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| 1. |  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 12 years on Twitter 52,227 followers | 223 |
| 2. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Many words; some awards. Author of AN IMMENSE WORLD. Married to Liz Neeley. Parent to Typo. edyong.me (he/him) At home theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 13 years on Twitter 402,920 followers | 222 |
| 3. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer @nytimes columnist. Author, most recently of Life's Edge: The Search For What It Means To Be Alive. carlzimmer.com & carlzimmer.carrd.co Connecticut 14 years on Twitter 299,013 followers | 220 |
| 4. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Independent science journalist, correspondent for Nature, president of @SciWriRockies. witzescience-at-gmail, she/her. Born at 325 ppm CO2. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 13 years on Twitter 24,646 followers | 214 |
| 5. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes editor on the science desk @NYTimes. // you know I'm not gon diss you on the internet // 'cause my mama taught me better than that Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 13 years on Twitter 40,131 followers | 210 |
| 6. |  Maggie Koerth@maggiekb1 Sr Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow '15. @sciencewriting board member. Chaos muppet. Minneapolis, MN fivethirtyeight.com/contributors/m… 13 years on Twitter 48,831 followers | 200 |
| 7. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck Senior writer @WIRED bit.ly/WiredMMcK | faculty @EmoryCSHH | books, TED, secure mail linktr.ee/marynmck | likes = bookmarks | She/her | Fluctuat nec mergitur ATL, PWM, BGR, LHR, CDG, TLS marynmckenna.com/bio/ 14 years on Twitter 56,178 followers | 195 |
| 8. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, science journalist, publisher of Undark, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 13 years on Twitter 41,426 followers | 194 |
| 9. |  David Dobbs@David_Dobbs Writer at all the best places, mostly how science, medicine, media, and people work and fail. He/him/his. “Expect the worst. It saves time.” - @laurahercher All over daviddobbs.co 14 years on Twitter 36,108 followers | 190 |
| 10. |  nature@Nature Research, News, and Commentary from Nature, the international journal of science. For daily science news, get Nature Briefing: go.nature.com/naturebriefing Worldwide nature.com 14 years on Twitter 2,415,421 followers | 184 |
| 11. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 14 years on Twitter 4,145,712 followers | 182 |
| 12. |  Bethany Brookshire@BeeBrookshire Sci journo writing a book on pests. She/her. All bad takes mine. "Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains" on sale Dec 6. Here for the trash pandas. Washington, DC linktr.ee/BeeBrookshire 13 years on Twitter 64,441 followers | 181 |
| 13. |  Ivan Oransky@ivanoransky Editor in chief, @Spectrum; Distinguished Writer In Residence, @NYU_Journalism; co-founder, @RetractionWatch; past president, @AHCJ. Northampton MA and New York NY journalism.nyu.edu/about-us/profi… 14 years on Twitter 33,674 followers | 181 |
| 14. |  Robin Lloyd@RobinLloyd99 health & environment reporter & editor; Council for the Advancement of @sciencewriting board president; pro climate action; @nyu_journalism loiterer 14 years on Twitter 11,963 followers | 179 |
| 15. |  Dr. Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer at @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, current overuser of emojis 🤷♀️. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 🇱🇧🇺🇸🏳️🌈 nadiadrake.com 11 years on Twitter 33,273 followers | 178 |
| 16. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science and culture writer. Senior writer, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. She/her. Baltimore, MD cocktailpartyphysics.com 12 years on Twitter 41,541 followers | 176 |
| 17. |  Amy Harmon@amy_harmon New York Times reporter covering science, nature and social inequality. Mother of a teenage Shakespeare nerd. Increasingly interested in galls. she/her. New York, NY nytimes.com/by/amy-harmon 14 years on Twitter 23,773 followers | 175 |
| 18. |  Nicholas St. Fleur@SciFleur Science reporter @statnews covering health equity and crafting live events. Host of Color Code podcast. Prev: @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @UMWallaceHouse [email protected] statnews.com/staff/nicholas… 10 years on Twitter 15,488 followers | 174 |
| 19. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Opening minds @openmind_mag. Supporting literacy @sci_project. Unfolding research @AmSciMag. Casting pods with @BillNye. Writing all around. Brooklyn, NY openmindmag.org 13 years on Twitter 85,294 followers | 171 |
| 20. |  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 12 years on Twitter 17,287 followers | 171 |
| 21. |  Brooke Borel@brookeborel Articles Editor @undarkmag • Instructor @nyu_journalism • Books: Infested (2015) & The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking (2016 & 2023) • She/Her • 🏳️🌈 brookeborel.com 12 years on Twitter 10,250 followers | 170 |
| 22. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Author NYT bestseller GOOD TO GO goodtogobook.com @wwnorton co-host EMERGING FORM pod bit.ly/EFpod alum @FiveThirtyEight, Adventurer. My parties have dancing. Colorado christieaschwanden.com 13 years on Twitter 17,049 followers | 168 |
| 23. |  NYT Science@NYTScience Science, Medicine, Environment, Space & Astronomy. Sign up for the Science Times email, in your inbox every Tuesday: nyti.ms/2EKZcNt New York, NY nytimes.com/science 15 years on Twitter 1,234,779 followers | 167 |
| 24. |  Dave Mosher@DaveMosher Space/science/technology/dog person | Views I share are my own and not my employer's (follow @AST_SpaceMobile for those) | ⚠️ These tweets auto-delete 🐦➡️🗑️ Mote of cosmic dust 14 years on Twitter 19,907 followers | 167 |
| 25. |  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 13 years on Twitter 143,348 followers | 165 |
| 26. |  Andrew Revkin 🌎 ✍🏼 🪕 ☮️@Revkin #sustcomm @ColumbiaClimate | 20 years @nytimes | Subscribe: j.mp/revkinbulletin | Rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, music j.mp/revkinmusic Lamoine, ME, Penobscot land linktr.ee/revkin 14 years on Twitter 90,257 followers | 165 |
| 27. |  Rachel Feltman@RachelFeltman Was: Executive Ed @popsci Is: PopSci Editor-at-Large host @weirdest_thing freelance storyteller poopsmith laureate Hire me: [email protected] she/they NYC,NY / JC,NJ rachelfeltman.com 13 years on Twitter 23,233 followers | 165 |
| 28. |  Brendan Maher@bmaher News features editor at @Nature. he/him. Views are my own. The Dirty Jerz nature.com/news 13 years on Twitter 12,826 followers | 165 |
| 29. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @karaplatoni, @MrMattSimon, @mattsreynolds1, @marynmck, @gracefbrowne, @raminskibba, & @amitkatwala. San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 15 years on Twitter 2,048,966 followers | 164 |
| 30. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie Cosmologist, pilot, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. @TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Author: #EndOfEverythingBook. Personal account. She/her. Dr. Waterloo, Ontario astrokatie.com/book 13 years on Twitter 426,467 followers | 164 |
| 31. |  Alexis C. Madrigal@alexismadrigal co-host @KQEDForum | contributing writer @TheAtlantic | book @mcdbooks | board @chptr510 | co-founder @covid19tracking | Earthseed, 🇲🇽, 🇺🇸, he/him Oakland Department of Fantics howthebaywasbuilt.com 14 years on Twitter 209,826 followers | 164 |
| 32. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Founder & CEO of LiminalCreations.com Speaker, trainer, coach in #science #communication #sensemaking #scicomm #stories. She/her. Married to @edyong209 Washington DC area LiminalCreations.com 13 years on Twitter 28,386 followers | 163 |
| 33. |  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/ 12 years on Twitter 20,680 followers | 163 |
| 34. |  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 13 years on Twitter 38,676 followers | 161 |
| 35. |  Rose Eveleth@roseveleth 👽 butch Ms. Frizzle 👽 〰 I make @flashforwardpod & more 〰 2022 @newamerica fellow 〰 they/she 〰 Tweets 🗑 〰 [email protected] 〰 trying not to be here roseveleth.com 13 years on Twitter 30,131 followers | 161 |
| 36. |  Amy Maxmen, PhD@amymaxmen Award-winning science reporter covering global health & inequality. Words @Nature @NYTimes etc. Murrow Press Fellow @CFR_org. Views are my own. She/her. amymaxmen.com 11 years on Twitter 35,622 followers | 160 |
