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| 1. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller. Married to Liz Neeley. edyong.me (he/him) At home theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 11 years on Twitter 242,676 followers | 212 |
| 2. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer @nytimes columnist. Author: Planet of Viruses, She Has Her Mother's Laugh, etc. carlzimmer.com/books/ Connecticut 12 years on Twitter 290,515 followers | 208 |
| 3. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth Editor in chief of @SciAm. Past president of National Association of @ScienceWriters. Formerly @washingtonpost @NatGeo @Slate @SmithsonianMag @NewsFromScience Washington DC sciam.com 9 years on Twitter 40,187 followers | 207 |
| 4. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes senior editor on the health/science desk @nytimes. former @buzzfeednews. pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. she/her. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 11 years on Twitter 37,068 followers | 198 |
| 5. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Independent science journalist, contributor to THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING (bit.ly/2GIoKJ6). witzescience-at-gmail-dot-com. She/her/hers. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 11 years on Twitter 22,392 followers | 192 |
| 6. |  Maggie Koerth@maggiekb1 Sr Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Minneapolitan. Follow for news, (hopefully) insightful analysis, and isolated parenting adventures. Minneapolis, MN fivethirtyeight.com/contributors/m… 11 years on Twitter 42,252 followers | 190 |
| 7. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, science journalist, publisher of Undark, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 10 years on Twitter 39,486 followers | 181 |
| 8. |  David Dobbs@David_Dobbs Writer @nytimes, @theatlantic, @NatGeo, @WIRED, etal, mostly about how science & medicine work (or fail). He/him/his. All over daviddobbs.net 12 years on Twitter 37,435 followers | 178 |
| 9. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck journalist | senior fellow @EmoryCSHH | TED bit.ly/TedMMcK | COVID MOOC bit.ly/CVmooc | all my books bit.ly/booksMMcK | secure: [email protected] | She/her ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 11 years on Twitter 52,709 followers | 176 |
| 10. |  Nature News & Comment@NatureNews From the news team at Nature, the international journal of #science. Daily newsletter: go.nature.com/naturebriefing, open for news tips: go.sn.pub/NewsTips Worldwide nature.com/news 11 years on Twitter 2,064,365 followers | 175 |
| 11. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 12 years on Twitter 3,861,555 followers | 171 |
| 12. |  Ivan Oransky@ivanoransky VP, Editorial, @Medscape. Distinguished Writer In Residence, @NYU_Journalism; co-founder, @RetractionWatch; president, @AHCJ. Northampton, MA and New York, NY journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profi… 11 years on Twitter 33,285 followers | 171 |
| 13. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science and culture writer Jennifer Ouellette. Senior writer, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. She/her. Los Angeles, CA cocktailpartyphysics.com 10 years on Twitter 39,632 followers | 170 |
| 14. |  Robin Lloyd@RobinLloyd99 freelance reporter & editor for hire, mainly covering public health; covid-science newsletter writer: robinlloyd.substack.com 12 years on Twitter 11,405 followers | 169 |
| 15. |  Amy Harmon@amy_harmon New York Times reporter covering science, tech & race. She/Her. Mom of @rumblecomics New York, NY nytimes.com/by/amy-harmon 11 years on Twitter 22,625 followers | 167 |
| 16. |  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 11 years on Twitter 64,466 followers | 165 |
| 17. |  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 13 years on Twitter 1,168,670 followers | 161 |
| 18. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 9 years on Twitter 27,330 followers | 161 |
| 19. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Casting pods with @BillNye on Science Rules. Making magazines @discovermag and @AmSciMag. Writing all around. Science-curious. Brooklyn, NY discovermagazine.com/outthere 11 years on Twitter 72,426 followers | 158 |
| 20. |  Steve Silberman@stevesilberman Author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, a NYT bestseller. The Taste of Salt, a history of cystic fibrosis, coming 2023. San Francisco stevesilberman.com 11 years on Twitter 121,875 followers | 157 |
| 21. |  Dave Mosher@DaveMosher Senior space correspondent @businessinsider. DMs open. Stories + private comms: businessinsider.com/author/dave-mo… (Note: My tweets delete after 2 weeks) New York, NY davemosher.com 12 years on Twitter 20,184 followers | 157 |
| 22. |  Alexis C. Madrigal@alexismadrigal @TheAtlantic | running @covid19tracking | book @mcdbooks | board @chptr510 | VP @NAHJBayArea | Earthseed, 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 | tips [email protected] Oakland Department of Fantics howthebaywasbuilt.com 12 years on Twitter 206,059 followers | 156 |
| 23. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow. Author: "The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)". Personal account. Waterloo, Ontario astrokatie.com/book 11 years on Twitter 357,599 followers | 155 |
| 24. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Dean and Prof. of Practice in Journalism, Boston U. College of Communication. Past: Editor in Chief @sciam & EVP, Magazines, Springer Nature. Opinions my own. Boston bu.edu/com/ 9 years on Twitter 21,322 followers | 155 |
| 25. |  Andrew Revkin@Revkin Pursuing #sustcomm progress on a finite, noisy planet at @Columbia's @EarthInstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, tunes j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Valley, NY, USA j.mp/revkininfo 12 years on Twitter 87,880 followers | 154 |
| 26. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @StoryCollider. #science, #storytelling, #scicomm #justice. She/her. Married to Ed Yong. LizNeeley.com Washington DC area storycollider.org 11 years on Twitter 23,411 followers | 154 |
| 27. |  The Open Notebook@Open_Notebook Nonprofit dedicated to #science #journalism craft: articles, writer interviews, pitch database & more. Order THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING : bit.ly/CoSWbook Madison, Wisconsin theopennotebook.com 9 years on Twitter 12,155 followers | 154 |
| 28. |  Seth Mnookin@sethmnookin I write books and articles and am the director of @MIT_SciWrite. website: sethmnookin.com. Boston sethmnookin.com 11 years on Twitter 33,965 followers | 153 |
| 29. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Author NYT bestseller GOOD TO GO goodtogobook.com @wwnorton co-host EMERGING FORM bit.ly/efwit alum @FiveThirtyEight, Adventurer. My parties have dancing. Colorado christieaschwanden.com 11 years on Twitter 16,650 followers | 153 |
| 30. |  Brooke Borel@brookeborel Sr. Editor @undarkmag • Instructor @nyu_journalism • Freelance journo for many (maybe you?) • Books: Infested / The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking • She/Her brookeborel.com 9 years on Twitter 9,805 followers | 153 |
| 31. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @karaplatoni, @JetJocko, @MeganMolteni, @MrMattSimon, @dmoberhaus San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 12 years on Twitter 2,039,282 followers | 151 |
| 32. |  Rachel Feltman@RachelFeltman Articles Editor and Chief Science Officer of the USS @popsci // Previously @washingtonpost // Host of @weirdest_thing // She/Her/My Dude // [email protected] NYC popsci.com 11 years on Twitter 19,876 followers | 151 |
| 33. |  Brendan Maher@bmaher Interim news editor for the Americas at @NatureNews. he/him. Views are my own. The Dirty Jerz nature.com/news 11 years on Twitter 12,838 followers | 151 |
| 34. |  Nicholas St. Fleur@SciFleur Award-winning freelance science journalist covering archaeology, paleontology, space @nytimes. Kids' science writer & author. "Did You Know? Dinosaurs" (2020) Email me: [email protected] nicholasstfleur.com 7 years on Twitter 10,935 followers | 151 |
| 35. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obama.org 13 years on Twitter 120,357,033 followers | 149 |
| 36. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth Head futurologist at @ffwdpresents 〰〰 I make @flashforwardpod // @advice4futureu 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 Tweets 🗑 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🚀 🧠 🔮 🕳[email protected] roseveleth.com 11 years on Twitter 26,592 followers | 147 |
