | 17.7% |
| 243. |  Matt Leifer@mattleifer Quantum physicist, blogger, and all round geek. Orange, CA mattleifer.info 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,311 | 17.7% |
| 244. |  Neal Weiner@NealWeiner Physicist / dark matter aficionado. The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. -Thomas Huxley & Oliver Wendell Jones New York City cosmo.nyu.edu/~nealw/ 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 1,661 | 17.7% |
| 245. |  Rebeca@1cRebeca Dr Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, HEP scientist, @UU_University at @ATLASexperiment. Chairperson: lonelychairsatcern.tumblr.com Uppsala, Sverige rebeca.web.cern.ch 3 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 1,388 | 17.7% |
| 246. |  The Economist@TheEconomist News and analysis with a global perspective. Subscribe here: econ.st/2eqtp7o London economist.com 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 23,436,230 | 17.3% |
| 247. |  Stephen Colbert@StephenAtHome the guy on CBS 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 18,252,706 | 17.3% |
| 248. |  Eric Weinstein@EricRWeinstein Managing director @ Thiel Capital. Some assembly required. May contain math. Tweets my own. YT: youtube.com/ericweinsteinp… IG: @ericrweinstein Argleton edge.org/3rd_culture/bi… 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 156,065 | 17.3% |
| 249. |  Ian O'Neill@astroengine Recovering solar astrophysicist. I do a little writing, a little editing, a little sciencing. England transplant (Bristol) living in Los Angeles. Woodland Hills, Los Angeles astroengine.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 35,851 | 17.3% |
| 250. |  PhysicsCentral@PhysicsCentral Tweets about what's going on in physics, who's doing what in physics, and how things work. Brought to you by @APSPhysics physicscentral.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 34,168 | 17.3% |
| 251. |  Alan Duffy@astroduff A/Professor in Astrophysics at @Swinburne and Lead Scientist of @RiAus Instagram.com/profalanduffy Melbourne alanrduffy.com 6 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 19,945 | 17.3% |
| 252. |  Stephen Curry@Stephen_Curry Structural biologist - dazzled by X-rays, cares about science. Guardian Science Blogs (guardian.co.uk/science/occams…) and Occam's Typewriter. London (various) occamstypewriter.org/scurry/ 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 17,917 | 17.3% |
| 253. |  carlo rovelli@carlorovelli Italy, US, France. Loop quantum gravity, relational QM, Anaximander, no time, thermal time. A boat, mountains, too much love too many dreams too short the life. • The Order of Time • Reality Is Not What It Seems • Anaximander marseille cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~rovelli/ 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 13,018 | 17.3% |
| 254. |  physics.org@DoTryThisAtHome The voice behind physics.org, sharing the best physics on the web. London physics.org 5 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2015-Mar-18) | 11,997 | 17.3% |
| 255. |  Bryan Gaensler@SciBry Astronomer & Director of @DunlapInstitute at @UofT. Science-fiction connoisseur, rugby league tragic, displaced Antipodean, bewildered parent. Opinions ∉ @UofT. Toronto, Canada bryangaensler.net 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 8,266 | 17.3% |
| 256. |  Sarah Kendrew@sarahkendrew Astronomer with the European Space Agency. Based at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore. Astronomy, running, bikes. Opinions my own. 🇧🇪🇬🇧 Baltimore skendrew.github.io 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 7,954 | 17.3% |
| 257. |  AAPT@AAPTHQ American Association of Physics Teachers — Strengthening Physics Education, Supporting Physics Teachers #physics #education #physicsteachers #AAPTWM18 College Park, MD, USA aapt.org 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 7,799 | 17.3% |
| 258. |  Ben Lillie@BenLillie Founder of @caveatnyc. Also co-founder of The Story Collider (@story_collider) and former writer for TED. New York, NY caveat.nyc 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 7,582 | 17.3% |
| 259. |  News from Science@NewsfromScience The latest stories in science, brought to you by the @sciencemagazine news team. Washington, D.C. news.sciencemag.org 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 233,848 | 16.9% |
| 260. |  ESO@ESO The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is the most productive observatory in the world. Garching, Germany eso.org 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 78,141 | 16.9% |
| 261. |  Dr. Phil Metzger@DrPhiltill Planetary scientist. CoFounder/CTO of @PressToOrbit. CoFounder NASA KSC SwampWorks. UCF Florida Space Institute. SpaceMining. Space settlement. Science. Kennedy Space Center & Orlando philipmetzger.com 5 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 72,904 | 16.9% |