| 37. |  Peter Aldhous@paldhous Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Lecturer @UCSC_SciCom @ucbsoj, instructor @AMI_Berkeley. Past: @BuzzFeedNews @newscientist @Nature @NewsfromScience San Francisco peteraldhous.com 10 years on Twitter 11,725 followers | 159 |
| 38. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obamabook.com 15 years on Twitter 133,321,810 followers | 157 |
| 39. |  Seth Mnookin@sethmnookin I write books and articles and am the director of @MIT_SciWrite. website: sethmnookin.com. Boston sethmnookin.com 13 years on Twitter 33,115 followers | 157 |
| 40. |  Azeen Ghorayshi@azeen science reporter @NYTimes covering the sex + gender beat / send me your tips! [email protected] or DM me for Signal New York nytimes.com/by/azeen-ghora… 11 years on Twitter 15,525 followers | 157 |
| 41. |  Dan Vergano@dvergano Grid News reporter covering the science driving the news. Former USA Today, National Geographic, and BuzzFeed News reporter/editor. Contact: grid.news/about-us/ Washington, DC linkedin.com/pub/dan-vergan… 13 years on Twitter 18,576 followers | 156 |
| 42. |  Emily Anthes@EmilyAnthes • Science reporter for @nytimes, covering human and animal health • Author of THE GREAT INDOORS and FRANKENSTEIN'S CAT • [email protected] Brooklyn, NY emilyanthes.carrd.co 12 years on Twitter 11,395 followers | 156 |
| 43. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Science journalist writing the @nytimes Well newsletter. NYU journalism faculty. Nat’l Mag Award finalist. Wrote HOW TO RAISE KIDS WHO AREN’T ASSHOLES. She/her Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 15 years on Twitter 19,947 followers | 155 |
| 44. |  John Rennie@tvjrennie Science writer/editor @QuantaMagazine | Frmrly @SciAm, TWC's Hacking the Planet & more | Faculty: NYU SHERP. | Opinions = my own, if that. (he/him) New York, NY johnrennie.net 13 years on Twitter 9,756 followers | 155 |
| 45. |  Annalee Newitz@Annaleen I write science fiction and nonfiction. Author: Four Lost Cities. Writer: @nytopinion @newscientist, & more. Pod: @ooacpod. They/Them. I love noodles. Sask-E techsploitation.com 15 years on Twitter 44,873 followers | 154 |
| 46. |  Dan Fagin@danfagin Professing science journalism, directing NYU SHERP. 60-time loser, 1-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction. Probably off chasing 🦋 somewhere. New York danfagin.com 13 years on Twitter 8,657 followers | 153 |
| 47. |  Science Friday@scifri Your source for entertaining and educational stories about science, tech, and more. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. #SciFriBookClub📚: Vagina Obscura. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 13 years on Twitter 765,825 followers | 152 |
| 48. |  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 14 years on Twitter 14,945 followers | 152 |
| 49. |  Jonathan Eisen@phylogenomics Prof @UCDavis phylogenomics.me "All microb(iom)es, all the time" #STEMDiversity #OpenScience #Type1 #Symbioses #Genomics #Evolution #BirdPhotography #SciComm Davis, CA, USA linktr.ee/jonathaneisen 14 years on Twitter 66,120 followers | 151 |
| 50. |  Sarah Kaplan@sarahkaplan48 Climate reporter @washingtonpost, steward @postguild. I love all the planets but I write about how we can save this one. She/her. [email protected] Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-k… 11 years on Twitter 27,807 followers | 151 |
| 51. |  Siri Carpenter@SiriCarpenter Co-founder & editor of @Open_Notebook, @ScienceWriters past president. [email protected] She/her/hers. Madison, Wisconsin siricarpenter.com 13 years on Twitter 6,769 followers | 150 |
| 52. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physics, philosophy, complexity; thinking, writing, talking. @JohnsHopkins & @SFIscience. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. He/him. Baltimore, MD preposterousuniverse.com 13 years on Twitter 320,013 followers | 148 |
| 53. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #BLACKandSTEM Auntie, Mammalogist, STEM Diversity, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer, Explorers Club 50 Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa about.me/DNLee 12 years on Twitter 39,117 followers | 148 |
| 54. |  Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️@Laelaps Bronto-queen, catwife, trans menace. Author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs (out now!), Skeleton Keys, My Beloved Brontosaurus, &c. She/Her. Skreeonk. Where the fossils are. ko-fi.com/laelaps 13 years on Twitter 32,352 followers | 148 |
| 55. |  Ross Andersen@andersen Deputy Editor, @TheAtlantic // writing a book for @randomhouse // rep’d by @elysecheney // [email protected] Washington, DC theatlantic.com/author/ross-an… 14 years on Twitter 17,730 followers | 148 |
| 56. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. Worldwide newscientist.com 13 years on Twitter 4,239,120 followers | 147 |
| 57. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science journalist & editor. Contributor @sciam and @voxdotcom. Words @NPR, etc. Author CULTURED tinyurl.com/47xv5ur4 & OCTOPUS! tinyurl.com/55mpbwfy. She/her. Colorado, USA katherinecourage.com 14 years on Twitter 9,800 followers | 146 |
| 58. |  John Timmer@j_timmer Chief science wrangler for Ars Technica. Writes, edits, and teaches science communications. Я підтримую Україну The big city arstechnica.com/author/john-ti… 13 years on Twitter 9,809 followers | 145 |
| 59. |  Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorva_nyc Reporter @nytimes on #covid19, other infectious diseases; 2019 Victor Cohn Prize; [email protected] Before: Founding EIC @Spectrum, cofounder @CultureDish nytimes.com/by/apoorva-man… 13 years on Twitter 62,200 followers | 144 |
| 60. |  Rebecca Skloot (she/her)@RebeccaSkloot Author NYT Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS now an Oprah film. New book forthcoming on #HumanAnimalRelationships #AnimalResearch #AnimalRights & more Portland, OR rebeccaskloot.com 14 years on Twitter 45,849 followers | 144 |
| 61. |  National Association of Science Writers (NASW)@ScienceWriters With more than 3,000 members, the National Association of Science Writers fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science. Hosting #SciWri22 nasw.org 13 years on Twitter 31,493 followers | 144 |
| 62. |  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 science.org 13 years on Twitter 3,016,740 followers | 143 |
| 63. |  Adam Rogers@jetjocko Senior Tech Correspondent - Insider. Ex Wired. Wrote Full Spectrum: How the Science of Color Made Us Modern amazon.com/dp/1328518906/ California adam-rogers.net 13 years on Twitter 18,729 followers | 143 |
| 64. |  Nsikan Akpan, PhD@MoNscience Highly melanated. @WNYC/@Gothamist editor, health & science | Past: @NatGeo @NewsHour | PhD pathobiologist | YNWA | Got tips? DM for Signal wnyc.org 10 years on Twitter 13,953 followers | 143 |
| 65. |  NASA@NASA There's space for everybody. ✨ Pale Blue Dot nasa.gov 14 years on Twitter 62,942,232 followers | 142 |
| 66. |  Emily Willingham@ejwillingham "A woman who has a blog."–Neil deGrasse Tyson. Books on 🧠& 🍆. Journalist, words @sciam ++. Biologist. Frequent gremlin. So Texan. She/her/y'all.🌪 The World medium.com/@EmilyJaneWill… 12 years on Twitter 14,343 followers | 142 |
| 67. |  Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos@TomLevenson Author, Money for Nothing, and much else. Professor of science writing at MIT. 2021-22 fellow at @CASBSStanford. Servant to Tikka & Champ. Cambridge, MA thomaslevenson.com 13 years on Twitter 14,042 followers | 142 |
| 68. |  Rebecca 🌕 Boyle@rboyle31 Writer for @TheAtlantic @nytimes @sciam @quantamagazine etc. Pro-night, pro-dog. Former newspaper reporter. 𒀭𒌍 Writing a book about the Moon for @randomhouse Colorado Springs, COLORADO rebecca-boyle.com 13 years on Twitter 6,997 followers | 142 |
| 69. |  Helen Branswell 🇺🇦@HelenBranswell Sr writer infectious diseases @statnews. 2020 Polk winner. Nieman '11. I block rude, racist. She/her #Covid #Ebola #monkeypox #polio, & all sorts of #flu. 🇨🇦 Boston, MA statnews.com 13 years on Twitter 231,304 followers | 141 |
| 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 6 years on Twitter 63,294 followers | 141 |
| 71. |  Matt Shipman@ShipLives Writer. Let’s make the South better, y’all. (he/him) My book on science PR: https://t.co/BxpMpfd97D Raleigh, NC …ecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com 13 years on Twitter 10,682 followers | 141 |
