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| 1. |  Ed Yong@edyong209 Science writer at The Atlantic. Author of I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, a New York Times bestseller on animal-microbe partnerships. edyong.me • I Contain Multitudes Washington, DC theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 136,326 | 84.7% |
| 2. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer @nytimes columnist. New book: "She Has Her Mother's Laugh" bit.ly/SheHasHerMothe… My tweets are invitations to read the stories to which I link. • She Has Her Mother's Laugh • A Planet of Viruses • Evolution: Making Sense of Life Connecticut carlzimmer.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 278,752 | 78.4% |
| 3. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Science Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. DM for Signal # Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 32,083 | 75.3% |
| 4. |  Maggie Koerth-Baker@maggiekb1 Professional nerd & question asker. Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow. Kansan still adjusting to Minnesota tree density. DM for Signal. • Before the Lights Go Out • Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing Minneapolis, MN maggiekb.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 28,227 | 74.2% |
| 5. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Correspondent for Nature, views my own. Reach me (generally) witzescience-at-gmaildotcom or (securely) awitze-at-protonmaildotcom. • Island on Fire Boulder, CO lakithebook.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 18,545 | 74.2% |
| 6. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. • The Poison Squad • The Best American Science and Nat... • The Best American Science and Nat... Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 32,887 | 73.7% |
| 7. |  David Dobbs@David_Dobbs I write for The Atlantic, NatGeo, PacificStand, Undark, etal. Mostly on how science & med work - or fail. Ping me. Anonymous tipbox at j.mp/dobbsanon All over daviddobbs.net 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 35,602 | 73.2% |
| 8. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth Health, science & environment editor at @washingtonpost. President of National Association @ScienceWriters. Was @NatGeo @Slate @SmithsonianMag @NewsFromScience Washington DC washingtonpost.com 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 26,958 | 72.6% |
| 9. |  Ivan Oransky@ivanoransky Distinguished Writer In Residence, @NYU_Journalism; co-founder, @RetractionWatch; president, @AHCJ. That's a bear cub that walked up to our window. Northampton, MA retractionwatch.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 31,313 | 71.1% |
| 10. |  Nature News & Comment@NatureNews Science news & opinion from the news team at Nature, the international journal of #science. Get our daily newsletter: go.nature.com/naturebriefing Worldwide nature.com/news 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,911,394 | 70.0% |
| 11. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck @WIRED Ideas, @SchusterInst fellow, magazine journalist, TED speaker | Books: BIG CHICKEN (also PLUCKED), SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL | [email protected] • Big Chicken • Superbug • Beating Back the Devil ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 37,387 | 69.5% |
| 12. |  Steve Silberman@stevesilberman Author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, NYT bestseller and winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize. Photo by Tanya Rosen-Jones. • Neurotribes San Francisco stevesilberman.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 94,454 | 67.9% |
| 13. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Jen-Luc Piquant is the faux-French avatar of science writer Jennifer Ouellette. Past Gizmodo science editor. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. • Me, Myself, and Why • The Best Science Writing Online 2... • The Best Science Writing Online 2... Los Angeles, CA jenniferouellette-writes.com 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 34,493 | 66.8% |
| 14. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Editor in Chief, @sciam. EVP, Editorial & Publishing, Magazines, Nature Research. All opinions expressed are my own. RTs are not endorsements. New York ScientificAmerican.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 20,903 | 65.3% |
| 15. |  Dave Mosher@DaveMosher Science & technology journalist Correspondent: @businessinsider Freelance: @healthnewsrevu Previously: @PopSci @Wired @SPACEdotcom DMs open for hot news tips New York, NY davemosher.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 19,757 | 64.7% |
| 16. |  Sci Curious@scicurious Staff writer @SNStudents, writer at @ScienceNews, podcaster @sci4thepeople. Opinions my own. In my free time, I run long distances. • Science Blogging Washington, DC sciencenewsforstudents.org/author/bethany… 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 60,741 | 64.2% |
| 17. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City, NY, USA scientificamerican.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 3,710,948 | 63.7% |
| 18. |  Alexis C. Madrigal@alexismadrigal staff writer @TheAtlantic | visiting scholar @BerkeleyISchool | in the real world, these just people with ideas | Mexican, Oakland, Earthseed Oakland, CA itunes.com/containers 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 204,429 | 63.7% |
| 19. |  Andy Revkin@Revkin Pursuing progress on a finite, fast-forward, noisy planet @insidenatgeo.The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, songs j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Valley, NY, USA about.me/revkin 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 82,151 | 63.2% |
| 20. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer. Slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), supernovas and spiders. Champagneophile. • Little Book of Wonders 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 25,576 | 62.6% |
| 21. |  Robin Lloyd@robinlloyd99 senior writer @undarkmag covering public health, contributing editor @sciam undark.org/author/rlloyd/ 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 10,698 | 62.6% |
| 22. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obama.org 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 102,561,896 | 61.6% |
| 23. |  Seth Mnookin@sethmnookin I write books and articles and am the director of @MIT_SciWrite. website: sethmnookin.com. • The Panic Virus • Feeding the Monster • Hard News Boston sethmnookin.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 35,484 | 61.1% |
| 24. |  Brendan Maher@bmaher Writer and Editor working for Nature (although views expressed here are my own). The Dirty Jerz nature.com/news 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 12,585 | 61.1% |
| 25. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Science writer on @BillNyeSaves. Contributing editor at @aeonmag, @discovermag, and @AmSciMag. Science-curious. Brooklyn, NY discovermagazine.com/outthere 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 74,989 | 60.5% |
| 26. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Lead writer for science @FiveThirtyEight Evidence-based journalist, book critic, essayist. My parties have dancing. christieaschwanden.com Colorado fivethirtyeight.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 12,795 | 60.5% |
| 27. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @KatieMPalmer, @JetJocko, @rtg0nzalez, @MeganMolteni, and @MrMattSimon. San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,101,911 | 60.0% |
| 28. |  Amy Harmon@amy_harmon New York Times reporter covering science & society. Mom of @rumblecomics • The Smallest Part • Making Faces New York, NY nytimes.com/by/amy-harmon 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 17,189 | 60.0% |