| 262. |  Carolyn Porco@carolynporco Cassini imaging lead. Visiting Scholar UC Berkeley. National Geographic Eliza Scidmore awardee. I think. I speak. I write. Opinions are my own. CA carolynporco.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 60,272 | 16.9% |
| 263. |  Dr. Jacquelyn Gill@JacquelynGill Ice Age ecologist in a warming world. Professor @UMaine. Co-host of @ourwarmregards. Like Dana Scully, with mud and mammoths. Maine, USA contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 35,785 | 16.9% |
| 264. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 33,993 | 16.9% |
| 265. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Science Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 33,535 | 16.9% |
| 266. |  Robbert Dijkgraaf@RHDijkgraaf Mathematical physics, string theory, science outreach, education & policy. Director and Leon Levy Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Princeton, NJ robbertdijkgraaf.com 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 27,198 | 16.9% |
| 267. |  Kate Kahle@katekahle Head of Editorial Content Development @CERN (writing, web & social media), mum of trilingual terrors, loves wordplay & hashtags. All opinions = my own 7 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 2,082 | 16.9% |
| 268. |  BICEP2 (OFFICIAL)@BICEPTWO The second in a series of cosmic microwave background telescopes hunting for the elusive evidence of inflation. South Pole, Antarctica bicepkeck.org 4 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 1,812 | 16.9% |
| 269. |  Jessie Shelton@jsheltino occasional particle physics, music, and bitter whining about mass transit. U Illinois Urbana-Champaign 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 529 | 16.9% |
| 270. |  Buzz Aldrin@TheRealBuzz 88 yrs young. Gemini 12 & Apollo 11 Astronaut & Moonwalker; West Point to USAF Colonel, Korean War veteran; Doctorate, MIT Founder, Human SpaceFlight Institute buzzaldrinventures.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 1,358,382 | 16.5% |
| 271. |  Discover Magazine@DiscoverMag The best science magazine, in print and online Between gluons and galaxies discovermagazine.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 1,130,462 | 16.5% |
| 272. |  Reuters Science News@ReutersScience From newly charted astronomical anomalies at the far reaches of the universe to the rise of nanotechnology, nobody covers science like Reuters.com. reuters.com/news/science 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 922,158 | 16.5% |
| 273. |  Science Museum@sciencemuseum Welcome to the home of human ingenuity. We curate a world-renowned collection & organise exhibitions and events for over 3 million visitors a year. Exhibition Road, London sciencemuseum.org.uk 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 662,205 | 16.5% |
| 274. |  The NPR Science Desk@nprscience Science news, commentary and conversation from NPR. Washington, DC npr.org/science 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 251,740 | 16.5% |
| 275. |  Argonne National Lab@argonne As an @ENERGY lab, Argonne delivers science and tech solutions to great energy, environmental and security challenges. Lemont, IL anl.gov 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 58,807 | 16.5% |
| 276. |  Jonathan Amos@BBCAmos BBC Science Correspondent Cambridge, UK bbcnews.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 41,791 | 16.5% |
| 277. |  Brian Malow@sciencecomedian Science comedian, Earth. Available for off-world appearances, if transportation is provided. Your mileage may vary in accordance with relativity. Raleigh, NC 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 20,463 | 16.5% |
| 278. |  Mark Henderson@markgfh Head of Communications, the Wellcome Trust. Views mine not the Trust's. Author of The Geek Manifesto & 50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know London geekmanifesto.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 17,250 | 16.5% |
| 279. |  AIP Publishing@AIP_Publishing Highly cited, highly respected, and highly relevant, AIP's archival journals are the cornerstone of many physics collections. Melville, NY, USA aip.scitation.org 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 15,411 | 16.5% |
| 280. |  Ananyo Bhattacharya@Ananyo Science correspondent for @TheEconomist. [email protected] London mediadirectory.economist.com/people/mr-anan… 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 12,591 | 16.5% |
| 281. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes i write and edit words, usually about science/health. often found at @theipaper. formerly @BuzzFeed. cat pics and commissions to [email protected] London via Oldham kellyoak.es 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 7,478 | 16.5% |
| 282. |  TED Talks@TEDTalks Official tweets by TED.com. Ideas worth spreading. New York, NY ted.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 11,057,511 | 16.1% |
| 283. |  The New Yorker@NewYorker Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism. New York, NY newyorker.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 8,548,777 | 16.1% |