| 37. |  Jonathan Eisen@phylogenomics Prof. @UCDavis; #Type1; #Microbes #Evolution #Genomics #Symbioses; No:#Microbiomania #Manels; Yes:#STEMDiversity #BirdPhotography #OpenScience #BlackLivesMatter Davis, CA, USA phylogenomics.me 12 years on Twitter 59,787 followers | 146 |
| 38. |  Ferris Jabr@ferrisjabr science writer ✵ contributing writer @NYTmag and @sciam ✵ writing a book about the coevolution of Earth and life for @RandomHouse ✵ surname rhymes with neighbor Portland, OR ferrisjabr.com 11 years on Twitter 28,705 followers | 145 |
| 39. |  David Biello@dbiello "We are waves of the same sea, leaves of the same tree, flowers of the same garden." - Seneca Me: Science curator @TEDtalks, wrote The Unnatural World etc, etc Brooklyn, NY davidbiello.com 12 years on Twitter 14,789 followers | 144 |
| 40. |  (((John Rennie)))@tvjrennie Science writer/editor @QuantaMagazine. Frmrly @SciAm, TWC's Hacking the Planet & more. Faculty for NYU SHERP, Beakerhead SciComm. Opinions = my own — at most. New York, NY johnrennie.net 11 years on Twitter 9,770 followers | 144 |
| 41. |  Dan Vergano@dvergano BuzzFeed News science desk in Washington D.C. Contact: [email protected] * On CARES Act work sharing program, which may extend reply time. Washington, DC linkedin.com/pub/dan-vergan… 10 years on Twitter 17,739 followers | 143 |
| 42. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. Tweets by @SamWong1. Subscribe here: https://t.co/Qy4NedNoxG Worldwide newscientist.com 11 years on Twitter 3,703,308 followers | 142 |
| 43. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physicist, @Caltech & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. Biggest Ideas in the Universe videos: bit.ly/biggestideas Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com 11 years on Twitter 260,981 followers | 142 |
| 44. |  Science Friday@scifri Brain fun, for curious people. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 11 years on Twitter 760,110 followers | 141 |
| 45. |  Annalee "we are going to survive" Newitz@Annaleen I write science fiction and nonfiction. Author: Future of Another Timeline. Contributor: @nytopinion. Podcast: @ooacpod. Founder: @io9. They/Them. I ❤️ noodles. California techsploitation.com 13 years on Twitter 39,084 followers | 141 |
| 46. |  Riley Black@Laelaps Distant cousin of T. rex. My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, & Skeleton Keys author. Trans, nb, she/her, please. Skreeonk. Where the fossils are. patreon.com/laelaps 11 years on Twitter 26,102 followers | 140 |
| 47. |  Azeen Ghorayshi@azeen science editor @BuzzFeedNews / send me tips: [email protected] / signal: ask me (open DMs) / fairly certain I've watched more fly sex than you Brooklyn, NY azeeng.com 9 years on Twitter 11,853 followers | 140 |
| 48. |  John Timmer@j_timmer Chief science wrangler for Ars Technica. Writes, edits, and teaches science communications. The big city arstechnica.com/author/john-ti… 11 years on Twitter 9,657 followers | 140 |
| 49. |  Peter Aldhous@paldhous Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Reporter @BuzzFeedNews, lecturer @UCSC_SciCom @ucbsoj, instructor @AMI_Berkeley San Francisco peteraldhous.com 8 years on Twitter 9,289 followers | 140 |
| 50. |  Emily Anthes@EmilyAnthes Science journalist and author • THE GREAT INDOORS is out now! https://t.co/4q7nTAgXTB Brooklyn, NY emilyanthes.carrd.co 10 years on Twitter 8,048 followers | 140 |
| 51. |  Dan Fagin@danfagin Professing journalism, directing SHERP @ NYU. One-time-only winner of my fantasy baseball league and the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Butterfly chaser. New York danfagin.com 11 years on Twitter 8,190 followers | 138 |
| 52. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #BLACKandSTEM Auntie, Mammalogist, Diversity & Access to STEM, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/expedition/dnl… 9 years on Twitter 36,405 followers | 137 |
| 53. |  National Association of Science Writers@ScienceWriters With more than 2,300 members, the National Association of Science Writers fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science. nasw.org 11 years on Twitter 25,745 followers | 137 |
| 54. |  Amy Maxmen@amymaxmen Reporting on this terrible pandemic for Nature @naturenews. Views are my own. Researchers, please contact me any time at amy.maxmen at us.nature. com. Oakland, California amymaxmen.com 9 years on Twitter 17,520 followers | 137 |
| 55. |  Ross Andersen@andersen Deputy Editor, @TheAtlantic / [email protected] Washington, DC rossandersen.com 11 years on Twitter 16,988 followers | 137 |
| 56. |  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 11 years on Twitter 1,723,732 followers | 135 |
| 57. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use likes for bookmarks; no endorsement implied. He/him. Boulder about.me/philplait 13 years on Twitter 615,273 followers | 135 |
| 58. |  Rebecca Skloot@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS #HeLa now an HBO/@Oprah Film #HeLaMovie. Next book: humans #animals #ethics. Instagram @rebeccaskloot Oakland, CA and Portland, OR rebeccaskloot.com 12 years on Twitter 45,972 followers | 134 |
| 59. |  Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos@TomLevenson Author, Money for Nothing coming in August/Sept. from Random House & Head of Zeus. Pre-orders are an author's best friend! Professor of science writing at MIT. Cambridge, MA thomaslevenson.com 11 years on Twitter 12,851 followers | 134 |
| 60. |  NASA@NASA Explore the universe and our home planet with NASA 🌎 We usually post in EDT. nasa.gov 12 years on Twitter 38,517,710 followers | 133 |
| 61. |  Adam Rogers@jetjocko Senior Correspondent/Wired. Wrote Proof: The Science of Booze. Clear Bay 327; we are opening the magnetic field. [email protected] California adam-rogers.net 11 years on Twitter 16,920 followers | 133 |
| 62. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Science journalist. Contributing editor @SciAm, columnist @Slate. 2019 Bricker Award winner. Author of HOW TO RAISE KIDS WHO AREN’T AS*HOLES, out 2021. She/her Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 12 years on Twitter 13,091 followers | 133 |
| 63. |  Ben Lillie@BenLillie Black Lives Matter | Co-founder of @caveatnyc. Previously: co-founder of @storycollider & writer for TED | Retweets are attempts to comprehend the universe. New York, NY caveat.nyc 11 years on Twitter 7,796 followers | 132 |
| 64. |  David Quammen@DavidQuammen Author of The Tangled Tree, Spillover, & other books. Varied journalism for National Geographic, Harper's, NY Times Magazine, etc. Bozeman, Montana davidquammen.com 8 years on Twitter 17,363 followers | 131 |
| 65. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science journalist. Author of CULTURED amzn.to/2TUT5sn and OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R. @SciAm contributor. Erstwhile triathlete. Novice mom. She/her Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 11 years on Twitter 9,420 followers | 131 |
| 66. |  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 11 years on Twitter 8,838 followers | 131 |
| 67. |  Michael Moyer@mmoyr Deputy editor @QuantaMagazine. Fan of bicycles, sourdough, evidence. Old tweets auto-deleted. New York quantamagazine.org 11 years on Twitter 8,468 followers | 131 |
| 68. |  Lady Lakdawalla of Baltis Vallis@elakdawalla Solar System Specialist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist, author, speaker, asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 12 years on Twitter 168,964 followers | 130 |
| 69. |  Aatish Bhatia@aatishb Freelance science writer with a physics PhD & science education expertise ∿ Immigrant ∿ Sine wave enthusiast ∿ Climate newsletter: https://t.co/RE61IO8ESA aatishb.com 9 years on Twitter 17,111 followers | 130 |
| 70. |  Undark Magazine@undarkmag Non-profit & editorially independent. Exploring science as a frequently wondrous, sometimes contentious, and occasionally troubling byproduct of human culture. Cambridge, MA undark.org 4 years on Twitter 52,655 followers | 129 |
| 71. |  Helen Branswell@HelenBranswell Sr writer, infectious diseases @statnews. Conspiracy theory free zone; I block rude, racism. Please consider Googling first. #coronavirus #Covid19 #Ebola🇨🇦 Boston, MA statnews.com 11 years on Twitter 182,155 followers | 128 |
| 72. |  Prof. Katharine Hayhoe@KHayhoe Not suspicious, just 🇨🇦. Climate scientist, @TTUClimate director, polisci professor, knitter, pastor's wife, mom. UN Champion of the Earth, cape not included. Texas Tech University katharinehayhoe.com 11 years on Twitter 160,499 followers | 128 |
| 73. |  STAT@statnews Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine. Make sure to sign up for our free newsletters here: buff.ly/2DJgw2p statnews.com 4 years on Twitter 137,131 followers | 128 |