| 29. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 12,764,244 | 59.5% |
| 30. |  Thomas Levenson@TomLevenson Author, The Hunt for Vulcan and Newton and the Counterfeiter; writer and professor of Science Writing at MIT; occasional @GlobeIdeas columnist. Cambridge, MA inversesquare.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 12,397 | 59.5% |
| 31. |  Jonathan Eisen@phylogenomics Prof @UCDavis Guardian of Microbial Diversity; #OpenScience #STEMDiversity #RedSox #Barca; phylogenomics.me May the Microbes be Ever in Your Favor ✴️💥🥜⚙️🔆 Davis, CA orcid.org/0000-0002-0159… 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 50,073 | 58.9% |
| 32. |  Rachel “The Yellow Dart” Feltman@RachelFeltman Chief Science Officer of the USS @popsci // Previously: made a blog @washingtonpost // Professional GIF curator // Cries over space robots. [email protected] NYC popsci.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 19,323 | 58.9% |
| 33. |  Dan Vergano@dvergano BuzzFeed News science desk in Washington D.C. Contact: [email protected] PGP key: tinyurl.com/glfk7xo Secure tips: contact.buzzfeed.com Washington, DC linkedin.com/pub/dan-vergan… 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 16,916 | 58.4% |
| 34. |  NYT Science@NYTScience Science, Medicine, Environment, Space and Cosmos. Sync your calendar with the solar system: nyti.ms/2ECMtej New York, NY nytimes.com/science 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,163,161 | 57.9% |
| 35. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physicist and author at Caltech. Married to @JenLucPiquant. In favor of truth and kindness. Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 220,397 | 57.9% |
| 36. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @Story_Collider. Lecturer @Yale with @NNCIonline. Compass points: science, storytelling, #scicomm studies & gorgeous design. Washington DC area storycollider.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 16,764 | 57.9% |
| 37. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use "likes" for bookmarks. No endorsement implied. • Bad Astronomy Boulder about.me/philplait 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 629,213 | 57.4% |
| 38. |  Brian Switek@Laelaps Distant cousin of T. rex. Author of My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, & Skeleton Keys (coming 2019). @SciAmBlogs writer. Furry self: @RileyBlackCat • The T Rex Handbook • Prehistoric Predators • My Beloved Brontosaurus Where the fossils are. patreon.com/laelaps 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 25,111 | 57.4% |
| 39. |  (((John Rennie)))@tvjrennie Science writer/editor for @QuantaMagazine, @SciAm @AccessScience, TWC's Hacking the Planet & more. NYU SHERP, Beakerhead SciComm. Opinions = my own — at most. • Human Geography New York, NY johnrennie.net 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 9,412 | 57.4% |
| 40. |  Emily Anthes@EmilyAnthes Freelance science journalist. Author of Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts (bit.ly/TxqZkm). • Frankenstein's Cat • Instant Egghead Guide Brooklyn, NY emilyanthes.com 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 7,234 | 57.4% |
| 41. |  Brooke Borel@brookeborel Host @MethodsPodcast. Ed-at-large @undarkmag. Instructor @bkbrains & @nyu_journalism. Books: Infested and The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking. Show me your facts • The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checkin... • Infested brookeborel.com 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 7,873 | 56.3% |
| 42. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie (a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist/cosmologist, occasional freelance science writer, connoisseur of airplane food Raleigh, NC astrokatie.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 277,789 | 55.8% |
| 43. |  Rebecca Skloot@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS #HeLa now an HBO/@Oprah Film #HeLaMovie. Next book: humans #animals #ethics. Instagram @rebeccaskloot • The Best American Science and Nat... • The Best American Science Writing... • The Immortal Life of Henrietta La... Oakland, CA rebeccaskloot.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 46,895 | 55.8% |
| 44. |  The Open Notebook@Open_Notebook Articles on science journalism craft, story annotations, writer interviews, a database of pitch letters & more. theopennotebook.com 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 7,773 | 55.8% |
| 45. |  Science Friday@scifri Brain fun for curious people. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 784,000 | 55.3% |
| 46. |  Christopher Mims 🎆@mims Tech columnist at @WSJ. Curious about everything. Baltimore, MD wsj.com/news/author/80… 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 75,504 | 55.3% |
| 47. |  Annalee Newitz@Annaleen Writing some books about science and history. Author of Autonomous (nominated for the Nebula!). Founder of io9. Editor-at-large for Ars Technica. Send noodles. • Autonomous: A Novel • Scatter, Adapt, and Remember • She's Such a Geek California techsploitation.com 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 31,902 | 55.3% |
| 48. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. To subscribe go to: https://t.co/M4DdnmRv4N Worldwide newscientist.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 3,428,921 | 54.7% |
| 49. |  Alan Boyle@b0yle Aerospace and science editor @GeekWire. Longtime blogger @CosmicLog. Author of "The Case for Pluto." Links/RTs ≠ endorsements • The Case for Pluto Seattle geekwire.com/author/alanboy… 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 33,190 | 54.7% |
| 50. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth host & producer of @flashforwardpod 〰〰 futures critic 〰〰 skeptical optimist 〰〰 shorter than you expected 〰〰 formerly @30for30 podcasts 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🔮 🚀 • What Future 2018 roseveleth.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 16,574 | 54.7% |
| 51. |  John Timmer@j_timmer Chief science wrangler for Ars Technica. Writes, edits, and teaches science communications. The big city arstechnica.com/author/john-ti… 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,494 | 54.7% |
| 52. |  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. • Five Billion Years of Solitude New York City leebillings.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 7,890 | 54.7% |
| 53. |  Peter Aldhous@paldhous Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Reporter @BuzzFeedNews, lecturer @UCSC_SciCom @ucbsoj, instructor @AMI_Berkeley San Francisco peteraldhous.com 5 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 6,564 | 54.7% |
| 54. |  Karen James@kejames rogue scientist*, outdoorswoman, feminist • genetics, evolution, molecular ecology, botany, space, #citizenscience *formerly @mdibl & @nhm_london Bar Harbor, ME 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 28,456 | 54.2% |
| 55. |  Emily '2018 Had Best Step Up' Willingham🏁@ejwillingham Journalist. Expatriated Texan. Cranky but cheerful. I curate+write+edit+build newsletter things. Anti-heretical lightbearing succubus illuminating the dark web. The World emilywillinghamphd.com 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 11,865 | 54.2% |
| 56. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science writer. @SciAm. @CSUNaturalSci. Etc. Author of OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R & forthcoming book about the microbiome + food. Runner. Gardener. Nerd. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 9,231 | 54.2% |
| 57. |  David Biello@dbiello Dispatches from the future present. Me: Science curator @TEDtalks, book The Unnatural World, et cetera, et cetera... • The Unnatural World • Technology Blueprints of the Futu... • Bullet Trains New York, NY davidbiello.com 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 13,894 | 53.7% |