| 284. |  ACLU@ACLU The ACLU is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, legal and advocacy 501(c)(4) organization. Visit our site for more about us and our affiliated org, the ACLU Foundation. All 50 states aclu.org 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,545,104 | 16.1% |
| 285. |  NASA's Juno Mission@NASAJuno Exploring Jupiter to improve our understanding of the planet's origins and the formation of planetary systems. missionjuno.org nasa.gov/juno Jupiter 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 711,799 | 16.1% |
| 286. |  NASA New Horizons@NASANewHorizons The New Horizons spacecraft, launched in 2006, flew past the the icy dwarf planet Pluto and its moons in July 2015. Solar System nasa.gov/mission_pages/… 4 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 344,684 | 16.1% |
| 287. |  Academia ɐɹnɔsqO@AcademiaObscura The hidden silly side of higher education. 📕 Book out now: https://t.co/zh5wfSiAZ6 AcademiaObscura.com/book 4 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 131,182 | 16.1% |
| 288. |  CaSE@sciencecampaign The Campaign for Science & Engineering (CaSE) - we are the UK's leading independent advocacy group for the STEM sectors, led by @drsarahmain and @NaomiRMac London, UK sciencecampaign.org.uk 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 40,011 | 16.1% |
| 289. |  Dr Pamela L Gay@starstryder Communicating astronomy & life 1 sidereal day at a time. All opinions & ideas are my own. Support my on Patreon.com/starstryder or paypal.me/starstryder. Edwardsville, IL starstryder.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 38,950 | 16.1% |
| 290. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth Health, science & environment editor at @washingtonpost. Past president of National Assoc @ScienceWriters. Was @NatGeo @Slate @SmithsonianMag @NewsFromScience Washington DC washingtonpost.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 29,027 | 16.1% |
| 291. |  Ella Marushchenko@Ella_Maru Scientific illustrator, designed covers and illustrations for all leading journals. #sciart Buy canvas prints and mugs etsy.com/shop/ellamaru Charleston, SC scientific-illustrations.com/portfolio 3 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 23,191 | 16.1% |
| 292. |  Dr. Tanya Harrison@tanyaofmars 🇨🇦 Professional Martian 🛰 Director of Research @asunewspace 💫 Web Editor @exploreplanets 🔴 Current/former ops team @[email protected]+MRO Toronto / Phoenix tanyaofmars.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 21,286 | 16.1% |
| 293. |  Janet D. Stemwedel@docfreeride Philosopher, lapsed chemist, Forbes contributor. Previously: Scientific American, ScienceBlogs. forbes.com/sites/janetste… San Francisco Bay Area keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=… 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 13,251 | 16.1% |
| 294. |  ★ dr amanda bauer ★@astropixie Head of Education & Public Outreach for LSST. Music creator. Co-host of #CosmicVertigo space podcast abc.net.au/radionational/… Tucson, AZ amandabauer.blogspot.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 9,673 | 16.1% |
| 295. |  ★ Colin Stuart ★@skyponderer Astronomy author & speaker. Get a free e-book @ bit.ly/2zjaIee. See www for signed books, keynotes & school talks. Asteroid (15347) Colinstuart London colinstuart.net 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 5,941 | 16.1% |
| 296. |  Laurie Winkless@laurie_winkless Research physicist-turned-writer. Book#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY. Book#2: STICKY (2020?). Talking head. @sciforbes contrib. #scicomm. Irish. Feminist. Opinionated Wellington NZ (via London) lauriewinkless.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 5,684 | 16.1% |
| 297. |  Pauline Gagnon@GagnonPauline Particle physicist (19 years at CERN). Author of a popular science book on particle physics. Physicienne des particules et auteure d'un livre de vulgarisation. • Who Cares about Particle Physics? • Who Cares about Particle Physics? CERN, Geneva, Switzerland paulinegagnon3.wix.com/boson-in-winter 7 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,484 | 16.1% |
| 298. |  Dr. Jennifer L. Hoffman ✨@astroprofhoff Astronomer, associate professor, alto, auntie, ailurophile. University of Denver Denver, CO grammai.org/jhoffman/ 4 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 2,733 | 16.1% |
| 299. |  Arnaud Marsollier@amarsollier Spokesperson & Head of Media Relations @CERN European Laboratory for Particle Physics #CERN #LHC Follow also @CERNpress for official news and udpates Geneva, Switzerland home.cern 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 2,451 | 16.1% |
| 300. |  Malcolm Fairbairn #peoplesvote@malcfairbairn Theoretical Physicist, vegetarian, citizen of the world. Views appear to be my own (free will?) but either way are not those of @kingscollegelon London darklondonskies.com 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 1,117 | 16.1% |