| 74. |  Chris Mooney@chriscmooney Climate and environment writer at @washingtonpost. Views are my own. USA washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… 11 years on Twitter 38,882 followers | 128 |
| 75. |  Dr. Karen James@kejames Scientist & outdoorswoman • DNA whisperer working on climate change • PhD in genetics, into botany, evolution, space, sci-comm, skiing, Outlander & human rights Unceded Wabanaki territory kejames.com 11 years on Twitter 36,459 followers | 128 |
| 76. |  Emily Willingham@ejwillingham Texan. PhD in gonads, postdoc in genitalia. PHALLACY, re penises &so on, 2020. THE TAILORED BRAIN, re 🧠, in 2021. Journalist. Feel free to share my opinions. The World facebook.com/ejwillinghamph… 10 years on Twitter 12,044 followers | 128 |
| 77. |  Rebecca 🌓 Boyle@rboyle31 Writer for @TheAtlantic @nytimes @sciam @quantamagazine @TheLWON etc. Pro-night, pro-dog, pro-houseplant. 𒀭𒌍 Writing a book about the Moon for @randomhouse Colorado Springs, COLORADO rebecca-boyle.com 11 years on Twitter 6,494 followers | 128 |
| 78. |  Alan Boyle@b0yle Mastermind of @CosmicLog. Contributing editor at @GeekWire. Author of "The Case for Pluto." Links/RTs ≠ endorsements Seattle alanboyle.com 12 years on Twitter 39,377 followers | 127 |
| 79. |  Sarah Kaplan@sarahkaplan48 Climate reporter @washingtonpost. I love all the planets but I write about efforts to save this one. Reach me at [email protected] Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-k… 9 years on Twitter 17,426 followers | 127 |
| 80. |  Christopher Mims@mims Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about our tools and how they shape us for @WSJ. Also writing a book about supply chains. Baltimore, MD mims.club 13 years on Twitter 95,449 followers | 126 |
| 81. |  Dr. Jacquelyn Gill@JacquelynGill Ice Age ecologist in a warming world. Associate Professor at @UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Host of @ourwarmregards. #TeamMuskOx She/her 🏳️🌈 Maine, USA contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com 10 years on Twitter 90,444 followers | 126 |
| 82. |  Kate Wong@katewong Senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation. Views are my own. New York City 11 years on Twitter 13,989 followers | 126 |
| 83. |  Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorva_nyc Reporter @nytimes #coronavirus #covid19 Winner 2019 Victor Cohn Prize. Before: Founding EIC @Spectrum, co-founder @CultureDish DMs open OR [email protected] 11 years on Twitter 10,457 followers | 126 |
| 84. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Freelance Science Journalist - National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, Gizmodo, Earther, Dame, WIRED and others. Fact Checker. Tormented Space 11 years on Twitter 47,841 followers | 125 |
| 85. |  Matt Shipman@ShipLives I get paid to write, which is nice. I dislike bullies. My book on science PR: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… (he/him) Raleigh, NC …ecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com 11 years on Twitter 8,087 followers | 125 |
| 86. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 11 years on Twitter 14,077,706 followers | 124 |
| 87. |  Matthew Herper@matthewherper Writing and events at STAT. This is biology's century; Every data point has a face. New York statnews.com/staff/matthew-… 11 years on Twitter 99,898 followers | 124 |
| 88. |  Dr. Tara C. Smith@aetiology Professor, infectious disease epidemiologist, writer, K & teen wrangler. Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic disease, scicomm, zombies. She/her. No one's sweetie. Kent, Ohio taracsmith.com 11 years on Twitter 81,755 followers | 124 |
| 89. |  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 11 years on Twitter 59,623 followers | 124 |
| 90. |  Christie Wilcox@NerdyChristie Author of Venomous (amzn.to/1Y9WwIm); Editor for @SciShow; Cell & Molec PhD; @BuehlerSciWri’s partner; Mom (definitely not in that order) | she/her Washington, USA christiewilcox.com 11 years on Twitter 19,997 followers | 124 |
| 91. |  Colin Schultz@_ColinS_ News editor @HakaiMagazine. Pitch me a story: Someone doing something for a reason. Don't send me press releases. [email protected] Stratford, Ontario 10 years on Twitter 5,357 followers | 124 |
| 92. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Host of Reset, a tech podcast @voxdotcom • Past: 1st climate correspondent in American TV news @hbo @vicenews • Tweets auto-delete • she/her • [email protected] New York City (et Montréal) pod.link/reset 8 years on Twitter 19,935 followers | 123 |
| 93. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 12 years on Twitter 11,947 followers | 123 |
| 94. |  Hannah Waters@hannahjwaters science writer and naturalist. editor at Audubon Mag @audubonsociety. stands up for the common bird. she/her. nerd alert. NYC/BK clippings.me/hannahjwaters 10 years on Twitter 8,992 followers | 123 |
| 95. |  NPR Science Desk@nprscience Science news, commentary and conversation from NPR. Plus, a rad new podcast called #NPRShortWave! Subscribe now: apple.co/2OsOlKQ Washington, DC n.pr/35c7ve0 12 years on Twitter 247,490 followers | 121 |
| 96. |  Jason G. Goldman@jgold85 Science journalist. Wildlife reporter. Expedition leader. Bylines @SciAm @Biographic @BBCEarth @NatGeo & more. @GoScifari @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA co-founder Los Angeles jasonggoldman.com 10 years on Twitter 16,540 followers | 121 |
| 97. |  Siri Carpenter@SiriCarpenter Co-founder & editor of @Open_Notebook, @ScienceWriters president. Opinions = mine. [email protected] She/her. Madison, Wisconsin siricarpenter.com 11 years on Twitter 4,322 followers | 121 |
| 98. |  National Geographic@NatGeo Taking our understanding and awareness of the world further for more than 130 years Global nationalgeographic.com 11 years on Twitter 24,125,186 followers | 120 |
| 99. |  Discover Magazine@DiscoverMag The best science magazine, in print and online Between gluons and galaxies discovermagazine.com 11 years on Twitter 1,185,588 followers | 120 |
| 100. |  Eric Holthaus@EricHolthaus Meteorologist, dad to kids and plants | Climate correspondent @the_corres | he/him | ecosocialist🌹🌎❤️ | #actuallyautistic | THE FUTURE EARTH Mdewakanton land / Minnesota ericholthaus.com 9 years on Twitter 484,130 followers | 120 |
| 101. |  Michelle Nijhuis@nijhuism Editor of #LifeUpClose @TheAtlantic. Writer @NatGeoMag & @NYTMag, consigliere @HighCountryNews. Author of BELOVED BEASTS, @WWNorton March 2021. Mom @GirlBilbo. Columbia River Gorge rhymeswithmyhouse.com 10 years on Twitter 8,234 followers | 120 |
| 102. |  Alok Jha@alokjha Science correspondent at @TheEconomist • Former @WellcomeTrust fellow • Author: The Water Book https://t.co/lySv8Xl9zt • [email protected]📧 London, England alokjha.com 11 years on Twitter 32,346 followers | 119 |
| 103. |  Robert Lee Hotz@leHotz I cover science for The Wall Street Journal. President of The Alicia Patterson Foundation. New York 10 years on Twitter 6,109 followers | 119 |
| 104. |  The New Yorker@NewYorker Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, reviews, and criticism. New York, NY newyorker.com 12 years on Twitter 8,912,885 followers | 118 |
| 105. |  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 11 years on Twitter 1,106,217 followers | 118 |
| 106. |  Dr. Kate Clancy@KateClancy Associate professor at the University of Illinois. Harassment, discrimination, stress, and menstrual cycles. @periodpodcast2 in spare time. She/her/hers. Urbana, IL kateclancy.com 12 years on Twitter 17,905 followers | 118 |
| 107. |  Kathleen Raven@inkkr Science writer. Currently tracking: hearing loss & suicidal ideation as a health symptom that can be treated & things that make you 🤔 // #FutureIsFemale // In flight 10 years on Twitter 5,902 followers | 118 |
| 108. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. #scicomm #womeninSTEM she/her 🇨🇦🇺🇸 West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon 11 years on Twitter 63,960 followers | 117 |
| 109. |  Roxanne Khamsi@rkhamsi science journalist | I used to write about things besides #COVID19 #coronavirus | sign up for my news stories 👉 https://t.co/lihqUpvTBR Montreal by way of Brooklyn roxannekhamsi.com/about 10 years on Twitter 10,318 followers | 117 |
| 110. |  Nsikan Akpan@MoNscience Highly melanated. @NatGeo science editor | Past: @NewsHour science producer | PhD pathobiologist | YNWA | For secure communications, DM for Signal. Washington DC nationalgeographic.com/science/corona… 8 years on Twitter 8,111 followers | 117 |
| 111. |  Erik Vance@erikvance Staff editor at @NYTParenting and author of Suggestible You. Connoisseur of good science and fine BS. Views are someone else's. Anyone else's. Baltimore suggestibleyou.com 11 years on Twitter 4,264 followers | 117 |