| 58. |  Michael Moyer@mmoyr Deputy editor @QuantaMagazine. Fan of bicycles, sourdough, evidence. Old tweets auto-deleted. New York quantamagazine.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 7,471 | 53.7% |
| 59. |  Dan Fagin@danfagin Professing journalism, directing SHERP @ NYU. Wrote Toms River, winner of '14 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction. Butterfly chaser. Discontinue if irritation occurs. • Toms River • Toxic Deception New York danfagin.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 7,076 | 53.7% |
| 60. |  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 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 61,146 | 52.6% |
| 61. |  Ben Lillie@BenLillie Founder of @caveatnyc. Also co-founder of The Story Collider (@story_collider) and former writer for TED. New York, NY caveat.nyc 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 7,452 | 52.6% |
| 62. |  Paul Raeburn@praeburn Journalist. Author. Producer, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. Passionate about journalism. Excited about comedy. New York, NY paulraeburn.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 4,040 | 52.6% |
| 63. |  Chris Mooney@chriscmooney Energy and environment writer at @washingtonpost, also tweeting at @postgreen. Views are my own. USA facebook.com/chriscmooney 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 31,129 | 52.1% |
| 64. |  Kate Wong@katewong Senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation. Views are my own. • Lucy's Legacy New York City 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 11,459 | 52.1% |
| 65. |  Science Magazine@sciencemagazine The world's leading outlet for cutting-edge research in all areas of science. Follow @NewsfromScience for stories from our news team. Washington, DC & Cambridge, UK sciencemag.org 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 1,153,335 | 51.6% |
| 66. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #NewProf, Mammalogist, Diversity & Access to STEM, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer, #DispatchesDNLee Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/expedition/dnl… 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 27,377 | 51.6% |
| 67. |  David Quammen@DavidQuammen Author of Spillover, The Song of the Dodo, and Yellowstone: A Journey.... Contributing Writer for @NatGeo. • The Tangled Tree • Yellowstone • The Chimp and the River Bozeman, Montana davidquammen.com 5 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 9,415 | 51.6% |
| 68. |  Azeen Ghorayshi@azeen science reporter @BuzzFeedNews / fairly certain I've watched more fly sex than you / [email protected] / signal: ask me (open DMs) Brooklyn azeeng.com 7 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 6,721 | 51.6% |
| 69. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Senior Editor & Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist, public speaker. Wrote a book on Curiosity rover. Asteroid 274860. • The Design and Engineering of Cur... Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 147,415 | 51.1% |
| 70. |  Adam Rogers@jetjocko Deputy Editor/Wired. Writing about science and geekery. Author of Proof: The Science of Booze. Kraka-thoom. Tell me stories: [email protected] • Proof: The Science of Booze California adam-rogers.net 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 14,233 | 51.1% |
| 71. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Co-host For @NPR's Shots blog, loving all things medical and microbial. Washington, DC 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 12,292 | 51.1% |
| 72. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Science journalist. Columnist @Slate, contributing editor @SciAm. 2018 NYU visiting scholar & Alicia Patterson fellow. 2017 National Magazine Award finalist. Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 8,235 | 51.1% |
| 73. |  Kate Clancy@KateClancy Associate professor at the University of Illinois. Bioanth, repro health, sexual harassment in science are my jam. Roller derby & @periodpodcast2 in spare time. Urbana, IL kateclancy.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 13,259 | 50.5% |
| 74. |  Eric Michael Johnson@ericmjohnson Award-winning science writer, scholar, simian. The Primate Diaries (@primatediaries), Slate and Scientific American. E-mail: [email protected] Vancouver, BC blogs.scientificamerican.com/primate-diaries 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 6,942 | 50.5% |
| 75. |  Amos Zeeberg@settostun Freelance science and technology journalist. No job is too big; no fee is too big. Tokyo 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 2,634 | 50.5% |
| 76. |  NASA@NASA Explore the universe and discover our home planet with @NASA. We usually post in EST (UTC-5) nasa.gov 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 29,529,675 | 50.0% |
| 77. |  david kroll@davidkroll Science, music, medicine writer @forbeshealth, sometimes @cenmag @indyweek. Drugs from nature (legal and not), drug safety, interactions. Gator pharmacology PhD Durham, NC/Clarksville, VA forbes.com/sites/davidkro… 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 11,483 | 50.0% |
| 78. |  Ross Andersen@andersen Senior Editor at @TheAtlantic, overseeing the science, tech, and health sections; previously Deputy Editor at @aeonmag; email: ross[at]theatlantic[dot]com Washington, DC rossandersen.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 14,421 | 49.5% |
| 79. |  Robert Lee Hotz@leHotz I cover science matters for The Wall Street Journal. Distinguished Writer in Residence @nyu_journalism. President of The Alicia Patterson Foundation. New York 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 5,504 | 49.5% |
| 80. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. • Go Green, Live Rich Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 5,381 | 49.5% |
| 81. |  Christie Wilcox@NerdyChristie Author of Venomous (amzn.to/1Y9WwIm) & Science Sushi (bit.ly/1SOOe5F); Editor for @SciShow; Cell & Molec PhD; @BuehlerSciWri’s partner; Mom Washington, USA christiewilcox.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 20,336 | 48.9% |
| 82. |  Ferris Jabr@ferrisjabr contributing writer, @NYTmag and @sciam Portland, OR ferrisjabr.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 11,549 | 48.9% |
| 83. |  Matt Shipman@ShipLives I write about sci/tech/health. I like food. I dislike bullies. My book on science PR: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… Raleigh, NC …ecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 7,184 | 48.9% |
| 84. |  Kathleen (Frey) Raven@inkkr Science writer for @YaleMed / Formerly @BioPharmInsight @Reuters_Health @NatureMedicine / Hearing-impaired & proud of it. Put your disclaimer here: New Haven, CT 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 6,091 | 48.9% |
| 85. |  STAT@statnews Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine. statnews.com 2 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 76,479 | 48.4% |
| 86. |  Jason G. Goldman@jgold85 Science journalist. Wildlife reporter. Bylines @SciAm @Biographic @BBCEarth @NatGeo & more. @SciCommCamp & @NerdBrigadeLA co-founder. Scientist to the stars. • Science Blogging Los Angeles jasonggoldman.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 16,041 | 48.4% |
| 87. |  Aatish Bhatia@aatishb Science writer, physicist, tinkerer, teacher. "Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver aatishb.com 7 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 14,626 | 48.4% |
| 88. |  Nicholas St. Fleur@SciFleur Award-winning science journalist covering archaeology, paleontology and space. Passionate about diversity in STEM. @nytimes Send pitches to [email protected] [email protected] nytimes.com/by/nicholas-st… 5 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 7,224 | 48.4% |