| 72. |  Mary Roach@mary_roach Nonfiction author. New book: FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law. Past books: STIFF, GULP, GRUNT, BONK, SPOOK, PACKING FOR MARS. she/her maryroach.net 11 years on Twitter 33,659 followers | 140 |
| 73. |  Michelle Nijhuis@nijhuism Author of BELOVED BEASTS @WWNorton, tinyurl.com/belovedbeasts. Project ed @TheAtlantic, consigliere @HighCountryNews, bylines @NatGeoMag, @NYTMag, @nybooks. s/h Columbia River Gorge linktr.ee/rhymeswithmyho… 12 years on Twitter 10,422 followers | 140 |
| 74. |  Ben Lillie@BenLillie Co-founder of @caveatnyc New York, NY twitch.tv/untitleduniver… 14 years on Twitter 7,569 followers | 140 |
| 75. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang @TheAtlantic staff writer, eukaryote. I cover science. Say hi at [email protected] NYC theatlantic.com/author/sarah-z… 14 years on Twitter 33,313 followers | 139 |
| 76. |  Aatish Bhatia@aatishb graphics editor @nytimes @UpshotNYT ∿ past: writer @MinutePhysics, taught art + engineering @Princeton, physics Ph.D. @RutgersU aatishb.com 11 years on Twitter 18,506 followers | 139 |
| 77. |  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 13 years on Twitter 14,836 followers | 139 |
| 78. |  Dr. Jacquelyn Gill@JacquelynGill Paleoecologist working on being a good ancestor. Climate change, biodiversity, extinction. @MakeAPlanetPod & @OurWarmRegards. Chaotic good prof. She/her 🏳️🌈 Unceded Wabanaki lands (Maine) contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com 12 years on Twitter 107,034 followers | 138 |
| 79. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Freelance Science Journalist - National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, Gizmodo, Earther, Dame, WIRED and others. Fact Checker. she/her The Pit of Despair 13 years on Twitter 63,531 followers | 138 |
| 80. |  Alan Boyle@b0yle Mastermind of @CosmicLog. Contributing editor at @GeekWire. Host of @Fi_Sci_Club podcast. Author of "The Case for Pluto." Links/RTs ≠ endorsements Seattle alanboyle.com 14 years on Twitter 38,947 followers | 138 |
| 81. |  Roxanne Khamsi@rkhamsi science journalist - on book leave otherwise covering the pandemic as an independent reporter for @WIRED, @NatureNews, @NYTimes and +. roxanne.substack.com Montreal by way of Brooklyn roxannekhamsi.com/about 12 years on Twitter 24,391 followers | 138 |
| 82. |  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 13 years on Twitter 9,587 followers | 138 |
| 83. |  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 15 years on Twitter 621,606 followers | 137 |
| 84. |  STAT@statnews Reporting from the frontiers of health & medicine. Sign up for any of our 10 free newsletters here: statnews.com/signup statnews.com 7 years on Twitter 168,521 followers | 137 |
| 85. |  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 14 years on Twitter 57,791 followers | 137 |
| 86. |  David Quammen@DavidQuammen Author of Breathless (2022),The Tangled Tree, Spillover, The Song of the Dodo etc. Journalism for National Geographic, Harper's, Outside, The New Yorker etc. Bozeman, Montana davidquammen.com 10 years on Twitter 22,169 followers | 137 |
| 87. |  Prof. Katharine Hayhoe@KHayhoe Climate Scientist, Chief Scientist @nature_org, Prof @TexasTech, Champion of the Earth @UN, Climate Ambassador @WEAnews, Mom @joinsciencemoms. Tweets 100% mine. Texas katharinehayhoe.com 13 years on Twitter 231,811 followers | 136 |
| 88. |  Christopher Mims 🤌@mims former baby and aspiring ghost WSJ tech journo who wrote "Arriving Today", on how everything gets from the factory to your front door Baltimore, MD mims.club 15 years on Twitter 106,044 followers | 136 |
| 89. |  Natalie Wolchover@nattyover Physics editor and writer @QuantaMagazine. 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting. New York, New York quantamagazine.org/authors/natali… 12 years on Twitter 41,868 followers | 136 |
| 90. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Buy my art! etsy.com/shop/elakdawal… 🪐 Planetary scientist, space boffin, captain planets. Author, journalist, speaker, asteroid 274860. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA lakdawalla.com/emily 14 years on Twitter 173,572 followers | 135 |
| 91. |  Chris Mooney@chriscmooney Journalist @washingtonpost, teacher, climate communicator. Views my own. USA washingtonpost.com/people/chris-m… 13 years on Twitter 42,751 followers | 134 |
| 92. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Journalist. I host podcasts @vicenews. Listen to VICE NEWS REPORTS and A SHOW ABOUT ANIMALS • email: [email protected] • Tweets auto-🗑 • 🇨🇦 🇹🇹• NB • They/Them New York City (et Montréal) instagram.com/adrs 10 years on Twitter 20,971 followers | 134 |
| 93. |  Hannah Waters@hannahjwaters she/her. Science + enviro journalist, Senior editor at Audubon magazine, Member @audubonforall. Pitch climate, conservation, + bird stories: [email protected] Brooklyn, NY hanjeanwat.com 12 years on Twitter 9,326 followers | 134 |
| 94. |  Michael Moyer@mmoyr Deputy editor @QuantaMagazine. Fan of bicycles, evidence. Tweets are ephemera and automatically disappear. New York quantamagazine.org 13 years on Twitter 8,347 followers | 134 |
| 95. |  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 13 years on Twitter 5,759 followers | 134 |
| 96. |  Ann Finkbeiner@AnnFinkbeiner Freelance science writer who writes whatever science she's assigned. Usually astronomy; sometimes science/natsec, grief, women in science, & other things. Baltimore lastwordonnothing.com 12 years on Twitter 3,592 followers | 133 |
| 97. |  Dr. Tara C. Smith@aetiology Professor, infectious disease epidemiologist, writer, mom of 3. Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic disease, scicomm, zombies. She/her. No one's sweetie. Kent, Ohio taracsmith.com 13 years on Twitter 128,447 followers | 132 |
| 98. |  Dr. Karen James@kejames Molecular ecologist & outdoorswoman • DNA whisperer • into botany, evolution, space, sci-comm, skiing, Outlander, climate justice & human rights • she/her Unceded Wabanaki land (Maine) kejames.com 13 years on Twitter 37,874 followers | 132 |
| 99. |  Alok Jha@alokjha Science correspondent @TheEconomist • Host of “Babbage” for @EconomistPods • Author: The Water Book https://t.co/7v3ROFNWfM • [email protected]📧 London, England alokjha.com 13 years on Twitter 33,727 followers | 132 |
| 100. |  Matthew R Francis@DrMRFrancis Science writer, physicist, wearer of jaunty hats. Toss a coin to your freelancer. Profile portrait by @sciencecomic , banner by @wrycritic . He/him. bowlerhatscience.org 12 years on Twitter 29,991 followers | 132 |
| 101. |  Dr. Christie Wilcox@NerdyChristie Author of Venomous (amzn.to/1Y9WwIm); Newsletter Editor @TheScientistLLC; Cell & Molec PhD; @BuehlerSciWri’s partner; Mom (not in that order) | she/her Washington, USA christiewilcox.com 13 years on Twitter 19,535 followers | 132 |
| 102. |  Matthew Herper@matthewherper Writing and events at STAT. This is biology's century; Every data point has a face. Part of team that won ‘21 Polk Award. New York statnews.com/staff/matthew-… 13 years on Twitter 111,066 followers | 131 |
| 103. |  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 13 years on Twitter 69,590 followers | 131 |
| 104. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs science reporter @wsj. on parental leave! Email me: [email protected] Washington DC nidhisubbaraman.com 13 years on Twitter 9,262 followers | 131 |
| 105. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 13 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-May-07) 11,678 followers | 130 |
| 106. |  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 14 years on Twitter 259,267 followers | 129 |
| 107. |  Dr. Kate Clancy 🏳️🌈@KateClancy Prof at U of IL: harassment, stress, @periodpodcast2. She/her, settler. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation out Apr 2023! Photo credit: Joanna Strauss. IL kateclancy.com 14 years on Twitter 28,513 followers | 129 |
| 108. |  Robert Lee Hotz@leHotz Science journalist, president of Alicia Patterson Foundation. aliciapatterson.org, AAAS Fellow, Antarctican. formerly @WSJ [email protected] New York 12 years on Twitter 6,556 followers | 129 |
| 109. |  National Geographic@NatGeo Taking our understanding and awareness of the world further for more than 130 years Global nationalgeographic.com 13 years on Twitter 28,193,725 followers | 128 |
| 110. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 13 years on Twitter 14,829,866 followers | 128 |