| 112. |  Paul Raeburn@praeburn Journalist. Author. Producer, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. Passionate about journalism. Excited about comedy. New York, NY paulraeburn.com 12 years on Twitter 3,927 followers | 117 |
| 113. |  Maria Popova@brainpicker Reader. Writer. Bicycle-dependent. Author of #Figuring. Maker of #UniverseInVerse. Brooklyn, NY brainpickings.org 12 years on Twitter 916,108 followers | 116 |
| 114. |  Jennifer Gunter@DrJenGunter OB/GYN, appropriately confident, lasso of truth, Canadian Spice, I speak for no one but me. The Vagina Bible (bestseller! OMG). Jensplaining, NYT contributor. San Francisco, CA drjengunter.com 11 years on Twitter 308,233 followers | 116 |
| 115. |  Mary Roach@mary_roach I write books, most recently GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Also: STIFF, GULP, PACKING FOR MARS, BONK. and SPOOK. Oakland, CA • author maryroach.net 9 years on Twitter 29,394 followers | 116 |
| 116. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Reporting COVID-19 and bio/medical research at @NatureNews. Send me tips: [email protected] Past: @buzzfeednews @BostonGlobe @NBCNews (she/her) Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 11 years on Twitter 7,881 followers | 116 |
| 117. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance journalist. Contributes to the NY Times, NatGeo & more. Author of POACHED: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking. Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 9 years on Twitter 7,698 followers | 116 |
| 118. |  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 11 years on Twitter 3,280,924 followers | 115 |
| 119. |  Dr. Kiki Sanford@drkiki Science ninjas unite! Science talkshow host @TWIScience, Video & Podcast Producer, VP of PR @ScienceTalkOrg Portland, OR about.me/drkiki 13 years on Twitter 189,781 followers | 115 |
| 120. |  Matthew R "Who Owns An Asteroid?" Francis@DrMRFrancis Writer of science, fiction, and comics. Wearer of jaunty hats. Profile portrait by @sciencecomic . He/him. bowlerhatscience.org 9 years on Twitter 25,954 followers | 115 |
| 121. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check My dream: to help you achieve yours. Director @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. she/her Bay Area erikacheck.com 11 years on Twitter 9,778 followers | 115 |
| 122. |  Cristine Russell@russellcris Science, enviro, health writer: climate science+policy; the media; women in science. Harvard Kennedy School fellow. World Conf of Sci Journalists 2017 co-chair Cambridge, MA; CT; wherever 11 years on Twitter 6,401 followers | 115 |
| 123. |  Ann Finkbeiner@AnnFinkbeiner Science writer whose current job is to write whatever science I can get an assignment to write. Baltimore lastwordonnothing.com 10 years on Twitter 2,952 followers | 115 |
| 124. |  Jay Rosen@jayrosen_nyu I teach journalism and direct the Studio 20 program at NYU, critique the press, direct @membershippzzle. Started blogging in 2003. Still at it. New York City [email protected] pressthink.org 12 years on Twitter 281,520 followers | 114 |
| 125. |  Raychelle Burks@DrRubidium #Chemistry Blackademic in the Ivory Tower. #BLACKandSTEM. She/they. Left Coaster in DC. Sarcastic & silly. Tweets = personal ≠ professional. In @CurlyHairMafia. Middle of Nowhere thirtyseven.scientopia.org 9 years on Twitter 30,503 followers | 114 |
| 126. |  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… 10 years on Twitter 28,883 followers | 114 |
| 127. |  David Kroll@davidkroll State univ pharmaceutical sciences prof, freelance pharma & healthcare writer @forbeshealth, clips @indyweek @cenmag. Gator PhD in Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Denver, CO forbes.com/sites/davidkro… 11 years on Twitter 11,536 followers | 114 |
| 128. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News. Lifelong astronomy nerd. Queer Jewish mom. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA sciencenews.org/author/lisa-gr… 11 years on Twitter 9,372 followers | 114 |
| 129. |  Joe 😷 Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, science writer, creator of @okaytobesmart and @HotMessPBS on YouTube. Instagram: drjoehanson Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… 11 years on Twitter 41,675 followers | 113 |
| 130. |  Michael Eisen@mbeisen I study how flies are made & how fungi control their behavior. I fight to make science open and fair. EIC of eLife. He/him. My conflicts bit.ly/2uC3FNF 37° 14′ 6″ N, 115° 48′ 40″ W michaeleisen.org 11 years on Twitter 40,351 followers | 113 |
| 131. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang Staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote. I cover science. Say hello at [email protected] DC theatlantic.com/author/sarah-z… 12 years on Twitter 18,160 followers | 113 |
| 132. |  Ananyo Bhattacharya@Ananyo Science journalist, SF author/fan. Working on a book about John von Neumann for @allenlanebooks @wwnorton Ex- @TheEconomist, @naturenews. Nowhere 11 years on Twitter 12,592 followers | 113 |
| 133. |  Betsy Mason@betsymason Freelance journalist, geologist, beer snob, calm assertive pack leader. Co-author of the book All Over the Map (Oct. 30 bit.ly/alloverthemap) San Francisco Bay Area betsymason.com 11 years on Twitter 9,042 followers | 113 |
| 134. |  Eric Michael Johnson@ericmjohnson Historian of science, evolutionary anthropologist, and award-winning science writer currently producing massive amounts of adenosine triphosphate. Vancouver, BC ericmichaeljohnson.net 11 years on Twitter 6,878 followers | 113 |
| 135. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 10 years on Twitter 5,432 followers | 113 |
| 136. |  Ian Sample@iansample Guardian Science editor | Bad surfer | Wrote Massive, shortlisted Royal Society Science Book Prize. Leaks & whistleblows ONLY: [email protected] I live by the river theguardian.com/profile/iansam… 10 years on Twitter 47,341 followers | 112 |
| 137. |  Charles Choi 🚀@cqchoi I write about what happens at the edge of the world as we know it, in the area between the unknown and the impossible. A science journalist and sci-fi author. cqchoi.com 9 years on Twitter 4,070 followers | 112 |
| 138. |  Kathryn Schulz@kathrynschulz Staff writer at the @newyorker; author of “Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error”; at work on something new. 10 years on Twitter 42,475 followers | 111 |
| 139. |  Tim De Chant ▶︎▶︎@tdechant Founder and editor, @futureproofrev, teach at @MIT_Sciwrite. Formerly @KSJatMIT, @NOVApbs. Cambridge, MA futureproofreviews.com 10 years on Twitter 3,448 followers | 110 |
| 140. |  Curtis Brainard@CBrainard @SciAm Managing Editor | Former @WFSJ President & Board member New York scientificamerican.com 7 years on Twitter until last tweet (2015-Aug-30) 3,394 followers | 110 |
| 141. |  Amos Zeeberg@settostun Freelance science and technology journalist. Favorite punctuation: ellipsis—and it's not even close. Phnom Penh 12 years on Twitter 2,608 followers | 110 |
| 142. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don’t. Los Angeles, CA billnye.com 11 years on Twitter 6,005,460 followers | 109 |
| 143. |  Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@KendraWrites Now @Gimletmedia lit agent @slevittslevitt past @nytimes @popsci @MIT_sciwrite @insideclimate. Anti mayo. Pro The Expanse. All my tweets are subtweets. Ride or Die NYC kendrawrites.com 9 years on Twitter 23,888 followers | 109 |
| 144. |  Aleszu Bajak@aleszubajak Science & data journalist teaching @NUjournalism • Edits @Storybench @LatAmSci • @KSJatMIT Fellow 14 • Alum @Undarkmag @EsquireClassic @SciFri • Peruvian-gringo Cambridge, MA aleszu.com 11 years on Twitter 7,588 followers | 109 |
| 145. |  Robin Marantz Henig@robinhenig Science writer, book author, adjunct prof at #SHERP @nyu_journalism, co-author with my daughter @scootes of TWENTYSOMETHING bit.ly/2RpB2f8 NYC robinhenig.com 11 years on Twitter 2,859 followers | 109 |
| 146. |  ProPublica@propublica Pursuing stories with moral force. Send us things: propub.li/2hoDS2G. Newsletter: propub.li/2LdoRh6. Also follow @ProPublicaIL. We're there, too. New York, NY propublica.org 12 years on Twitter 871,877 followers | 108 |
| 147. |  Atul Gawande@Atul_Gawande Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, CEO.... havenhealthcare.com ariadnelabs.org lifebox.org atulgawande.com 9 years on Twitter 342,011 followers | 108 |
| 148. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Deputy editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] Put my cat tweets on television, you cowards. Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 9 years on Twitter 13,983 followers | 108 |
| 149. |  Charles Bergquist@cbquist Director of Science Friday, a public radio science program distributed by @WNYCStudios. Ask your doctor if @scifri may be right for you. Restrictions apply. East Coast USA sciencefriday.com 11 years on Twitter 9,547 followers | 108 |