| 89. |  Hannah Waters@hannahjwaters science and environmental writer. senior associate editor, climate change @audubonsociety. Pitch me: [email protected] NYC/BK clippings.me/hannahjwaters 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 8,409 | 47.9% |
| 90. |  Discover Magazine@DiscoverMag The best science magazine, in print and online Between gluons and galaxies discovermagazine.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,160,406 | 47.4% |
| 91. |  Maria Popova@brainpicker Reader. Writer. Brooklyn, NY brainpickings.org 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 885,622 | 47.4% |
| 92. |  Colin Schultz@_ColinS_ News editor @HakaiMagazine. Pitch me a story: Someone doing something for a reason. Don't pitch me press releases. [email protected] Toronto 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 5,093 | 47.4% |
| 93. |  The NPR Science Desk@nprscience Science news, commentary and conversation from NPR. Washington, DC npr.org/science 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 257,589 | 46.8% |
| 94. |  Alok Jha@alokjha Science journalist • @WellcomeTrust fellow • Author, The Water Book https://t.co/lySv8Xl9zt • https://t.co/fDefJYnSAE • https://t.co/mFo1Zv4Hci • How to Live Forever • 50 Ways the World Could End London alokjha.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 30,590 | 46.8% |
| 95. |  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. • Grunt • Grunt • Gulp Oakland, CA • author maryroach.net 7 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 27,532 | 46.8% |
| 96. |  ScienceWriters@ScienceWriters With more than 2,000 members, the National Association of Science Writers fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science. Berkeley, CA nasw.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 21,480 | 46.8% |
| 97. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check Director, @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. @NatureNews alum. Bay Area erikacheck.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,641 | 46.8% |
| 98. |  Guardian Science@guardianscience Science, health and environment news from the @Guardian. Plus, independent comment and analysis from our network of expert science bloggers London theguardian.com/science 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,092,364 | 46.3% |
| 99. |  Eric Holthaus@EricHolthaus Meteorologist | Staff writer @grist | Visiting scholar @umnione | Co-host @ourwarmregards | Ambassador @The_Corres | autistic, INFJ | dad, beekeeper, game maker Minnesota, USA ericholthaus.com 7 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 449,827 | 46.3% |
| 100. |  Matthew Herper@matthewherper Forbes reporter covering science and medicine New York blogs.forbes.com/matthewherper 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 81,911 | 46.3% |
| 101. |  Charles Choi 🚀@cqchoi I write about what happens at the edge of the world as we know it -- the area lying between the unknown and the impossible. sciwriter.us 7 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 3,861 | 46.3% |
| 102. |  Ananyo Bhattacharya@Ananyo Science correspondent for @TheEconomist. [email protected] London mediadirectory.economist.com/people/mr-anan… 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 12,433 | 45.8% |
| 103. |  Cristine Russell@russellcris Science, enviro, health writer: climate science+policy; the media; women in science. World Conf of Sci Journalists 2017 co-chair; Harvard Kennedy School fellow Cambridge, MA; CT; wherever 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 6,095 | 45.8% |
| 104. |  Jay Rosen@jayrosen_nyu I teach journalism and direct the Studio 20 program at NYU, critique the press, direct @membershippzzle. 'Ambassador' for @decorrespondent's expansion to US. New York City [email protected] pressthink.org/2016/12/winter… 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 233,163 | 45.3% |
| 105. |  Matthew R Francis, ANTIQUACK@DrMRFrancis Writer of physics and astronomy. Wearer of jaunty hats. Tryin' to publish a novel. Proud Rebel scum. Avatar by @ScienceComic . Cleveland, OH bowlerhatscience.org 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 17,215 | 45.3% |
| 106. |  Curtis Brainard@CBrainard @SciAm Managing Editor | @WFSJ Board member & former President New York scientificamerican.com 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2015-Aug-30) | 3,335 | 45.3% |
| 107. |  National Geographic@NatGeo Since its inception nearly 130 years ago, the core purpose of National Geographic has been to further the knowledge and awareness of our world. Global nationalgeographic.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 22,823,164 | 44.7% |
| 108. |  Ian Sample@iansample The Guardian's Science editor, planet's worst surfer and author of Massive, shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Science Book Prize. • Massive I live by the river theguardian.com/profile/iansam… 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 47,415 | 44.7% |
| 109. |  seth borenstein@borenbears Associated Press science writer. [email protected] I cover Earth & other sciences, disasters & more. Dad, BoSox fan. Teach at NYU/DC ap.org/tips/ tinyurl.com/sethap 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 13,156 | 44.7% |
| 110. |  Lou Woodley@LouWoodley Community Engagement @trelliscience & Program Director @AAAS Community Engagement Fellows #CEFP2017. Lives in the UX. #OpenScience, #SciComm, squirrels!🐿 Washington, DC socialinsilico.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 12,031 | 44.7% |
| 111. |  Michelle Nijhuis@nijhuism Project editor @TheAtlantic. Writer @NatGeoMag & @NYTMag, blogger @NewYorker, consigliere @HighCountryNews. Proud mom @GirlBilbo. • The Science Writers' Essay Handbo... Columbia River Gorge rhymeswithmyhouse.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 7,167 | 44.7% |
| 112. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 21,774,741 | 43.7% |
| 113. |  The New Yorker@NewYorker The New Yorker is a weekly magazine with a mix of reporting on politics and culture, humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, and reviews and criticism. New York, NY newyorker.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 8,617,246 | 43.7% |
| 114. |  Nautilus@NautilusMag A magazine on science, culture, and philosophy for the intellectually curious Science Connected nautil.us 6 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 64,802 | 43.7% |
| 115. |  Joe Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, host/writer/creator of @okaytobesmart from @PBSDS, and addicted to wonder. Not an actual LEGO. Instagram: drjoehanson Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 31,171 | 43.7% |
| 116. |  Betsy Mason@betsymason Freelance journalist, geologist, beer snob, calm assertive pack leader. Co-author of the Nat Geo blog All Over the Map (see @mapdragons) • All Over the Map San Francisco Bay Area news.nationalgeographic.com/all-over-the-m… 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 8,779 | 43.7% |
| 117. |  Amanda Moon@amsciam Editorial Consulting & Project Management at Moon & Company. Former & always: @fsgbooks @basicbooks @palgrave_ @sciam NYC moonandcompany.org 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,418 | 43.7% |
| 118. |  Amy Maxmen@amymaxmen I write about evolution, biotech & everything in between at Nature. Former freelancer at Newsweek, National Geographic, Wired & other outlets. Views are my own. East Bay/Cali amymaxmen.com 7 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 4,247 | 43.7% |
| 119. |  Fred Guterl@fredguterl Journalist, editor, formerly @sciam, @newsweek, @nytmag, @discovermag, @ieeespectrum. Author, Fate of the Species 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 4,069 | 43.7% |
| 120. |  simon frantz@simon_frantz Managing Editor, Features BBC.com. Formerly: @BBC_Future, @nobelprize, @NatRevDrugDisc. Views expressed are my own. NYC bbc.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 3,923 | 43.7% |