| 111. |  Eric Holthaus@EricHolthaus Meteorologist & founder of @currently, a weather service for the climate emergency 🌹 You were born at just the right moment to help change everything. 🌹 Minneapolis / Mni Sota Makoce ericholthaus.com 11 years on Twitter 493,795 followers | 128 |
| 112. |  Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@KendraWrites Climate Reporter. Now @Gimletmedia @WGAEast @slevittslevitt past @popsci @insideclimate @MIT_sciwrite Anti mayo. Pro The Expanse. All my tweets are subtweets. Queens in Spirit kendrawrites.com 12 years on Twitter 47,129 followers | 128 |
| 113. |  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 13 years on Twitter 1,129,592 followers | 127 |
| 114. |  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 12 years on Twitter 16,098 followers | 127 |
| 115. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News. Lifelong astronomy nerd. Queer Jewish mom. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Not Quite Boston, MA sciencenews.org/author/lisa-gr… 13 years on Twitter 9,871 followers | 127 |
| 116. |  The New Yorker@NewYorker Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry. Sign up for our Daily newsletter: nyer.cm/p4h New York, NY newyorker.com 14 years on Twitter 9,073,385 followers | 126 |
| 117. |  Dr. Kiki Sanford@drkiki Science ninjas unite! PhD VP of PR @ScienceTalkOrg Science talkshow host @TWIScience Video & Podcast Producer Consultant #scicomm 4 life #SciTalk22 #TWIS Portland, OR about.me/drkiki 15 years on Twitter 184,940 followers | 125 |
| 118. |  Joe Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, science writer, creator of @okaytobesmart and other shows for @PBS, moved to Austin before everyone else did🤘#HookEm Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… 13 years on Twitter 51,090 followers | 125 |
| 119. |  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 13 years on Twitter 9,958 followers | 125 |
| 120. |  Science News@ScienceNews Covering the latest news in all fields of science. Publisher @society4science. See also @SN_Explores. Washington, DC sciencenews.org 13 years on Twitter 4,446,481 followers | 124 |
| 121. |  Raychelle Burks@DrRubidium #Chemistry Blackademic in the Ivory Tower. #BLACKandSTEM. She/they. Sarcastic & silly. Tweets = personal ≠ professional. In @CurlyHairMafia. Left Coaster in DC chemistryworld.com/trace-analysis… 11 years on Twitter 41,666 followers | 124 |
| 122. |  Ananyo Bhattacharya@Ananyo Science writer, SF author/fan. Ex- @TheEconomist, @nature. 'The Man from the Future', on mathematician John von Neumann, now an FT & TLS book of the year. London wwnorton.com/books/the-man-… 13 years on Twitter 14,955 followers | 124 |
| 123. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance journalist for NYT, NatGeo, SciAm & more. Author of POACHED (2018) and I FEEL LOVE: MDMA and the Search for Connection in a Fractured World (2023). Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 11 years on Twitter 8,531 followers | 124 |
| 124. |  Discover Magazine@DiscoverMag Science that matters, for readers that matter. Between gluons and galaxies discovermagazine.com 13 years on Twitter 1,266,116 followers | 123 |
| 125. |  Kathryn Schulz@kathrynschulz Staff writer at the @newyorker; author of a new memoir, “Lost & Found," out now: https://t.co/AdGLprOWHY… kathrynschulz.com 12 years on Twitter 44,130 followers | 123 |
| 126. |  Erik Vance@erikvance Staff editor at @NYTimesWell and author of Suggestible You. Connoisseur of good science and fine BS. Views are someone else's. Anyone else's. Boulder suggestibleyou.com 13 years on Twitter 5,088 followers | 123 |
| 127. |  Jay Rosen@jayrosen_nyu I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. Board of Trustees, @bonninstitute. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site. New York City [email protected] pressthink.org 14 years on Twitter 313,503 followers | 122 |
| 128. |  Cristine Russell@russellcris Fact-based science, enviro, health writer: climate science+policy; COVID-19; the media; women in science/everywhere @Harvard @Kennedy_School Sen. Fellow Cambridge, MA; CT; wherever 13 years on Twitter 6,522 followers | 122 |
| 129. |  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 until last tweet (2020-Jul-21) 3,784 followers | 122 |
| 130. |  Aleszu Bajak@aleszubajak Senior data reporter, @USATODAY Investigations • @KSJatMIT '14 • Built @Storybench @LatAmSci • Taught @NUjournalism • Alum @Undarkmag @Esquire • Peruano-gringo Signal 646-543-3017 aleszu.com 13 years on Twitter 10,300 followers | 121 |
| 131. |  Michael Eisen #912238@mbeisen I science & try to make science open and fair @UCBerkeley @HHMINews @eLife @ImpossibleFoods. My conflicts bit.ly/2uC3FNF 37° 14′ 6″ N, 115° 48′ 40″ W michaeleisen.org 13 years on Twitter 59,141 followers | 120 |
| 132. |  Ian Sample@iansample Guardian science ed | Author of Massive, shortlisted Royal Society Science Book Prize | Heartened by the warmth of humanity on Twitter [email protected] I live by the river theguardian.com/profile/iansam… 12 years on Twitter 47,625 followers | 120 |
| 133. |  Katherine J. Wu, Ph.D.@KatherineJWu staff writer @TheAtlantic, covering science. also senior producer @storycollider, senior editor @Open_Notebook. send pitches about cats. (she/her) katherinejwu.com theatlantic.com/author/katheri… 4 years on Twitter 44,472 followers | 120 |
| 134. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check My dream: to help you achieve yours. Director @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. she/her/hers Bay Area erikacheck.com 13 years on Twitter 9,644 followers | 120 |
| 135. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Science journalist. Center for Environmental Journalism, CU Boulder. Writing a book about wildlife connectivity for @patagoniabooks. Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 13 years on Twitter 5,587 followers | 120 |
| 136. |  Maria Popova@brainpicker Reader. Writer. Author of #Figuring. Maker of #UniverseInVerse. Lover of trees. Petter of moss. Rider of a cobalt blue bicycle with a golden bell. Brooklyn, NY themarginalian.org 14 years on Twitter 948,949 followers | 119 |
| 137. |  ProPublica@propublica Pursuing stories with moral force. Send us things: propub.li/3ewuUKH. Newsletter: propub.li/2Opjiys. New York, NY propublica.org 14 years on Twitter 942,549 followers | 119 |
| 138. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert I'm a New Yorker staff writer and author of "Under a White Sky," "The Sixth Extinction," and "Field Notes from a Catastrophe." ElizabethKolbert.com 9 years on Twitter 50,140 followers | 119 |
| 139. |  David Kroll@davidkroll Pharmaceutical sciences prof, medical cannabis ed, freelance pharmacowriter - clips @Forbes @indyweek @cenmag. Gator PhD in Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Denver, CO / Clarksville, VA 13 years on Twitter 11,317 followers | 119 |
| 140. |  Betsy Mason@betsymason Freelance science journalist, geologist, map freak. 2022 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow. Currently reading, writing, talking, and thinking about animals. San Francisco Bay Area betsymason.com 13 years on Twitter 9,053 followers | 119 |
| 141. |  Victoria Jaggard@vmjaggard99 Executive Editor for Science @NatGeo. Astronomy fan, gaming + anime geek, goth fashionista, Navy brat, Tejana. She/her. Always on for (virtual) karaoke. Washington, D.C. nationalgeographic.com/latest-stories/ 12 years on Twitter 8,329 followers | 119 |
| 142. |  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 13 years on Twitter 6,768 followers | 119 |
| 143. |  Shannon Palus@shanpalus senior editor @slate covering health and science, and also editorial director of The Waves. ex @wirecutter. freelance bylines here and there. Brooklyn, NY slate.com/author/shannon… 14 years on Twitter 6,015 followers | 119 |
| 144. |  Kathleen Raven@inkkr In flight 12 years on Twitter 5,608 followers | 119 |
| 145. |  Jennifer Gunter@DrJenGunter OB/GYN, appropriately confident, lasso of truth, Canadian Spice, I speak for no one but me. The Vagina Bible. Menopause Manifesto. Body Stuff. NYT contributor. San Francisco, CA linktr.ee/DrJenGunter 13 years on Twitter 380,700 followers | 118 |
| 146. |  Cassandra Willyard@cwillyard Freelance science journalist in Madison, Wisconsin. Grew up in North Dakota. I love dogs and infectious diseases. The more neglected, the better. Madison, WI cassandrawillyard.com 13 years on Twitter 3,447 followers | 118 |