| 150. |  Nautilus Magazine@NautilusMag Experience science, don't just read about it. Deep, undiluted, narrative storytelling brings science into the most important conversations we are having today. Austin, TX click.nautil.us/Nautilus 8 years on Twitter 87,792 followers | 107 |
| 151. |  Malcolm M. Campbell@m_m_campbell Biologist, prof, @UofG VPR. Science, research, & innovation tweets. Dog person. Running, thinking, gleaning those #SixIncredibleThingsBeforeBreakfast. Guelph, Ontario linkedin.com/in/malcolm-cam… 10 years on Twitter 9,630 followers | 107 |
| 152. |  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/ 11 years on Twitter 4,064,527 followers | 106 |
| 153. |  Maria Konnikova@mkonnikova Only @newyorker writer ever to go on leave to play pro poker. Wrote some bestsellers (amzn.to/2qmaDAe). New book is pre-order ready! bit.ly/biggestbluff Brooklyn, NY mariakonnikova.com 8 years on Twitter 40,930 followers | 106 |
| 154. |  Francie Diep@franciediep Staff reporter @chronicle, covering money and financing in higher ed. Appreciator of prose in all forms. Washington, DC franciediep.com 9 years on Twitter 4,955 followers | 106 |
| 155. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert I'm a New Yorker staff writer and author of "Field Notes from a Catastrophe" and "The Sixth Extinction." ElizabethKolbert.com 6 years on Twitter 40,268 followers | 105 |
| 156. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer I write the @Axios Space newsletter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Get in touch: [email protected] (she/her) Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. link.axios.com/join/space-sig… 10 years on Twitter 19,998 followers | 105 |
| 157. |  @borenbears@borenbears AssociatedPress science writer Seth Borenstein. I cover Earth sciences, climatechange, disasters; [email protected] Dad, BoSox fan Teach @ NYU/DC ap.org/tips/ Washington, DC, USA apnews.com/apf-science 11 years on Twitter 14,641 followers | 105 |
| 158. |  Fred Guterl@fredguterl special projects editor @newsweek, formerly @sciam executive editor, author (Fate of the Species) 12 years on Twitter 4,195 followers | 105 |
| 159. |  Nieman Lab@NiemanLab We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of @niemanfdn at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. Cambridge, Mass. niemanlab.org 11 years on Twitter 298,072 followers | 104 |
| 160. |  News from Science@NewsfromScience The latest stories in science, brought to you by the @ScienceMagazine news team. Washington, D.C. sciencemag.org/news 11 years on Twitter 278,311 followers | 104 |
| 161. |  Victoria Jaggard@vmjaggard99 Executive Editor for Science @NatGeo. Astronomy fan, coffee lover, gaming + anime geek, goth fashionista, Navy brat. Always on for karaoke. Washington, DC nationalgeographic.com/latest-stories/ 9 years on Twitter 7,621 followers | 104 |
| 162. |  (((Steve Mirsky)))@SteveMirsky Editor, columnist, podcaster for @sciam magazine. Opinions expressed are my own and are subject to revision with new information. Like science. The Bronx scientificamerican.com/podcasts/ 10 years on Twitter 7,201 followers | 104 |
| 163. |  Brian Vastag@brianvastag Former Washington Post science reporter, now disabled by ME/CFS + myositis. Contributor, The Science Writers' Handbook. Living a quiet life on a quiet island. Kauai washingtonpost.com/health/glacier… 10 years on Twitter 5,848 followers | 104 |
| 164. |  Michael E. Mann@MichaelEMann Scientist & author; Distinguished Prof of Atmospheric Science & Director of Earth System Science Center, Penn State; National Academy of Sciences; Tyler Prize Penn State University, PA michaelmann.net 8 years on Twitter 154,544 followers | 103 |
| 165. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Science journalist & PhD | Bylines at Gizmodo, Vice, Grist, National Geographic, The Atlantic, Washington Post, etc | Founder of Earther | Half Vulcan 🖖🏼 Philadelphia, PA maddiestonewriting.com 8 years on Twitter 19,161 followers | 102 |
| 166. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes science journalist 🚀 bylines at BBC Future, New Scientist, The Observer etc 🌍 previously BuzzFeed 🐱 [email protected] 💌 she/her 🐣 currently on mat leave London via Oldham kellyoak.es 11 years on Twitter 7,575 followers | 102 |
| 167. |  Susannah Locke@susannahlocke Special projects editor @voxdotcom, formerly @popsci, @sciam, tnghaikus.com. [email protected] susannahlocke.com 11 years on Twitter 4,218 followers | 102 |
| 168. |  Cassandra Willyard@cwillyard Freelance science writer in Madison, WI. I love long walks, sunsets, and infectious diseases. The more neglected, the better. Madison, WI cassandrawillyard.com 11 years on Twitter 2,906 followers | 102 |
| 169. |  PLOS@PLOS Breaking boundaries. Empowering researchers. Opening Science. USA and UK plos.org 12 years on Twitter 148,693 followers | 101 |
| 170. |  brad plumer@bradplumer Reporter at @nytclimate. On the apocalypse beat, more or less. Email me at [email protected] Washington, DC nytimes.com/by/brad-plumer 11 years on Twitter 40,001 followers | 101 |
| 171. |  Shannon Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Art Historian. Clever girl. Find me in @NYTimes @washingtonpost @PopSci @TheAtlantic @NatGeo @SciAm @RollingStone @Wired @Longreads. Opinions are mine. Oakland, CA shannonstirone.com 5 years on Twitter 25,741 followers | 101 |
| 172. |  Lou Woodley@LouWoodley Director @TheCSCCE. I train, support and research scientific community managers - those building networks & collaborations in STEM. #SciComm #CEFP2019 🐿 socialinsilico.wordpress.com 11 years on Twitter 12,278 followers | 101 |
| 173. |  Brandon Keim@9brandon Freelance journalist + writer | Nature, animals, science & environment | Author, The Eye of the Sandpiper goo.gl/cn6c1y | Co-founder @KittyEatsBugs Bangor, ME instagram.com/9brandon/ 12 years on Twitter 8,899 followers | 101 |
| 174. |  WIRED@WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. San Francisco/New York wired.com 13 years on Twitter 10,382,323 followers | 100 |
| 175. |  Brian Malow@sciencecomedian Science comedian, Earth. Available for off-world appearances, if transportation is provided. Raleigh, NC instagram.com/sciencecomedian 11 years on Twitter 22,861 followers | 100 |
| 176. |  Philip Yam@philipyam Science editor, writer. Editor-in-Chief, Simons Foundation. President, AAJA-NY 2013-2017. Former @SciAm managing editor. Book author. My views New York amzn.to/1lfZdoR 11 years on Twitter 4,435 followers | 100 |
| 177. |  Shannon Palus@shanpalus writing and editing @slate, it's pronounced "pa-lus" Brooklyn, NY slate.com/author/shannon… 11 years on Twitter 3,424 followers | 100 |
| 178. |  Nate Silver@NateSilver538 Editor-in-Chief, @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (amzn.to/QdyFYV). Sports/politics/food geek. New York fivethirtyeight.com 11 years on Twitter 3,338,318 followers | 99 |
| 179. |  Popular Science@PopSci Awe-inspiring science, tech, and DIY. Our latest issue is available to everyone, online, right now: pops.ci/summerplay New York popsci.com 11 years on Twitter 1,368,682 followers | 98 |
| 180. |  Eric Berger@SciGuySpace Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. I like rockets. And depots. Houston, TX arstechnica.com 11 years on Twitter 70,328 followers | 98 |
| 181. |  Julia Belluz@juliaoftoronto Health correspondent @voxdotcom #publichealth #globalhealth including #covid19 MIT Knight Fellow '14. Contact me securely @ jbelluz on KeyBase or DM for Signal Vienna, Austria juliabelluz.com 10 years on Twitter 37,977 followers | 98 |
| 182. |  Doug Main@Douglas_Main senior writer/editor @NatGeo covering animals & wildlife. i like plants too. Washington, DC 10 years on Twitter 7,389 followers | 98 |
| 183. |  Amanda Moon@amsciam Founder, Moon & Company: Editorial Consulting + Project Management. Former & always: @fsgbooks @basicbooks @palgrave_ @sciam NYC & Boston 9 years on Twitter 4,243 followers | 98 |
| 184. |  Ben StayAtHome Goldacre@bengoldacre Doctor, nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, procrastinator. I run ebmdatalab.net at @uniofoxford making tools+papers from data [email protected] Oxford, England badscience.net 13 years on Twitter 483,492 followers | 97 |
| 185. |  Dr. Jonathan Foley@GlobalEcoGuy Climate & environmental scientist. Focused on solutions. Executive Director, Project Drawdown @ProjectDrawdown Drawdown.org My views. San Francisco GlobalEcoGuy.org 8 years on Twitter 55,507 followers | 97 |
| 186. |  Gwen Pearson@bug_gwen I'm a bug AND a feature! I do insect education & write about science. Founder of @ento_allies. Tweets personal/do not represent employers etc 🐝 she/her/PhD West Lafayette, IN bit.ly/GwenPearson 11 years on Twitter 23,982 followers | 97 |