| 121. |  Erik Vance@erikvance Easily distracted science journalist. Writer of magazine stories and author of the book Suggestible You. Views are someone else's. Anyone else's. Mexico City suggestibleyou.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,651 | 43.7% |
| 122. |  Jacquelyn Gill@JacquelynGill Ice Age ecologist in a warming world. Professor @UMaine. Co-host of @ourwarmregards. Like Dana Scully, with mud and mammoths. Maine, USA contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 30,328 | 43.2% |
| 123. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Science Writer -- BBC, Scientific American, PopSci, WIRED, Adam Savage's Tested and others. Former Fact Checker. erbiba at gmail dot com Markarth 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 14,369 | 43.2% |
| 124. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes freelance science journalist. previously science editor at @BuzzFeedUK. email me: [email protected] London via Oldham kellyoak.es 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 7,463 | 43.2% |
| 125. |  (((Steve Mirsky)))@SteveMirsky Editor, columnist, podcaster for @sciam magazine. Opinions expressed are my own and are subject to revision with new information. Bar Mitzvah boy. • Instant Egghead Guide New York City scientificamerican.com/podcasts/ 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 6,243 | 43.2% |
| 126. |  Nate Silver@NateSilver538 Editor-in-Chief, @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (amzn.to/QdyFYV). Sports/politics/food geek. New York fivethirtyeight.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 3,162,004 | 42.6% |
| 127. |  ben goldacre@bengoldacre Doctor, nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, procrastinator. Currently an academic at CEBM in Oxford ebmdatalab.net [email protected] Oxford, England badscience.net 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 492,498 | 42.6% |
| 128. |  Nieman Lab@NiemanLab We are the Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. Cambridge, Mass. niemanlab.org 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 284,293 | 42.6% |
| 129. |  Dr. Kiki Sanford@drkiki Science ninjas unite! Portland, OR about.me/drkiki 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 203,292 | 42.6% |
| 130. |  Maria Konnikova@mkonnikova Only @newyorker writer ever to go on leave to play pro poker. Wrote some bestsellers (amzn.to/2qmaDAe), host @thegriftpodcast, poker w/Team Pokerstars New York, NY mariakonnikova.com 6 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 31,046 | 42.6% |
| 131. |  Michael Eisen@mbeisen Better in Tune with the Infinite @SenatorPhd (my conflicts bit.ly/1npOeyU) 37° 14′ 6″ N, 115° 48′ 40″ W michaeleisen.org 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 25,762 | 42.6% |
| 132. |  Tim De Chant@tdechant Science journalism for the public good at @NOVApbs and @PerSquareMile. Cambridge, MA pbs.org/nova/next 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 3,389 | 42.6% |
| 133. |  Siri Carpenter@SiriCarpenter Freelance writer and editor, co-founder of @open_notebook, runner, bicyclist, reader, form-filler-outer. Madison, Wisconsin siricarpenter.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 2,715 | 42.6% |
| 134. |  Robin Marantz Henig@robinhenig Science journalist, immediate past prez of NASW @sciencewriters, co-author with my daughter @scootes of TWENTYSOMETHING bit.ly/YRkv3V NYC robinhenig.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,558 | 42.6% |
| 135. |  Mo Costandi@mocost Neuroscientist/ Freelance writer. Author of NEUROPLASTICITY (MIT Press 2016) & 50 HUMAN BRAIN IDEAS (Quercus 2013) neurophilosophy.wordpress.com London theguardian.com/science/neurop… 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 39,819 | 42.1% |
| 136. |  ADR@adrs Arielle Duhaime-Ross • Correspondent, VICE News Tonight • Climate/Science • [email protected] • Secure: DM for Protonmail & Signal • She/Her/Hers New York City (et Montréal) instagram.com/arielledross 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 8,532 | 42.1% |
| 137. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Bill Nye Saves the World Season 3 Now Streaming Only on Netflix. netflix.com/billnyesavesth… 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 5,845,491 | 41.6% |
| 138. |  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/ 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 3,956,979 | 41.6% |
| 139. |  Science News@ScienceNews Covering the latest news in all fields of science. Tweets by @wwrfd, @ThatMikeDenison and @Kate_Travis. Publisher @society4science. See also @SNStudents. Washington, DC sciencenews.org 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 2,831,682 | 41.6% |
| 140. |  ProPublica@ProPublica Pursuing stories with moral force. Send us things: propub.li/2hoDS2G. Newsletter: propub.li/2yHtb4z. Also follow @ProPublicaIL. We're there, too. New York, NY propublica.org 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 730,149 | 41.6% |
| 141. |  News from Science@NewsfromScience The latest stories in science, brought to you by the @sciencemagazine news team. Washington, D.C. news.sciencemag.org 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 227,016 | 41.6% |
| 142. |  Kathryn Schulz@kathrynschulz Staff writer at the @newyorker; former book critic at @nymag; author of Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error; reader, runner, traveler, et cetera-er. NY / MD / on the road beingwrongbook.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 38,821 | 41.6% |
| 143. |  Alice Bell@alicebell I work for a climate charity. But this is me, not them. PhD in science communication and too many years working in universities and museums. London climatehistories.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 25,106 | 41.6% |
| 144. |  Brian Malow@sciencecomedian Science comedian, Earth. Available for off-world appearances, if transportation is provided. Your mileage may vary in accordance with relativity. Raleigh, NC 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 19,652 | 41.6% |
| 145. |  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 2 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 12,549 | 41.6% |
| 146. |  Ann Finkbeiner@AnnFinkbeiner Science writer whose current job is to write whatever I can get an assignment to write. Baltimore lastwordonnothing.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,336 | 41.6% |
| 147. |  Atul Gawande@Atul_Gawande Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, Dilettante. ariadnelabs.org lifebox.org atulgawande.com 7 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 243,370 | 41.1% |
| 148. |  Marc Abrahams@MarcAbrahams editor of the Annals of Improbable Research magazine, organizer of the Ig Nobel Prizes. Also see: @ImprobResearch • The Ig Nobel Cookbook, volume 1 • This is Improbable Too • This Is Improbable Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA improbable.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 9,481 | 41.1% |
| 149. |  Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel I'm an editor for @nprscience. Also into nukes. I've got my own Geiger counter and everything. securedrop.npr.org npr.org 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 6,834 | 41.1% |
| 150. |  Rebecca Boyle@rboyle31 Writer. Often @TheAtlantic @newscientist @FiveThirtyEight & etc. Chronicler of night & its inhabitants. Reporting on Earth, Mars, the moon, the sun, & history. Saint Louis, MO rebecca-boyle.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,092 | 41.1% |
| 151. |  Malcolm M. Campbell@m_m_campbell Biologist, professor, @UofG VPR. Science, SciComm & HigherEd tweets. Often with whippets, running, thinking, gleaning those #SixIncredibleThingsBeforeBreakfast. Guelph, Ontario linkedin.com/in/malcolm-cam… 7 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 9,568 | 40.5% |