| 147. |  Francie Diep@franciediep Senior reporter @chronicle, covering money and financing in higher ed, plus public health. Appreciator of prose in all forms. Washington, DC franciediep.com 11 years on Twitter 5,520 followers | 117 |
| 148. |  Atul Gawande@Atul_Gawande Personal Account. Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and @USAID Assistant Administrator for Global Health. atulgawande.com 11 years on Twitter 396,574 followers | 116 |
| 149. |  Shannon (we're already in space) Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Mars is a hellhole. In the @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @Longreads @washingtonpost @PopSci @Wired @Esquire, & others. Opinions are mine. she/her New York City shannonstirone.com 8 years on Twitter 42,646 followers | 116 |
| 150. |  Liz Landau@lizlandau By day @NASA & freelance @NYTimes @WIRED @NatGeo @SmithsonianMag et al. Former @CNN reporter. Alumna @Princeton & @Columbia. Views mine. lizlandau.com District of Cute Pandas 13 years on Twitter 16,821 followers | 116 |
| 151. |  Curtis Brainard@CBrainard Digital Communications Manager @IEA | Formerly @SciAm Managing Editor & @WFSJ President & Board member Paris iea.org 13 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-Mar-30) 3,312 followers | 116 |
| 152. |  Robin Marantz Henig@robinhenig Journo & prof @nyu #SHERP. I write books, so do my kids! @j_zimms bit.ly/3ofo7di @scootes bit.ly/2RpB2f8 @ev_rat bit.ly/36t2Wyr @andrewmarantz bit.ly/3vqVFta NYC robinhenig.com 13 years on Twitter 3,050 followers | 116 |
| 153. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Journalist & editor covering new energy, mining & the circular economy | Earth sciences PhD | Science fiction newsletter haver: sciof.fi Philadelphia, PA maddiestonewriting.com 10 years on Twitter 23,470 followers | 115 |
| 154. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Features writer @verge. Tip me: [email protected] Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 11 years on Twitter 18,675 followers | 115 |
| 155. |  Brian Vastag@brianvastag Former science & medical reporter at The Washington Post & elsewhere, disabled 10 years by complex post-viral illness. Long covid is very real. Kauai wapo.st/2CcC4Gs 12 years on Twitter 9,562 followers | 115 |
| 156. |  Charles Q. Choi 🚀@cqchoi I write about what happens at the edge between the unknown & the impossible. Science journalist for 20+ years & SFF author @sciam, @Analog_SF & more. He/him. cqchoi.com 11 years on Twitter 4,444 followers | 115 |
| 157. |  Tim De Chant@tdechant Senior climate writer @techcrunch. Founder and editor, @futureproofrev, teach at @MIT_Sciwrite. Formerly @arstechnica, @KSJatMIT, @NOVApbs. DM for Signal. Cambridge, MA futureproofreviews.com 12 years on Twitter 4,150 followers | 115 |
| 158. |  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/ 14 years on Twitter 4,350,211 followers | 114 |
| 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 14 years on Twitter 305,188 followers | 114 |
| 160. |  Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel I'm an editor/correspondent for @nprscience. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on the Twitter. Nukes/Missiles/Space/Blimps/etc. securedrop.npr.org npr.org 13 years on Twitter 15,567 followers | 114 |
| 161. |  Sarah Laskow@slaskow Science editor @theatlantic. Enthusiastic about plants, cities, and other strange things. slaskow at theatlantic dot com New York, NY sarahlaskow.com 14 years on Twitter 12,056 followers | 114 |
| 162. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Science Guy and CEO of @exploreplanets. Check out my new show 'The End is Nye' on @Peacock. Los Angeles, CA masterclass.com/billnye 13 years on Twitter 6,079,190 followers | 113 |
| 163. |  Maria Konnikova@mkonnikova Only @newyorker writer ever to go on leave to play pro poker. Wrote some bestsellers (amzn.to/2qmaDAe). THE BIGGEST BLUFF is out now! bit.ly/biggestbluff Brooklyn, NY mariakonnikova.com 11 years on Twitter 53,745 followers | 113 |
| 164. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer I write the @Axios Space newsletter, host of How it Happened season 2 podcast. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Get in touch: [email protected] (she/her) Nashville, TN link.axios.com/join/space-sig… 12 years on Twitter 22,248 followers | 113 |
| 165. |  @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 13 years on Twitter 16,510 followers | 113 |
| 166. |  Fred Guterl@fredguterl special projects editor @newsweek, formerly @sciam exec editor, author (Fate of the Species), trumpet player. (he/him) 14 years on Twitter 4,327 followers | 113 |
| 167. |  News from Science@NewsfromScience The latest stories in science, brought to you by the @ScienceMagazine news team. Washington, D.C. science.org/news 13 years on Twitter 465,087 followers | 112 |
| 168. |  Sophie Bushwick@sophiebushwick Technology Editor at @SciAm, occasional podcast and video host, constant reader New York, NY 12 years on Twitter 5,043 followers | 112 |
| 169. |  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. New York, NY nautil.us 10 years on Twitter 91,135 followers | 111 |
| 170. |  WUDAN YAN@wudanyan Narrative journalist. 🎙Co-host @TWC_pod Newsletter: https://t.co/yK14MF9os2 // DMs get lost, please email. Seattle, WA wudanyan.com 13 years on Twitter 20,917 followers | 111 |
| 171. |  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… 12 years on Twitter 9,450 followers | 111 |
| 172. |  Philip Yam@philipyam Science media stuff — editor, writer, reporter, consultant. Former @SimonsFdn editor-in-chief, @SciAm managing editor. President AAJA-NY 2013-2017. Book author New York amzn.to/1lfZdoR 13 years on Twitter 4,398 followers | 111 |
| 173. |  Amos Zeeberg@settostun Agile, next-gen, paradigm-breaking sci/tech journalist using outside-the-box-thinking to move the needle. Thought leader, disruptor, influencer, game-changer. Rome 14 years on Twitter 2,594 followers | 111 |
| 174. |  Prof Michael E. Mann@MichaelEMann Scientist/Author; Presidential Distinguished Professor/Director Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media, U. Penn; National Acad of Sciences; Tyler Prize Penn State University, PA michaelmann.net 10 years on Twitter 217,170 followers | 110 |
| 175. |  Kai Kupferschmidt@kakape science journalist. molecular biologist. curious. contributing correspondent at @sciencemagazine part of @pandemiapodcast, misinfo/disinfo and all things #blue Berlin, Germany sciencemag.org/author/kai-kup… 13 years on Twitter 161,984 followers | 110 |
| 176. |  Steve Mirsky@SteveMirsky Former productive member of society. Current rolled trousers wearer. Bronx, NY scientificamerican.com/antigravity 12 years on Twitter 7,216 followers | 110 |
| 177. |  Jill U Adams@juadams Science Journalist. I write about everyday health for @washingtonpost and other stuff for other pubs. Writer/editor, she/her, upstate New York. Albany, NY jilluadams.com 14 years on Twitter 4,261 followers | 110 |
| 178. |  Charles Seife@cgseife Journalist, NYU professor, debunker of 'alternative facts.' Author of several books, most recently a biography of Stephen Hawking. (Pronouns: he/him/his.) New York charlesseife.com 13 years on Twitter 10,317 followers | 109 |
| 179. |  jane c. hu@jane_c_hu science, tech, & nature journalist. contributing editor @highcountrynews, psychedelics reporter at The Microdose, always gets the name of the dog. she/they. Seattle janehu.net 9 years on Twitter 6,623 followers | 109 |
| 180. |  zeynep tufekci@zeynep Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @Columbia professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter @insight theinsight.org floating in a most peculiar way theinsight.org 13 years on Twitter 488,661 followers | 108 |
| 181. |  Dr. Jonathan Foley@GlobalEcoGuy Executive Director, @ProjectDrawdown Drawdown.org Climate & environmental scientist, working on solutions GlobalEcoGuy.org My views. Owatonna, MN GlobalEcoGuy.org 11 years on Twitter 83,391 followers | 108 |
| 182. |  Emma Marris@Emma_Marris Author of Wild Souls and Rambunctious Garden. I write about plants, animals, culture, climate change, & the West for @TheAtlantic, @NatGeoMag, @nytopinion. Paris emmamarris.com 11 years on Twitter 15,689 followers | 108 |
| 183. |  Brooke Jarvis@brookejarvis Reader, magaziner. I'm a contributing writer for @NYTmag, and a writer for @newyorker, @wired and elsewhere. Tennessean on the Puget Sound. brookejarvis.net 13 years on Twitter 12,488 followers | 108 |
| 184. |  Brandon Keim@9brandon Independent journalist | Nature, animals, science & environment | Bylines @nytimes @NatGeo @WIRED @TheAtlantic etc. | The Eye of the Sandpiper goo.gl/cn6c1y Bangor, ME brandonkeim.substack.com 15 years on Twitter 9,192 followers | 108 |