| 187. |  MC Stardust ✨@Summer_Ash #BlackLivesMatter I seem really confident and I talk about space. #TeamRadio #defectiveheartgirlsolutions 1/2 of @startorialist, opinions=mine (she/her) Socorro, NM shop.startorialist.com 10 years on Twitter 13,440 followers | 97 |
| 188. |  Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel I'm an editor/correspondent for @nprscience. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on the Twitter. Nukes/Rockets/Missiles/Space/etc. securedrop.npr.org npr.org 11 years on Twitter 10,102 followers | 97 |
| 189. |  Ewen Callaway@ewencallaway Immigrant. Journalist at Nature. Mostly just parenting these days. London 11 years on Twitter 5,568 followers | 97 |
| 190. |  Sophie Bushwick@sophiebushwick Science writer, podcast & video producer, etc. Also Technology Editor at @SciAm New York, NY 9 years on Twitter 4,348 followers | 97 |
| 191. |  simon frantz@simon_frantz Managing Editor at BBC Global News. Formerly: @BBC_Future, @nobelprize, @NatRevDrugDisc. Views expressed are my own. NYC bbc.com 11 years on Twitter 3,809 followers | 97 |
| 192. |  Jennifer Bogo@jenbogo Science journalist. Penguin enthusiast. Fan of Mars habitats but think Earth is worth saving. VP, Content at @audubonsociety. Formerly orbited @popsci @popmech. New York 9 years on Twitter 2,752 followers | 97 |
| 193. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 11 years on Twitter 36,511,293 followers | 96 |
| 194. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Canadian Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Earth chrishadfield.ca 9 years on Twitter 2,392,283 followers | 96 |
| 195. |  Dr. David Shiffman@WhySharksMatter Marine conservation biologist, science writer, scientific/environmental consultant. Postdoctoral researcher at @ASU @ASUinDC , opinions mine not ASU’s. He/him Washington, DC davidshiffmancv.com 10 years on Twitter 50,644 followers | 96 |
| 196. |  Rowan Hooper@rowhoop Podcast editor @newscientist. PhD in evolutionary biology. Former Tokyoite & entomologist. New book, SUPERHUMAN, out now すごい! London rowanhooper.contently.com 11 years on Twitter 11,913 followers | 96 |
| 197. |  The New York Times@nytimes News tips? Share them here: nyti.ms/2FVHq9v New York City nytimes.com 13 years on Twitter 46,873,406 followers | 95 |
| 198. |  nxthompson@nxthompson Editor in Chief of @wired. Please support our journalism and subscribe to Wired: wired.com/subscribe. Story tips to [email protected] New York nickthompson.com 11 years on Twitter 119,222 followers | 95 |
| 199. |  Maia Szalavitz@maiasz Neuroscience Journalist, VICE.com, TIME.com ti.me/rWCQsZ, etc. Author, Unbroken Brain, Soros Justice Fellow New York maiasz.com 12 years on Twitter 24,015 followers | 95 |
| 200. |  The Onion@TheOnion America's Finest News Source. theonion.com 12 years on Twitter 11,530,188 followers | 94 |
| 201. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 11 years on Twitter 1,191,315 followers | 94 |
| 202. |  Longreads@Longreads The world's best stories, since 2009. Use #longreads to share your favorites. Part of the @Automattic @WordPressdotcom family. NYC / SF longreads.com 11 years on Twitter 292,432 followers | 94 |
| 203. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile I explore and explain science, on TV and the internet. Avid Indoorsman. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. 🚨NEW CHANNEL🚨👇👇 Los Angeles youtu.be/h3X3AmmlUqU 10 years on Twitter 101,677 followers | 94 |
| 204. |  Hope Jahren@HopeJahren author of the best-selling LAB GIRL (2016) and THE STORY OF MORE (2020) A good ways north of North hopejahrensurecanwrite.com 9 years on Twitter 39,006 followers | 94 |
| 205. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Climate charity worker and writer. "Can We Save the Planet?" out now: bit.ly/2wtbQNj History of the climate crisis out 2021. She/ her. London climatehistories.com/who 11 years on Twitter 27,987 followers | 94 |
| 206. |  Andrew Thaler@DrAndrewThaler Marine Science and Conservation at Blackbeard Biologic. Deep-sea ecology. Population genetics. Underwater robots. The deep sea is Earth's last great wilderness. patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler 11 years on Twitter 26,773 followers | 94 |
| 207. |  Marc Abrahams@MarcAbrahams editor of the Annals of Improbable Research magazine, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes. Also see: @ImprobResearch Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA improbable.com 11 years on Twitter 10,190 followers | 94 |
| 208. |  Charles Seife@cgseife Journalist, author, NYU professor, debunker of 'alternative facts.' (Pronouns: he/him/his.) New York City charlesseife.com 11 years on Twitter 10,081 followers | 94 |
| 209. |  wudan is yansplaining@wudanyan 🕵🏻♀️ “Swashbuckling journalist" 🎙Empowering freelancers @TWC_pod 📝 in @nytimes @highcountrynews @elemental etc 👩🏻🏫 Business coach for freelancers Seattle, WA wudanyan.com 10 years on Twitter 9,176 followers | 94 |
| 210. |  Sarah Zielinski@SarahZielinski Managing editor, Science News for Students. Contributor to Science News. Obsessed with animals--especially cats. she/her Washington, DC sarahzielinski.com 11 years on Twitter 4,958 followers | 94 |
| 211. |  Brendan Borrell@bborrell Working on a book about the vaccine race. Also keeping busy @natgeo @theatlantic @audubonsociety @outsidemagazine @bw Send tips to [email protected] Los Angeles, CA brendanborrell.com 11 years on Twitter 3,536 followers | 94 |
| 212. |  Radiolab@Radiolab Radiolab is a show about curiosity from @WNYCStudios. Got curious kids stuck at home? Check out Radiolab For Kids wherever you get your podcasts. multiple universes radiolab.org 11 years on Twitter 277,981 followers | 93 |
| 213. |  Andrew Freedman@afreedma Weather/Climate at The Washington Post. Send tips: [email protected] | Encrypted: [email protected] | Open DMs | @axios, @mashable alum Washington, DC washingtonpost.com/news/capital-w… 11 years on Twitter 173,317 followers | 93 |
| 214. |  Emily Graslie 📺🦕🦖@Ehmee Chief Curiosity Correspondent @FieldMuseum Creator of youtube.com/thebrainscoop Exec. Producer, Host, Writer for #PrehistoricRoadTripPBS - stream now on @PBS! Chicago, IL emilygraslie.com 11 years on Twitter 96,537 followers | 93 |
| 215. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush Senior science reporter at @verge, covering all things space. Host of #VergeSpaceCraft. Texas-bred: Clear eyes, full hearts. [email protected] New York, NY theverge.com/authors/loren-… 11 years on Twitter 43,770 followers | 93 |
| 216. |  Moheb Costandi@mocost Neuroscientist/ freelance writer. Author of NEUROPLASTICITY (MIT Press, 2016) and 50 HUMAN BRAIN IDEAS (Quercus, 2013). London neurophilosophy.wordpress.com 11 years on Twitter 38,198 followers | 93 |
| 217. |  Antonio Regalado@antonioregalado Progress in science depends on new techniques, new discoveries and new ideas, probably in that order - {Sydney Brenner}. I write about biotech @techreview [email protected] technologyreview.com 11 years on Twitter 19,267 followers | 93 |
| 218. |  Liz Landau@lizlandau Writer/editor/storyteller/podcaster at @NASA & elsewhere. Ex @NASAJPL @CNN. Likes pi. @Princeton & @Columbia grad. Views mine. RTs ≠ endorsements. https://t.co/5xHZNt0d4U District of Pandas 11 years on Twitter 11,673 followers | 93 |
| 219. |  Joel Achenbach@JoelAchenbach The Washington Post; Achenblog; Why Things Are; Captured By Aliens; The Grand Idea; A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea Washington DC washingtonpost.com/achenblog 8 years on Twitter 10,715 followers | 93 |
| 220. |  Veronique Greenwood@vero_greenwood Odds and ends, bric-a-brac, scientific paraphernalia. Writer for The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC Future, and others. 10 years on Twitter 4,136 followers | 93 |
| 221. |  Mollie Bloudoff-Inde@mbloudoff Freelance journalist. Science aficionado. Antarctica traveler. @Columbiajourn @UCberkeley @UniofOxford Co-founder of @DiverseSources. she/her [email protected] Washington, DC mbloudoff.com 10 years on Twitter 3,419 followers | 93 |
| 222. |  Ezra Klein@ezraklein Founder and editor-at-large, @VoxDotCom Author, "Why We're Polarized" Podcasts, applepodcasts.com/ezraklein DC vox.com 11 years on Twitter 2,615,840 followers | 92 |
| 223. |  Mark Henderson@markgfh Director 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 11 years on Twitter 17,627 followers | 92 |
| 224. |  Brooke Jarvis@brookejarvis Contributing writer, @NYTmag and @CalSunday, writer for @newyorker and elsewhere. Tennessean on the Puget Sound. brookejarvis.net 11 years on Twitter 10,392 followers | 92 |
| 225. |  George Musser@gmusser contributing editor for Scientific American, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory and Spooky Action at a Distance New York georgemusser.com 12 years on Twitter 8,696 followers | 92 |