| 152. |  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 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 4,301 | 40.5% |
| 153. |  PLOS@PLOS PLOS accelerates progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. Tweets by @sarakassabian. USA and UK plos.org 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 130,336 | 40.0% |
| 154. |  Eric Berger@SciGuySpace Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. I like rockets. Houston, TX arstechnica.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 29,558 | 40.0% |
| 155. |  Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar PhD Biologist, Jungle Warrior, Author #WildSex & #WildMoms TV Host, TED talker, Mom. Nutjob. carinbondar.com wacky chilliwack carinbondar.com 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 28,364 | 40.0% |
| 156. |  Helen Branswell@HelenBranswell Senior writer, infectious diseases & global health, @statnews, statnews.com. I block rude. #flu #Zika, #Ebola, #polio, #AMR. Neiman '11. Boston, MA statnews.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 22,755 | 40.0% |
| 157. |  Raychelle Burks@DrRubidium #Chemistry Blackademic in the Ivory Tower. Left Coaster in the Lone Star. Sarcastic & silly. Tweets = personal ≠ professional. Rollin' with @CurlyHairMafia Middle of Nowhere thirtyseven.scientopia.org 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 16,512 | 40.0% |
| 158. |  Brandon Keim@9brandon Freelance journalist + writer | Nature, animals, science & environment | Author, The Eye of the Sandpiper goo.gl/cn6c1y | Co-founder @KittyEatsBugs • The Eye of the Sandpiper Maine, USA instagram.com/9brandon/ 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 8,247 | 40.0% |
| 159. |  Aleszu Bajak@aleszubajak Science journalist • Teach and manage grad programs @NUjournalism • Fellow @Ksjatmit • Founder @Storybench @LatAmSci • Alum @Undarkmag @Scifri • Peruvian-gringo Cambridge, MA aleszu.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 6,438 | 40.0% |
| 160. |  Ewen Callaway@ewencallaway Immigrant/world citizen. Senior reporter @NatureNews. I ♥ Neandertals. Opinions and ♥ are my own. London 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 5,448 | 40.0% |
| 161. |  Susannah Locke@susannahlocke Special projects editor @voxdotcom, formerly @PopSci, blogger of Star Trek haikus. [email protected] susannahlocke.com tnghaikus.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 4,228 | 40.0% |
| 162. |  Jad Abumrad@JadAbumrad I make Radiolab and some music too. When I tweet it's just me. Brooklyn, NY radiolab.org 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 320,902 | 39.5% |
| 163. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile I explore science on TV and the internet. Science editor @Nerdist. Host/EP @BecauseScience. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. LATEST VIDEO 👇🔥 Los Angeles youtu.be/7V6EACc7TEI 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 71,649 | 39.5% |
| 164. |  Maia Szalavitz@maiasz Neuroscience Journalist, VICE.com, TIME.com ti.me/rWCQsZ, etc. Author, Unbroken Brain, Soros Justice Fellow • The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog • Unbroken Brain • Born for Love New York maiasz.com 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 18,303 | 39.5% |
| 165. |  Karyn Traphagen@kTraphagen Cultivating Curiosity. Durham, NC stay-curious.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 6,245 | 39.5% |
| 166. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Science reporter @BuzzFeedNews. Email: [email protected] Secure: contact.buzzfeed.com Past: @BostonGlobe @NBCNews Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 6,189 | 39.5% |
| 167. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance science journalist. Contributes to the NY Times, NatGeo, BBC and others. Publishing a book about illegal wildlife trade in 2018. Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 5,657 | 39.5% |
| 168. |  Charles Seife@cgseife Journalist, author, NYU professor, debunker of 'alternative facts' New York City charlesseife.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 3,126 | 39.5% |
| 169. |  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 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,572 | 39.5% |
| 170. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Canadian Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Earth chrishadfield.ca 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 2,430,297 | 38.9% |
| 171. |  Katharine Hayhoe@KHayhoe Not suspicious, just Canadian. Climate scientist, @TTUCSC director, poli sci prof, knitter, pastor's wife, mom. TIME100 + Fortune50. First in line for cloning. Texas Tech University katharinehayhoe.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 51,083 | 38.9% |
| 172. |  Mark Henderson@markgfh Head of Communications, the Wellcome Trust. Views mine not the Trust's. Author of The Geek Manifesto & 50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know London geekmanifesto.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 17,364 | 38.9% |
| 173. |  Tara C. Smith@aetiology Professor, microbiologist/ infectious disease epidemiologist, writer, toddler & teen wrangler. Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic disease, scicomm, zombies. Kent, Ohio taracsmith.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 16,192 | 38.9% |
| 174. |  MC Stardust ✨ Inclusion Rider 4 Life@Summer_Ash Astrophysicist by day and all around rock-it scientist whenever I get my act together. Tweets are my own opinions. Intersectional or GTFO. 1/2 of @startorialist Moon/New York City summerash.com 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 12,586 | 38.9% |
| 175. |  łopatologia@mslopatto Science editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] She/her Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 7 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 10,021 | 38.4% |
| 176. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 6,592 | 38.4% |
| 177. |  WIRED@WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. San Francisco/New York WIRED.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 10,597,379 | 37.9% |
| 178. |  Michael E. Mann@MichaelEMann Climate Scientist, Professor & Director of the Penn State ESSC; Author of Dire Predictions, The Hockey Stick & the Climate Wars, and The Madhouse Effect Penn State University, PA michaelmann.net 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 68,074 | 37.9% |
| 179. |  Vaughan Bell@vaughanbell Neuropsychologist and senior clinical lecturer at UCL. Clinical psychologist in the NHS. Occasional writer. Interested in people. Views my own. vaughanbell.net 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 45,315 | 37.9% |
| 180. |  David Bradley@sciencebase I make things you can read, look at, and listen to. Science writer, photographer, singer-songwriter. 👨🎤🎸📷⚗️🇪🇺🕊️ Cambridge, UK sciencebase.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 45,093 | 37.9% |
| 181. |  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 labs.genetics.ucla.edu/kruglyak/ 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 16,988 | 37.9% |
| 182. |  Janet D. Stemwedel@docfreeride Philosopher, lapsed chemist, Forbes contributor. Previously: Scientific American, ScienceBlogs. forbes.com/sites/janetste… San Francisco Bay Area keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=… 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 12,649 | 37.9% |
| 183. |  Rowan Hooper@rowhoop Managing editor @newscientist. PhD in evolutionary biology. Former Tokyoite & entomologist; columnist for @japantimes. New book, SUPERHUMAN, out now すごい! • Superhuman London rowanhooper.contently.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 10,142 | 37.9% |