| 185. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes science journalist | [email protected] | she/her kellyoak.es 13 years on Twitter 7,268 followers | 108 |
| 186. |  Rachel E. Gross@rachelegross Science journalist • author of VAGINA OBSCURA: An Anatomical Voyage for @WWNorton • previously @KSJatMIT, @SmithsonianMag, @Slate, @WIRED, @nytimes. She/her 🌈 Brooklyn, NY rachelegross.com/book 12 years on Twitter 5,919 followers | 108 |
| 187. |  Sarah Zielinski@SarahZielinski Editor, Print of Science News Explores (@SN_Explores) and contributor to @ScienceNews. Obsessed with animals--especially cats. she/her Earth sarahzielinski.com 13 years on Twitter 5,250 followers | 108 |
| 188. |  WIRED@WIRED Where tomorrow is realized. San Francisco/New York wired.com 15 years on Twitter 10,266,799 followers | 107 |
| 189. |  PLOS@PLOS Breaking boundaries. Empowering researchers. Opening Science. USA, UK, and Germany plos.org 14 years on Twitter 161,538 followers | 107 |
| 190. |  Doug Main@Douglas_Main journalist, amateur naturalist/artist. diverse interests, always learning. sr writer & editor @natgeo covering wildlife, nature, the environment Washington, DC 13 years on Twitter 9,485 followers | 107 |
| 191. |  Liza Gross@lizabio Reporter CA #Climate Ag Oil @insideclimate @sejorg Views my own. Science Writers' Investigative Reporting Handbook amzn.to/2PXr7i8 (she/her) Ohlone land San Francisco lizagross.com 13 years on Twitter 6,177 followers | 107 |
| 192. |  Lila Guterman@lilaguterman Deputy News Editor, @NewsfromScience at @ScienceMagazine (science.org/news) Formerly @ScienceNews, @cenmag, @chronicle, and @PCORI. Opinions my own. she/her science.org/author/lila-gu… 11 years on Twitter 3,335 followers | 107 |
| 193. |  The New York Times@nytimes News tips? Share them here: nyti.ms/2FVHq9v New York City nytimes.com 15 years on Twitter 54,350,123 followers | 106 |
| 194. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Head of climate and health policy, @wellcometrust. Written a couple of books on the climate crisis. Likes a vegan baking challenge. She/ her. London climatehistories.com/who 13 years on Twitter 31,584 followers | 106 |
| 195. |  Tara Haelle@tarahaelle Science/health journalist • mom • feminist • teacher • photog • author • @Medium • kidlit • dog lover • #AHCJ • #binder • Texan • BLM✊🏽• she/her DFW tarahaelle.net 13 years on Twitter 28,742 followers | 106 |
| 196. |  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 13 years on Twitter 27,023 followers | 106 |
| 197. |  Ewen Callaway@ewencallaway Journalist at Nature. Mostly listening. Get in touch: [email protected] South West, England 13 years on Twitter 6,209 followers | 106 |
| 198. |  Elizabeth Preston@Inkfish Freelance science journalist @nytimes @BostonGlobe @statnews, silly stuff @mcsweeneys etc. Former editor of MUSE magazine for kids. Aspiring cephalopod. Boston-ish elizabethgpreston.com 11 years on Twitter 3,937 followers | 106 |
| 199. |  Julia Belluz@juliaoftoronto Sr. health reporter (on book leave) @voxdotcom #globalhealth #covid19 #publichealth MIT Knight Fellow '14. Contact me @ jbelluz on KeyBase / DM for Signal Vienna, Austria juliabelluz.com 13 years on Twitter 38,912 followers | 105 |
| 200. |  KSJ at MIT@KSJatMIT The Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Directed by @deborahblum. We run the world's best science journalism fellowship program and publish @undarkmag. Cambridge, MA ksj.mit.edu 10 years on Twitter 7,397 followers | 105 |
| 201. |  Mary Beth Griggs@MaryBethGriggs Science Editor @VergeScience. Formerly @PopSci. Tweets are my own. NYC theverge.com/authors/mary-b… 12 years on Twitter 4,550 followers | 105 |
| 202. |  Brendan Borrell@bborrell Author of THE FIRST SHOTS bit.ly/3KP48yk Writer @outsidemagazine @natgeo @theatlantic @bw and others Los Angeles, CA brendanborrell.com 13 years on Twitter 3,999 followers | 105 |
| 203. |  Popular Science@PopSci Awe-inspiring science, tech, DIY, and sustainability. Read all about it: popsci.com/digital New York popsci.com/science/popsci… 13 years on Twitter 1,520,553 followers | 104 |
| 204. |  Longreads@Longreads Sharing and publishing the best longform stories since 2009. Tag your favorites with #longreads. An @automattic publication and the sister site of @Atavist. Worldwide longreads.com 13 years on Twitter 297,076 followers | 104 |
| 205. |  Marina Koren@marinakoren Staff writer @theatlantic, covering all things space. Shop steward @theatlunion. Repped by @cheneyagency. Ask me about Space Feels. Washington, D.C. / The Milky Way 12 years on Twitter 24,220 followers | 104 |
| 206. |  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 11 years on Twitter 11,452 followers | 104 |
| 207. |  Jad Abumrad@JadAbumrad podcasts, music Brooklyn, NY radiolab.org 12 years on Twitter 316,858 followers | 103 |
| 208. |  Radiolab@Radiolab Where deep-dive journalism, storytelling and sound design meet. Hosted by @lmillernpr and @latifnasser. multiple universes radiolab.org 13 years on Twitter 285,098 followers | 103 |
| 209. |  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 14 years on Twitter 44,404 followers | 103 |
| 210. |  Brian Malow@sciencecomedian Science comedian, Earth. Available for off-world appearances, if transportation is provided. Check out my links! Raleigh, NC MySlink.app/sciencecomedian 13 years on Twitter 22,951 followers | 103 |
| 211. |  Lou Woodley@LouWoodley Founder and Director @TheCSCCE. I train, support and research scientific community managers - those building networks & collaborations in STEM. 🐿 socialinsilico.wordpress.com 13 years on Twitter 12,103 followers | 103 |
| 212. |  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 13 years on Twitter 10,562 followers | 103 |
| 213. |  Amanda Moon@amsciam Founder, Moon & Company: Editorial Consulting + Project Management. Former & always: @fsgbooks @basicbooks @palgrave_ @sciam NYC & Boston 11 years on Twitter 4,111 followers | 103 |
| 214. |  Jennifer Bogo@jenbogo Science journalist. Bird enthusiast. Fan of space but very into saving Earth. EIC, Audubon mag & VP, Content @audubonsociety. Formerly orbited @popsci @popmech. New York 11 years on Twitter 2,796 followers | 103 |
| 215. |  The Onion@TheOnion America's Finest News Source. theonion.com 14 years on Twitter 11,975,143 followers | 102 |
| 216. |  Nate Silver@NateSilver538 Founder, EIC @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (amzn.to/QdyFYV). Sports/politics/food geek. Not a virologist. New York fivethirtyeight.com 14 years on Twitter 3,545,166 followers | 102 |
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| 218. |  Trevor Bedford@trvrb Scientist @fredhutch, studying viruses, evolution and immunity. Collection of #COVID19 threads here: bedford.io/misc/twitter/ Seattle, WA bedford.io 11 years on Twitter 473,305 followers | 102 |
| 219. |  Ben Goldacre@bengoldacre Prof of EBM @UniOxford, author, Bad Science, more. I run bennett.ox.ac.uk making tools+papers from data OpenSAFELY.org OpenPrescribing.net Oxford, England badscience.net 15 years on Twitter 471,756 followers | 102 |
| 220. |  Dr. David Shiffman@WhySharksMatter Research scientist @MSCecolabel Scientific/environmental consultant. Science writer. Research associate at @ASU @ASUinDC , opinions mine not ASU’s. He/him Washington, DC davidshiffmancv.com 13 years on Twitter 71,598 followers | 102 |
| 221. |  Maia Szalavitz@maiasz Contributing Opinion Writer, New York Times. OUT NOW IN PAPERBACK: Undoing Drugs. Award winning neuroscience journalist. Quit cocaine & heroin in 1988. New York maiasz.com 14 years on Twitter 31,601 followers | 102 |
| 222. |  Richard Van Noorden@Richvn Features editor, Nature. E-mail: r⟦dot⟧vannoorden⟦at⟧nature⟦dot⟧com. Secure contact: richardvannoorden⟦at⟧protonmail⟦dot⟧com. ABSW/AAAS-Kavli/MJA award winner. 13 years on Twitter 7,413 followers | 102 |
| 223. |  simon frantz@simon_frantz Managing Editor at BBC Global News. Formerly: @BBC_Future, @nobelprize, @NatRevDrugDisc. Views expressed are my own. NYC bbc.com 13 years on Twitter 3,735 followers | 102 |
| 224. |  Ezra Klein@ezraklein Columnist, @NYTOpinion Author, "Why We're Polarized" Host of "The Ezra Klein Show" podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the… 13 years on Twitter 2,710,762 followers | 101 |
| 225. |  Carl T. Bergstrom@CT_Bergstrom Biology professor, @UW. Information flow in science and society. Book *Calling Bullshit*: tinyurl.com/fdcuvd7b I love ravens and crows. he/him Coast Salish Lands carlbergstrom.com 7 years on Twitter 164,296 followers | 101 |