| 226. |  ryan@RyanFMandelbaum im like a bird ill only fly away i dont know where my soul is i dont know where my home is (they/them/birds/writing @qiskit and elsewhere/opinions mine) New York, USA 4 years on Twitter 7,651 followers | 92 |
| 227. |  Liza Gross@lizabio Reporter #EnvironmentalJustice @FERNnews. Ed @PLOSBiology. Views my own. Science Writers' Investigative Reporting Handbook amzn.to/2PXr7i8 DM for proton San Francisco lizagross.com 11 years on Twitter 5,526 followers | 92 |
| 228. |  Mary Beth Griggs@MaryBethGriggs Science Editor @VergeScience. Formerly @PopSci. Tweets are my own. NYC theverge.com/authors/mary-b… 9 years on Twitter 4,133 followers | 92 |
| 229. |  Anna Kuchment@akuchment The Dallas Morning News science writer, Scientific American editor, and author of The Forgotten Cure (Copernicus Books; 2012), about phages. Views are my own. 9 years on Twitter 3,125 followers | 92 |
| 230. |  Nature@nature International weekly journal of science. Editorials, News & Views, Comment, Careers and primary research coverage here. For news, please see @NatureNews. London nature.com/nature/current… 8 years on Twitter 1,874,959 followers | 91 |
| 231. |  Soledad O'Brien@soledadobrien boss lady New York soledadobrienproductions.com 11 years on Twitter 1,264,393 followers | 91 |
| 232. |  Jad Abumrad@JadAbumrad Radiolab, More Perfect, Dolly Parton's America, music, other stuff. When I tweet it's just me. Brooklyn, NY radiolab.org 10 years on Twitter 311,534 followers | 91 |
| 233. |  Aeon+Psyche@aeonmag Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. Psyche is our new sister magazine focused on the human condition. Visit aeon.co and psyche.co for more. 8 years on Twitter 153,280 followers | 91 |
| 234. |  Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape science journalist. molecular biologist. curious. Contributing Correspondent at @sciencemagazine, reporting on #covid19. Interested in all things #blue Berlin, Germany sciencemag.org/author/kai-kup… 11 years on Twitter 84,468 followers | 91 |
| 235. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🚀🎸🎵🌎❤️ Biosphere One funkyscience.net 8 years on Twitter 26,417 followers | 91 |
| 236. |  Alex Wild@Myrmecos Photographer. Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin. Personal account. Austin, Texas alexanderwild.com 9 years on Twitter 25,901 followers | 91 |
| 237. |  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 12 years on Twitter 900,186 followers | 90 |
| 238. |  Laurie Garrett@Laurie_Garrett Former Sr Fellow @CFR_org. Recipient of Pulitzer Prize, Polk (2Xs) and Peabody Awards. Author: IHeard theSirensScream, TheComingPlague, Ebola & BetrayalofTrust. New York, NY cfr.org/experts/global… 9 years on Twitter 178,275 followers | 90 |
| 239. |  Janet D. Stemwedel, Philosopher Queen 🏳️🌈☠️@docfreeride Philosopher, lapsed chemist. Previously: Forbes, Scientific American, ScienceBlogs. Views mine alone. forbes.com/sites/janetste… (she/her) San Francisco Bay Area keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=… 11 years on Twitter 14,548 followers | 90 |
| 240. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 Neurobio & Clinical Psych | 🎙@TalkNerdy_Pod & @SkepticsGuide | 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames | 🙋🏻♀️@SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | 🌈 she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com 10 years on Twitter 79,446 followers | 89 |
| 241. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Formerly at @sciencenews. Award-winning baker. Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 11 years on Twitter 6,009 followers | 89 |
| 242. |  jane c. hu@jane_c_hu 🖊🕵🏻♀️independent journalist @slate, @highcountrynews, + 🤓actually doctor who 🐶always gets the name of the dog 📩[email protected] 👩🏻💻she/her Seattle janehu.net 7 years on Twitter 5,148 followers | 89 |
| 243. |  Jennifer Frazer@JenniferFrazer Freelance science writer, author of The Artful Amoeba at Scientific American, Under-Loved Lifeform Enthusiast, and poker/prodder of misc. slimy things. Colorado's Front Range blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/ 11 years on Twitter 4,079 followers | 89 |
| 244. |  Elizabeth Preston@Inkfish Freelance science journalist @nytimes @NewsfromScience @QuantaMagazine, silly stuff @mcsweeneys etc. Former editor of MUSE magazine. Aspiring cephalopod. Boston-ish elizabethgpreston.com 9 years on Twitter 3,527 followers | 89 |
| 245. |  Marc Lipsitch@mlipsitch Infectious disease epidemiologist and microbiologist, aspirational barista. [email protected] Director @CCDD_HSPH Boston, MA hsph.harvard.edu/faculty/marc-l… 10 years on Twitter 198,437 followers | 88 |
| 246. |  Liz Szabo@LizSzabo Senior correspondent/enterprise reporter at Kaiser Health New, covering the quality of medical care. Spoiler alert: It could be better. Washington, D.C. khn.org 11 years on Twitter 66,367 followers | 88 |
| 247. |  Dr. Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar #Biologist in the media all over. Adj Prof of Biology at The University of the Fraser Valley (BC, Canada). Ambivert. Quirkeh Canadian. B KIND, it feels nice :) British Columbia, Canada carinbondar.com 10 years on Twitter 22,683 followers | 88 |
| 248. |  Marina Koren@marinakoren Staff writer at @theatlantic. Views expressed here are like black holes: they don't reflect anything. Email me: [email protected] Washington, D.C. / The Milky Way 10 years on Twitter 14,905 followers | 88 |
| 249. |  Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl Freelance chemistry and food journalist. Bylines @cenmag @ScienceNews @Forbes @DCist @SciAm. Chemistry Ph.D. Inglés+Español. She/her/hers. Washington, DC, mostly. carmendrahl.com 10 years on Twitter 9,375 followers | 88 |
| 250. |  M. Balter teaches/does journalism, remotely.@mbalter Journalism prof; contributor to CJR, SciAm, SAPIENS, The Verge, Yale E360, etc. Anthro, mental health, environ, #MeToo. Defendant in $18 million defamation suit Recently returned to USA from 29 yrs exile in Europe. michaelbalter.com 11 years on Twitter 6,620 followers | 88 |
| 251. |  Rachel E. Gross@rachelegross Writing a book for @wwnorton about the history of your lady parts. Formerly at @KSJatMIT, @SmithsonianMag, @Slate, @WIRED, @nytimes. Squirrel appreciator. Boston, MA rachelegross.com 10 years on Twitter 3,947 followers | 88 |
| 252. |  The Washington Post@washingtonpost Breaking news, analysis, and opinion. Founded in 1877. Our staff on Twitter: twitter.com/washingtonpost… Washington, DC washingtonpost.com 13 years on Twitter 16,046,758 followers | 87 |
| 253. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 11 years on Twitter 12,000,518 followers | 87 |
| 254. |  The Atlantic@TheAtlantic Politics, culture, business, science, technology, health, education, global affairs, more. For assistance, visit theatlantic.com/help Washington, D.C. theatlantic.com 11 years on Twitter 1,960,492 followers | 87 |
| 255. |  American Geophysical Union@theAGU Official account of AGU. We support 130,000 enthusiasts to experts worldwide in Earth and space sciences. Tweets do not necessarily mean endorsements. Washington, DC agu.org 11 years on Twitter 65,518 followers | 87 |
| 256. |  Oliver Morton@Eaterofsun Author of The Moon: A History for the Future medium.com/@Eaterofsun/th… Views not discernible from RTs Greenwich, UK heliophage.wordpress.com 11 years on Twitter 9,982 followers | 87 |
| 257. |  Trevor Bedford@trvrb Scientist @fredhutch, studying viruses, evolution and immunity. Collection of #COVID19 threads here: bedford.io/misc/twitter/ Seattle, WA bedford.io 9 years on Twitter 255,095 followers | 86 |
| 258. |  Gavin Schmidt@ClimateOfGavin Climate scientist, occasional juggler, even more occasional author, curious about how the world works. New York, NY realclimate.org 7 years on Twitter 53,169 followers | 86 |
| 259. |  Robinson Meyer@yayitsrob staff writer at @TheAtlantic. cofounder at @Covid19Tracking. visiting fellow at @UChiEnergy. covering climate, energy, coronavirus. say hi, DM for Signal. Washington, DC theatlantic.com/author/robinso… 13 years on Twitter 36,581 followers | 86 |
| 260. |  The Story Collider@storycollider True, personal stories about science. NYC, DC, LA, Boston, London + storycollider.org 10 years on Twitter 16,252 followers | 86 |
| 261. |  Jamie Vernon@JLVernonPhD Husband, Dad, Scientist, Science Advocate, Civic Citizen. #scicomm-er & #scipol-er. This is the personal account of @SigmaXiCEO Raleigh, NC linkedin.com/in/jlvernon/ 11 years on Twitter 6,853 followers | 86 |
| 262. |  Jamie Shreeve@JamieShreeve Contributing Writer/Editor, National Geographic Nashville TN and Bellport NY 9 years on Twitter 1,765 followers | 86 |