| 184. |  Oliver Morton@Eaterofsun Author, The Planet Remade heliophage.wordpress.com/2015/09/26/the…. Views not The Economist's, RT's not endorsements (obviously) • The Planet Remade • Eating the Sun • Mapping Mars Greenwich, UK heliophage.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 8,734 | 37.9% |
| 185. |  Jennifer Bogo@jenbogo Science journalist. Penguin enthusiast. Fan of Mars habitats but think Earth is worth saving. Deputy editor at @audubonmag. Formerly orbited @popsci @popmech. New York 7 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 2,666 | 37.9% |
| 186. |  Jennifer Gunter@DrJenGunter Appropriately Confident OB/GYN, Canadian Spice, Sexpert, Lasso of Truth, Pegasister, Not medical advice, I speak for no one but me. drjengunter.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 72,331 | 37.4% |
| 187. |  Gwen Pearson🐜🐛@bug_gwen I'm a bug AND a feature! I do insect outreach and write about science. Part of @ento_allies. Tweets personal/do not represent employers etc etc 🐝 she/her Low Earth Orbit, Indiana bit.ly/GwenPearson 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 19,318 | 37.4% |
| 188. |  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 6 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 9,821 | 37.4% |
| 189. |  Jamie Vernon@JLVernonPhD Science advocate & champion of evidence-based decision making. Husband, Dad, Citizen, Scientist, @SigmaXiCEO. Raleigh, NC linkedin.com/in/jlvernon/ 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 6,910 | 37.4% |
| 190. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Founder of @lookslikesci. Marine biologist at heart. Member of SEJ, NASW, SCB Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 6,212 | 37.4% |
| 191. |  David Harris@physicsdavid science+art+design+journalism+books+words (Editor of Journal of Brief Ideas: briefideas.org. Previously editor of various science magazines.) Brisbane, Australia sciartica.net 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,056 | 37.4% |
| 192. |  Victoria Jaggard 💀@vmjaggard99 Senior Director, Science & Innovation @NatGeo. Space fan, gaming geek, goth fashionista, Navy brat. victoria dot jaggard at natgeo dot com Washington, DC nationalgeographic.com/latest-stories/ 7 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 3,879 | 37.4% |
| 193. |  Brendan Borrell@bborrell Correspondent @outsidemagazine Also writing for Businessweek, Nature, National Geographic, etc. Los Angeles, CA brendanborrell.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 3,244 | 37.4% |
| 194. |  Erin Podolak@ErinPodolak Science Writer for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Lehigh University and UW-Madison alum. Polar Bear enthusiast. Boston, MA erinpodolak.com 7 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 3,037 | 37.4% |
| 195. |  Popular Science@PopSci Awe-inspiring science, tech, and DIY. 145 years strong. || Allergy season has arrived! 🤧 Here's everything you need to know: https://t.co/ynOuU8etTc New York popsci.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 1,270,820 | 36.8% |
| 196. |  Aeon@aeonmag Aeon is a magazine of ideas and culture. We publish in-depth essays, incisive articles, and a mix of original and curated videos - free to all. aeon.co 6 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 122,366 | 36.8% |
| 197. |  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 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 30,369 | 36.8% |
| 198. |  Bora Zivkovic@BoraZ blog.coturnix.org Pittsboro, NC coturnix.org 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 29,941 | 36.8% |
| 199. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. New book CHASING NEW HORIZONS: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto, on sale May 1, 2018! Biosphere One funkyscience.net 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 26,912 | 36.8% |
| 200. |  Doug Main@Douglas_Main writer. journalist. i cover science, the environment, & all things wild. i like ampersands. douglasmain @ gmail Brooklyn, NY 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 4,651 | 36.8% |
| 201. |  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 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 1,765 | 36.8% |
| 202. |  The New York Times@nytimes Where the conversation begins. Follow for breaking news, special reports, RTs of our journalists and more. Visit nyti.ms/2FVHq9v to share news tips. New York City nytimes.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 42,081,078 | 36.3% |
| 203. |  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 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 269,045 | 36.3% |
| 204. |  Cara Santa Maria@CaraSantaMaria #SciComm FTW | Host of the #TalkNerdy Podcast & @SkepticsGuide Rogue | Cofounder: @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | As seen on TV: @BillNyeSaves @NatGeoChannel • Tiny Thinkers Los Angeles carasantamaria.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 79,307 | 36.3% |
| 205. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe and The Sixth Extinction. • Field Notes from a Catastrophe • The Sixth Extinction ElizabethKolbert.com 4 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 31,485 | 36.3% |
| 206. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 23,833 | 36.3% |
| 207. |  Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl Covering chemistry and editing stories for @cenmag. Bylines @Forbes @DCist @SciAm @thinkfoodgroup. Chemistry PhD @Princeton. Tuits en inglés y español. Washington, DC, mostly. 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 8,959 | 36.3% |
| 208. |  George Musser@gmusser contributing editor for Scientific American and Nautilus, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory and Spooky Action at a Distance • Spooky Action at a Distance • The Complete Idiot's Guide to Str... New York georgemusser.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 7,791 | 36.3% |
| 209. |  Francie Diep@franciediep Science journalist, staff writer @PacificStand, appreciator of prose in all forms Washington, DC franciediep.com 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 3,284 | 36.3% |
| 210. |  Jamie Shreeve@JamieShreeve Deputy Editor in Chief, National Geographic Washington DC and Bellport NY 7 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,701 | 36.3% |
| 211. |  The Onion@TheOnion America's Finest News Source. theonion.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 11,423,216 | 35.8% |
| 212. |  Ezra Klein@ezraklein Founder and editor-at-large, Vox.com. Why yes, I do have a podcast. itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the… DC vox.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 2,497,416 | 35.8% |
| 213. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Where Discoveries Begin. Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 1,098,632 | 35.8% |
| 214. |  Steven Pinker@sapinker Cognitive scientist at Harvard. Boston, MA pinker.wjh.harvard.edu 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 423,095 | 35.8% |
| 215. |  Radiolab@Radiolab Radiolab is a show about curiosity from @WNYCStudios. multiple universes radiolab.org 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 268,267 | 35.8% |
| 216. |  Hope Jahren@HopeJahren author of LAB GIRL, winner of the 2016 NBCC award in autobiography hopejahrensurecanwrite.com 6 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 30,562 | 35.8% |
| 217. |  Matter@matterstudios We make stuff. New York, NY matter.com 5 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Dec-25) | 23,725 | 35.8% |
| 218. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer @Mashable science editor. Always a space reporter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. [email protected] DMs open and a mess. Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. mashable.com/category/space 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 15,498 | 35.8% |