| 226. |  nxthompson@nxthompson CEO of @theatlantic. Former Editor-in-chief @wired & @newyorker.com. US masters recorder holder in the 50km run. Still a believer that the Internet can be good. New York nickthompson.com 13 years on Twitter 135,406 followers | 101 |
| 227. |  Hope Jahren@HopeJahren author of the international best-sellers LAB GIRL (2016) and THE STORY OF MORE (2020) A good ways north of North hopejahrensurecanwrite.com 11 years on Twitter 40,372 followers | 101 |
| 228. |  Noah Gray@noahWG On a twttr break | Senior Editor @nature | These thoughts are mine alone since nobody else will take responsibility. New York City 6 years on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Feb-07) 19,565 followers | 101 |
| 229. |  Rowan Hooper ローワン フーパー@rowhoop Journalist @newscientist and host of @NewScientistPod. Former Tokyoite. Books: SUPERHUMAN (2018) and HOW TO SPEND A TRILLION DOLLARS (2021). すごい! London rowanhooper.contently.com 14 years on Twitter 13,112 followers | 101 |
| 230. |  Susannah Locke@susannahlocke Special projects editor @voxdotcom, formerly @popsci, @sciam. [email protected] susannahlocke.com 13 years on Twitter 4,103 followers | 101 |
| 231. |  Soledad O'Brien@soledadobrien working mom New York tribecafilm.com/films/rebellio… 13 years on Twitter 1,365,181 followers | 100 |
| 232. |  Dr. Angela Rasmussen@angie_rasmussen Virologist. PI @VIDOInterVac. Adj Prof @USask BMI. Aff @georgetown_ghss. P2 @covarr_net. Jeopardy! loser. Ad Hominatrix. 🇺🇸in🇨🇦. Rep @anniescranton. she/her Rent free in my enemies' heads angelarasmussen.org 10 years on Twitter 405,368 followers | 100 |
| 233. |  Eric Berger@SciGuySpace Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. Likes rockets. Author of the acclaimed book LIFTOFF, on the origins of SpaceX: bit.ly/LiftoffbyEricB… Houston, TX arstechnica.com 14 years on Twitter 241,645 followers | 100 |
| 234. |  Emily Graslie 📺🦕🦖@Ehmee 🎥 New series: ART LAB! 🔬🎨 https://t.co/4ScjzrYd9P 🎥 Science writer & video host @PBSDS / @PBS 🎥 Past: https://t.co/STZPbS6SLH 🌐 https://t.co/bGLaDeheGU Chicago, IL patreon.com/emilygraslie 13 years on Twitter 95,965 followers | 100 |
| 235. |  Josh Sokol@josh_sokol Freelance correspondent at Science, more words elsewhere. Raleigh, NC joshuasokol.com 9 years on Twitter 3,540 followers | 100 |
| 236. |  Quanta Magazine@QuantaMagazine Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn. 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Reporting. quantamagazine.org 9 years on Twitter 253,076 followers | 99 |
| 237. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush Space reporter at Bloomberg @business covering NASA, commercial space, and the cosmos | Former @Verge senior reporter | Send tips: [email protected] Austin, Texas bloomberg.com/authors/AV6nXO… 13 years on Twitter 57,250 followers | 99 |
| 238. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🚀🎸🎵🌎❤️ Biosphere One funkyscience.net 11 years on Twitter 31,295 followers | 99 |
| 239. |  Mollie Bloudoff-Indelicato (she/her)@mbloudoff I make stuff: Freelance journalism 🖊 Portrait photography 📸 Landscape design 🌺 Wedding dress art 👰 @columbiajourn @ucberkeley @uniofoxford @diversesources Washington, DC mbloudoff.com 12 years on Twitter 3,379 followers | 99 |
| 240. |  Anna Kuchment@akuchment Medical + Biotech editor at The Boston Globe, 2021-2022 MIT KSJ Project Fellow. Ex-Dallas Morning News, @SciAm and Newsweek. Views are my own. Boston bostonglobe.com 12 years on Twitter 3,323 followers | 99 |
| 241. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Order books at chrishadfield.ca/books Earth chrishadfield.ca 12 years on Twitter 2,367,251 followers | 98 |
| 242. |  ryan@RyanFMandelbaum science writer and bird enjoyer ryanmandelbirder.substack.com (they/them/opinions mine) outside 7 years on Twitter 11,147 followers | 98 |
| 243. |  The Washington Post@washingtonpost Democracy Dies in Darkness Washington, DC washingtonpost.com 15 years on Twitter 19,873,575 followers | 97 |
| 244. |  The Atlantic@TheAtlantic Exploring the American idea through ambitious, essential reporting and storytelling. Of no party or clique since 1857. theatlantic.com theatlantic.com/subscribe 13 years on Twitter 2,160,419 followers | 97 |
| 245. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 14 years on Twitter 1,258,667 followers | 97 |
| 246. |  Elisabeth 'pathetic amorphous blob analyst' Bik@MicrobiomDigest Science consultant, PhD. Microbiome, science integrity, image forensics. Frequently insulted by $SAVA fans. In Europe for talks and panels. She/her 🐢🔬🇳🇱🇺🇸 The Netherlands scienceintegritydigest.com/about/ 8 years on Twitter 131,616 followers | 97 |
| 247. |  Gwen Pearson@bug_gwen I'm a bug AND a feature! Insect educator and science writer. @ento_allies Founder. Ento PhD. She/Her. West Lafayette, IN bit.ly/GwenPearson 13 years on Twitter 25,843 followers | 97 |
| 248. |  Stephanie M. Lee@stephaniemlee On a break. Soon: Covering research and society for The Chronicle of Higher Education. Previously: BuzzFeed News. Send tips! [email protected] San Francisco stephaniemlee.com 14 years on Twitter 23,120 followers | 97 |
| 249. |  MC Stardust ✨@Summer_Ash 🚀I seem really confident and I talk about space.🛰 Co-founder @startorialist✨ #BlackLivesMatter #TeamRadio📡 #defectiveheartgirlproblems💔opinions=me (she/her) Socorro, NM summerash.com 12 years on Twitter 13,040 followers | 97 |
| 250. |  Dan Falk@danfalk Covering science for @CBCQuirks @undarkmag @SmithsonianMag @QuantaMagazine @natgeo & elsewhere; 2019 Fleming Medal; 3rd book = The Science of Shakespeare Toronto, Canada danfalk.ca 13 years on Twitter 5,085 followers | 97 |
| 251. |  Veronique Greenwood@vero_greenwood Odds and ends, bric-a-brac, scientific paraphernalia. Writer for The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC Future, and others. 12 years on Twitter 4,402 followers | 97 |
| 252. |  Andrew Freedman@afreedma Climate & Energy reporter @axios. “Generate” newsletter | Formerly @washingtonpost | Tips: [email protected] | [email protected] | DM for Signal. Washington, DC axios.com/newsletters/ax… 14 years on Twitter 175,186 followers | 96 |
| 253. |  Aeon+Psyche@aeonmag Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. Psyche is our sister magazine focused on the human condition. Visit aeon.co and psyche.co for more. 10 years on Twitter 169,176 followers | 96 |
| 254. |  Gavin Schmidt@ClimateOfGavin Climate scientist, occasional juggler, even more occasional author, curious about how the world works. New York, NY realclimate.org 9 years on Twitter 68,470 followers | 96 |
| 255. |  Alex Wild@Myrmecos Photographer. Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin. Personal account. Austin, Texas alexanderwild.com 12 years on Twitter 33,185 followers | 96 |
| 256. |  The Story Collider@storycollider True, personal stories about science 🧪 Podcast | Shows | Storytelling Workshops NYC, DC, LA, Boston, London + linktr.ee/storycollider 12 years on Twitter 18,121 followers | 96 |
| 257. |  Sheril R. Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Author. Host of @PBS Serving Up Science. Climate x Ag. Politics & SciComm @michiganstateu. I study congressional staffers. sherilkirshenbaum.com 13 years on Twitter 15,738 followers | 96 |
| 258. |  Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈@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=… 13 years on Twitter 14,748 followers | 96 |
| 259. |  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 13 years on Twitter 11,446 followers | 96 |
| 260. |  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 13 years on Twitter 9,512 followers | 96 |
| 261. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Formerly at @sciencenews. Award-winning baker. Washington, DC 13 years on Twitter 5,808 followers | 96 |
| 262. |  Sarah Webb@sarahwebb Science writer @krellinst, Podcaster @scienceinparall, Editor @AmSciMag, journalist, science café organizer #chattaboutscience, Ph.D. chemist. Opinions mine. Detroit metro sarahannewebb.com 13 years on Twitter 3,406 followers | 96 |
| 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 12 years on Twitter 13,432,954 followers | 95 |
| 264. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile Award-winning science educator. Sci-comm advisor to the White House. “A legend.” - Post Malone. https://t.co/lcFqPb5kjC Los Angeles youtube.com/c/KyleHillScie… 13 years on Twitter 144,593 followers | 95 |