| 263. |  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 💯% People-Funded, no lobbyist💰. She/her. Bronx + Queens, NYC ocasiocortez.com 10 years on Twitter 7,497,360 followers | 85 |
| 264. |  Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg 17 year old climate and environmental activist with Asperger’s #climatestrike #fridaysforfuture #schoolstrike4climate Sverige youtu.be/H2QxFM9y0tY 2 years on Twitter 4,157,730 followers | 85 |
| 265. |  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 12 years on Twitter 2,568,795 followers | 85 |
| 266. |  Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT White House correspondent for NYTimes, analyst for CNN. RTs don't imply agreement. [email protected] 10 years on Twitter 1,379,409 followers | 85 |
| 267. |  Steven Pinker@sapinker Cognitive scientist at Harvard. Boston, MA stevenpinker.com 10 years on Twitter 631,858 followers | 85 |
| 268. |  Quanta Magazine@QuantaMagazine Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. 2020 Ellie Award for general excellence. Launched by @SimonsFdn. Newsletter: bit.ly/2KDcAoA 7 years on Twitter 126,144 followers | 85 |
| 269. |  sharon begley@sxbegle Senior writer @statnews, ex-sci columnist/editor @WSJ & Newsweek; author, Can't Just Stop: An Investigation of Compulsions; Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain Boston, MA sharonlbegley.com 8 years on Twitter 18,646 followers | 85 |
| 270. |  Michael Specter@specterm I am a staff writer at The New Yorker, author of the book Denialism, and adjunct professor of bioengineering at Stanford University. Hudson, NY; Palo Alto michaelspecter.com 10 years on Twitter 12,758 followers | 85 |
| 271. |  Sarah Laskow@slaskow Science editor @theatlantic. Enthusiastic about plants, cities, and other strange things. slaskow at theatlantic dot com New York, NY sarahlaskow.com 12 years on Twitter 9,744 followers | 85 |
| 272. |  Jeanne Garbarino, PhD@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Product of The Bronx. Science *should be* for everyone. Views and typos mine. she/her #BLM 🌈 NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 10 years on Twitter 7,920 followers | 85 |
| 273. |  Brian Cox@ProfBrianCox Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and The Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science. The Earth, with everyone else briancoxlive.co.uk 11 years on Twitter 3,022,540 followers | 84 |
| 274. |  David Fahrenthold@Fahrenthold Washington Post reporter, covering President Trump's businesses and conflicts of interest. MSNBC contributor. If you don't want it printed, don't let it happen. Washington, DC washingtonpost.com 10 years on Twitter 747,573 followers | 84 |
| 275. |  Kate Sheppard@kate_sheppard Senior enterprise editor @HuffPost, prof @UNCHussman, left shark, mom. PGP key: 514B 4D5A 76AF F2EA D4EF DC24 4453 6DD0 D00D 31F4 Chapel Hill, NC huffingtonpost.com/kate-sheppard 11 years on Twitter 58,821 followers | 84 |
| 276. |  Vaughan Bell@vaughanbell Neuropsychologist and associate professor at UCL. Clinical psychologist in the NHS. Occasional writer. Interested in people. Views my own. vaughanbell.net 11 years on Twitter 52,096 followers | 84 |
| 277. |  Scott Hensley@scotthensley Edit for @NPRScience. When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. Ex-WSJ. Lover of Dobermans, 🦀s & @jhumenslacrosse. Washington, D.C. npr.org/shots 11 years on Twitter 32,317 followers | 84 |
| 278. |  Leonid Kruglyak@leonidkruglyak Geneticist. Professor @UCLA. @Strava addict. Occasional mountaineer. Analyzing large datasets since long before #BigData became cool. My tweets are my own. Santa Monica Mtns, probably kruglyak.genetics.ucla.edu 11 years on Twitter 18,047 followers | 84 |
| 279. |  Tara Haelle@tarahaelle Science/health journalist • mom • feminist • teacher • photographer • author • @Forbes • kid lit • #MBL • #AHCJ • #binder • Gryffindor • Texan • she/her DFW tarahaelle.net 11 years on Twitter 10,974 followers | 84 |
| 280. |  Michele Banks@artologica Maker of science-y art. The Monet of drosophila. Microblognitsa. Keeper of the lolcats. Squirrel aficionado. She/her #sciart #scicomm Washington, DC etsy.com/shop/artologica 10 years on Twitter 10,756 followers | 84 |
| 281. |  Thomas Lin@7homaslin @QuantaMagazine founder + editor in chief; @ScienceWriting board; former @nytimes; books: (science) amzn.to/31Z0BXO + (math) amzn.to/2Ygz9CP New York City quantamagazine.org 10 years on Twitter 7,541 followers | 84 |
| 282. |  Karyn Murphy@CuriousKaryn Cultivating Curiosity. Naturalist, freelance scientist, Kachemak Bay, AK. Explorers Club member. Tutka Bay, AK and Durham, NC instagram.com/staycuriouskar… 11 years on Twitter 5,800 followers | 84 |
| 283. |  David Harris@physicsdavid art+science+design+journalism+books+words+rpgs+teaching Brisbane, Australia sciartica.net 11 years on Twitter 3,986 followers | 84 |
| 284. |  Sarah Webb@sarahwebb journalist, editor, science writer for Krell Institute, PhD chemist, science cafe organizer. Opinions mine. She/her Chattanooga, TN sarahannewebb.com 11 years on Twitter 3,420 followers | 84 |
| 285. |  Helen Pearson@hcpearson Chief Magazine Editor for Nature (views expressed here are my own). Writer, mum of 3 boys, author of book The Life Project, on the British birth cohorts. London helenpearson.info 11 years on Twitter 3,386 followers | 84 |
| 286. |  Lauren Morello@lmorello_dc Deputy health care editor @politico. Formerly: Americas bureau chief @naturenews, science reporter at ClimateWire. Big nerd. 10 years on Twitter 3,368 followers | 84 |
| 287. |  Erin Podolak@ErinPodolak Science Writer, mostly about biology and medicine. Lehigh University and UW-Madison alum. Polar Bear enthusiast. She/Her. Memphis, TN erinpodolak.com 9 years on Twitter 3,037 followers | 84 |
| 288. |  Hillary Clinton@HillaryClinton 2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x3, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy. New York, NY onwardtogether.org 7 years on Twitter 28,207,608 followers | 83 |
| 289. |  Bill McKibben@billmckibben Author, Educator, Environmentalist and Founder of 350.org Opinions emphatically my own Vermont billmckibben.com 11 years on Twitter 350,098 followers | 83 |
| 290. |  Carl T. Bergstrom@CT_Bergstrom #BlackLivesMatter Prof. Biol. @UW. Info flow in bio, society, & science. I love crows and ravens. he/him Book *Calling Bullshit* Aug 4th: tinyurl.com/y7ekfkhx Duwamish Lands (Seattle) ctbergstrom.com 5 years on Twitter 106,989 followers | 83 |
| 291. |  David Bradley@sciencebase Science Writer. Photographer. Musician. Nature lover. At least two-metres away. Cambridge, Europe sciencebase.com 13 years on Twitter 41,582 followers | 83 |
| 292. |  Matter@matterstudios We make stuff. New York, NY matter.com 5 years on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Dec-25) 21,169 followers | 83 |
| 293. |  Tom Zeller Jr.@tomzellerjr Journalist; @NYTimes & @KSJatMIT alum; Editor in Chief, @UndarkMag (undark.org); Formidable lyric vault. Currently reading: @Ayishat_Akanbi Lolo, Montana tomzeller.com 13 years on Twitter 18,803 followers | 83 |
| 294. |  Shaena Montanari@DrShaena Features (food and travel) reporter @azcentral/ Pulliam fellow/ Ex-paleontologist/ Investigative journalism M.A. @Cronkite_ASU / Go Heels. Phoenix, AZ shaenamontanari.com 7 years on Twitter 18,706 followers | 83 |
| 295. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Host of Serving Up Science on @PBSDS & @NPR. Author. Climate change & food @michiganstateu. Former Hill staff. Dir of @SciDebate. East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 11 years on Twitter 12,256 followers | 83 |
| 296. |  Jill U Adams@juadams Science Journalist. I write about everyday health for @washingtonpost, and other stuff for other publications. Writer/editor, she/her, upstate New York. Albany, NY jilluadams.com 12 years on Twitter 3,262 followers | 83 |
| 297. |  Lila Guterman@lilaguterman Deputy News Editor, @NewsfromScience at @ScienceMagazine. Formerly staff at @ScienceNews, @cenmag, @chronicle, and @PCORI. Opinions are my own. she/her/hers 9 years on Twitter 2,086 followers | 83 |
| 298. |  Charlie Petit@petitsciwrite Founding writer for Knight Science Journalism Tracker, retired , ex-SF Chronicle and USNews & WR sci writer, not too smart but interested in every direction. Berkeley CA ksjtracker.mit.edu 9 years on Twitter 1,704 followers | 83 |
| 299. |  John Hawks@johnhawks I'm a paleoanthropologist, exploring ancient sites and human genomes to uncover our origins. Follow along! Wisconsin, and field sites around the globe johnhawks.net/weblog 11 years on Twitter 19,725 followers | 82 |
| 300. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. She/her New York, NY scientificamerican.com 10 years on Twitter 12,085 followers | 82 |