| 265. |  Moheb Costandi@mocost Neuroscientist/ freelance writer. Author of BODY AM I: THE NEW SCIENCE OF SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691611/b London neurophilosophy.wordpress.com 13 years on Twitter 36,714 followers | 95 |
| 266. |  Andrew Thaler@DrAndrewThaler Ocean Science at Blackbeard Biologic. Deep-sea ecology. Underwater sensing. Conservation technology. The deep sea is Earth's last great wilderness. Maryland, USA patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler 13 years on Twitter 36,325 followers | 95 |
| 267. |  World Federation of Science Journalists@WFSJ Representing and promoting our community with 65 member associations and +10,000 #ScienceJournalists worldwide • #Diversity • Tweets in ENG / SPA Montreal I Canada wfsj.org 13 years on Twitter 17,168 followers | 95 |
| 268. |  George Musser@gmusser contributing editor for Scientific American, contributing writer for Quanta, author of Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory and Spooky Action at a Distance New York georgemusser.com 14 years on Twitter 9,366 followers | 95 |
| 269. |  Jennifer Frazer@JenniferFrazer Freelance science writer, author of The Artful Amoeba (RIP) at Scientific American, Under-Loved Lifeform Enthusiast, and poker/prodder of misc. slimy things. Colorado's Front Range blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/ 13 years on Twitter 4,303 followers | 95 |
| 270. |  Dr. Jenny Morber@JRMorber Science journalist with background in nanosci and biotech. Special interests include sperm, poo, and death. I love the weird things. Mom. she/her An island in the Pacific Northwest jennymorber.com 13 years on Twitter 3,997 followers | 95 |
| 271. |  Rosie Mestel@RosieMestel Science journalist. Executive editor at @knowablemag. Urban walker, plant lover, for 15 great years was proud sidekick of Nightshade the dog. Los Angeles, CA 11 years on Twitter 2,414 followers | 95 |
| 272. |  AGU (American Geophysical Union)@theAGU Official account of AGU. We support 130,000 enthusiasts to experts worldwide in Earth and space sciences. Washington, DC agu.org 13 years on Twitter 79,338 followers | 94 |
| 273. |  Olga Khazan@olgakhazan Writer @theatlantic working on a book about personality change. WEIRD is out now! amzn.to/39vYBtG Email [email protected] Newsletter: olgakhazan.substack.com olgakhazan.com 13 years on Twitter 56,606 followers | 94 |
| 274. |  Robinson Meyer@robinsonmeyer Staff writer, @TheAtlantic, covering climate & energy. Cofounder, @COVID19Tracking Proud member, @theatlunion Subscribe to my free newsletter ⬇ Washington, DC theatlantic.com/newsletters/si… 15 years on Twitter 53,819 followers | 94 |
| 275. |  Mark Henderson@markgfh Director of Corporate Affairs, @wellcometrust. Views mine not Wellcome’s. Run @DulwichCCGirls U11 girls and tweet a lot about cricket. London 13 years on Twitter 17,112 followers | 94 |
| 276. |  Thomas Lin@7homaslin @QuantaMagazine founder + editor in chief; former @nytimes, @ScienceWriting; books: (science) amzn.to/31Z0BXO + (math) amzn.to/2Ygz9CP New York City quantamagazine.org 13 years on Twitter 9,632 followers | 94 |
| 277. |  Lauren Morello@lmorello_dc Science editor at @gridnews. Past: Pandemic/health editing @politico, Americas bureau chief @nature, science reporter at ClimateWire. Big nerd. grid.news 13 years on Twitter 4,435 followers | 94 |
| 278. |  Katharine Gammon@kategammon Science, tech, environment journalist writing for @guardian @theatlantic @nytimes @esquire @time @undark. Beach lover. Occasional professor. Los Angeles, CA katharinegammon.com 12 years on Twitter 3,393 followers | 94 |
| 279. |  Bill McKibben@billmckibben Author, Educator, Environmentalist and founder of 350.org and ThirdAct.org. Opinions all my own, and expressed at greater length at billmckibben.substack.com Vermont billmckibben.com 13 years on Twitter 406,739 followers | 93 |
| 280. |  Cara Santa Maria@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 #ExistentialPsychology 🎓 | 🎙 @TalkNerdy_Pod & The @SkepticsGuide 🎙| 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames etc etc. 📺 | 🏳️🌈 she/her 🏳️🌈 Los Angeles carasantamaria.com 12 years on Twitter 79,555 followers | 93 |
| 281. |  Liz Szabo@LizSzabo Senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. I normally cover the quality of medical care for seniors. Now, I cover COVID-19. She/Her RTs aren't endorsements. Washington, D.C. khn.org 13 years on Twitter 71,486 followers | 93 |
| 282. |  Hakai Magazine@hakaimagazine An award-winning online magazine connecting you with stories about science and societies from coasts around the world. 🌊 (“HACK-eye") Victoria, BC, Canada hakaimagazine.com 8 years on Twitter 23,104 followers | 93 |
| 283. |  Tom Zeller Jr.@tomzellerjr Journalist; @NYTimes & @KSJatMIT alum; Editor in Chief, @UndarkMag (undark.org); Formidable lyric vault; Scion of #CLE. Violence is violence; words ≠ violence. Missoula, Montana tomzeller.com 15 years on Twitter 19,082 followers | 93 |
| 284. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. She/her 🏳️🌈 New York, NY scientificamerican.com 12 years on Twitter 12,737 followers | 93 |
| 285. |  Shaena Montanari@DrShaena Investigative health reporter at @ArizCIR via @Report4America | ex-paleontologist | MA @cronkite_asu | PhD @RGGSatAMNH | mom | Tips? [email protected] Phoenix, AZ shaenamontanari.com 9 years on Twitter 20,138 followers | 92 |
| 286. |  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 9 years on Twitter until last tweet (2021-Jan-18) 18,650 followers | 92 |
| 287. |  Michael Roston@michaelroston Senior staff editor for Science, The New York Times. Star of the second screen. New York, NY nytimes.com/by/michael-ros… 14 years on Twitter 16,526 followers | 92 |
| 288. |  Michele Banks@artologica Full-time science-inspired artist, once called "The Monet of Drosophila." Friend to squirrels and other fluffy creatures. #SciArt #SciComm She/Her Washington, DC etsy.com/shop/artologica 12 years on Twitter 12,144 followers | 92 |
| 289. |  David Harris (he/him)@physicsdavid art+science+design+journalism+books+words+rpgs+teaching Lecturer in Design, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Brisbane, Australia sciartica.net 14 years on Twitter 3,926 followers | 92 |
| 290. |  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 14 years on Twitter 2,610,840 followers | 91 |
| 291. |  Nature Portfolio@NaturePortfolio Nature Portfolio’s high-quality products and services across the life, physical, chemical and applied sciences is dedicated to serving the scientific community. London go.nature.com/natureportfolio 10 years on Twitter 2,306,749 followers | 91 |
| 292. |  Ida Bae Wells@nhannahjones Reporter @nytmag//Slanderous & nasty-minded mulattress//Co-founder idabwellssociety.org //smart&thuggish//Knight Chair @howardu//Creator #1619Project// [email protected] 1619books.com 13 years on Twitter 691,260 followers | 91 |
| 293. |  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… 11 years on Twitter 257,320 followers | 91 |
| 294. |  Jason Bittel@bittelmethis Wild animal & author of HOW TO TALK TO A TIGER. Also, science writer. Words @NatGeo, @WashingtonPost, @NYTScience. Prev: @KSJatMIT, @NatGeoExplorers. He/him. Pittsburgh, PA bittelmethis.com 11 years on Twitter 8,630 followers | 91 |
| 295. |  Helen Pearson@hcpearson Editor for @nature (views expressed here are my own). Science journalist, author, mum of 3 boys, working on book about use of evidence across disciplines. London helenpearson.info 13 years on Twitter 3,796 followers | 91 |
| 296. |  Jamie Shreeve@JamieShreeve Science writer and author, former science editor National Geographic Magazine Nashville TN 11 years on Twitter 1,785 followers | 91 |
| 297. |  President Biden@POTUS 46th President of the United States, husband to @FLOTUS, proud dad & pop. Tweets may be archived: whitehouse.gov/privacy Text me: (302) 404-0880 WhiteHouse.gov 1 year on Twitter 25,675,193 followers | 90 |
| 298. |  Greta Thunberg@GretaThunberg Climate- and environmental activist with Asperger’s Born at 375 ppm Sverige fridaysforfuture.org 4 years on Twitter 5,052,431 followers | 90 |
| 299. |  Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT Senior Political Reporter NYT/analyst CNN [email protected] 12 years on Twitter 1,708,638 followers | 90 |
| 300. |  MIT Technology Review@techreview Our in-depth reporting on innovation reveals and explains what’s really happening now to help you know what’s coming next. https://t.co/91v2qZ4qsk Cambridge, MA technologyreview.com 14 years on Twitter 1,184,107 followers | 90 |