| 219. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Host of @michiganstateu's 'Our Table' & Serving Up Science series & podcast. Author. Mom. Exec Dir of @SciDebate. Politics. Science. Food. Energy. • The Science of Kissing • Unscientific America • Unscientific America (Large Print... East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 8,804 | 35.8% |
| 220. |  Clifton Wiens@CliftonWiens Then: Nat Geo. Now: Scripted series set in 1876 Washington in development. Modern times, as it were. Instagram clifton_wiens 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 3,933 | 35.8% |
| 221. |  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. 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 2,707 | 35.8% |
| 222. |  apoorva mandavilli@apoorva_nyc award-winning science journalist, founding editor and EIC of @Spectrum, co-founder of @CultureDish, former NYU adjunct faculty, travel enthusiast, Mom 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 2,265 | 35.8% |
| 223. |  Nicholas Thompson@nxthompson Editor in Chief at Wired. Please send tips to [email protected] DMs are open. Also Signal or Secure Drop: wired.com/securedrop/ New York wired.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 94,199 | 35.3% |
| 224. |  Am Geophysical Union@theAGU Official account of the American Geophysical Union, the world's largest organization of Earth and space scientists. Tweets do not imply endorsement. Washington, DC agu.org 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 50,815 | 35.3% |
| 225. |  Martin F. Robbins@mjrobbins Head of Product @Factmata. Also author of Raising HAL, a blog about A.I. and data at The Guardian. [email protected] Maidenhead, UK mjrobbins.com 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 26,756 | 35.3% |
| 226. |  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. Maryland, USA patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 21,626 | 35.3% |
| 227. |  Michele Banks@artologica Maker of science-y art. Microblognitsa. Keeper of the lolcats. Washington, DC artologica.etsy.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 8,145 | 35.3% |
| 228. |  Jennifer Frazer@JenniferFrazer Freelance science writer, blogger at The Artful Amoeba for Scientific American, Under-Loved Lifeform Enthusiast, and poker/prodder of misc. slimy things. Colorado's Front Range blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/ 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 3,923 | 35.3% |
| 229. |  Veronique Greenwood@vero_greenwood Odds and ends, bric-a-brac, scientific paraphernalia. Writer for The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC Future, and others. 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 3,318 | 35.3% |
| 230. |  Dr Adam Rutherford@AdamRutherford Back off man, I'm a scientist ** currently in writing purdah ** bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03… amazon.co.uk/Brief-History-… 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 53,049 | 34.7% |
| 231. |  Scott Hensley@scotthensley Editing @NPR online health coverage. Ex-WSJ. Lover of Dobermans, 🦀s, @jhumenslacrosse, craft beer & 🇺🇸. (PR folks, no pitches, pls.) Washington, D.C. npr.org/shots 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 32,077 | 34.7% |
| 232. |  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 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 14,536 | 34.7% |
| 233. |  Michael Balter@mbalter Writer for SciAm/SAPIENS/The Verge covers anthropology/mental health/sexual harassment. Former NYU journo prof. Just returned to USA from 29 yrs exile in Europe michaelbalter.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 3,919 | 34.7% |
| 234. |  Hillary Clinton@HillaryClinton 2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x2, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy. New York, NY onwardtogether.org 5 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 22,825,909 | 34.2% |
| 235. |  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 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 2,635,418 | 34.2% |
| 236. |  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 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 959,796 | 34.2% |
| 237. |  Alex Wild@Myrmecos Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin. Austin, Texas alexanderwild.com 7 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 19,200 | 34.2% |
| 238. |  Mosaic@mosaicscience Stories about the science you care about in a changing world. Created by @wellcometrust, free to republish under Creative Commons. Text, video and podcast. London, UK mosaicscience.com 4 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 14,691 | 34.2% |
| 239. |  Natalie Wolchover@nattyover Physics writer @QuantaMagazine. I have a Klein bottle that contains the universe. New York, New York quantamagazine.org/authors/natali… 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 12,922 | 34.2% |
| 240. |  Peter Edmonds@PeterDEdmonds Work in astronomy publicity after surviving an astrophysics PhD & postdocs. Interested in science & scicomm. Opinions are mine & RTs aren't always endorsements. peterdedmonds.blogspot.com 6 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 4,083 | 34.2% |
| 241. |  Mollie Bloudoff-Inde@mbloudoff Freelance journalist. Science aficionado. Antarctica traveler. @Columbiajourn @UCberkeley @UniofOxford Co-founder of @DiverseSources [email protected] Washington, DC mbloudoff.com 7 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 3,345 | 34.2% |
| 242. |  David Fahrenthold@Fahrenthold Washington Post reporter, covering President Trump's businesses and conflicts of interest. MSNBC contributor. Tips? [email protected] Washington, DC washingtonpost.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 554,758 | 33.7% |
| 243. |  Liz Szabo@LizSzabo Senior correspondent at Kaiser Health News. I write enterprise stories about acute care -- ie, cancer, heart disease, etc. -- especially related to aging. Washington, D.C. khn.org 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 64,283 | 33.7% |
| 244. |  Jeanne Garbarino@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Social justice & STEM education. Biochemist. Mom. Product of The Bronx. NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 6,499 | 33.7% |
| 245. |  Jennifer Welsh@MicrobeLover Editor in chief @wonderhowto. Strange and Snarky. Good-weird. I love: cats, science, curly hair, red lipstick, and feminists. Formerly: @techinsider @bi_science New York, NY facebook.com/JenniferCWelsh 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,935 | 33.7% |
| 246. |  Brian Mossop@bmossop Account Director at Republic Publishing. @wired alum. Former neuroscientist. I love data. San Francisco, CA brianmossop.com/clips 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Nov-23) | 4,672 | 33.7% |
| 247. |  Jessica Morrison@ihearttheroad Hey, it's Jessica. You know what to do. Leave a message, and I'll call you back. (Some days I’m in my Yeezys, some days I’m in my Vans.) Washington, DC via Tennessee ihearttheroad.github.io 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 2,565 | 33.7% |
| 248. |  John Matson@jmtsn words about code @datadoghq Nevada City, CA matson.xyz 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 2,385 | 33.7% |
| 249. |  David Corcoran@dacorc Associate director [email protected] 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 2,240 | 33.7% |
| 250. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 7,015,585 | 33.2% |
| 251. |  nature@nature International weekly journal of science. Editorials, News & Views, corrections and primary research coverage here. For news, please see @NatureNews. London nature.com/nature/current… 6 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 1,444,215 | 33.2% |
| 252. |  Andrew Freedman@afreedma Science Editor @Axios. Climate, science, weather, and politics. Tips: [email protected] | DM me for Signal #. New York, NY axios.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 175,639 | 33.2% |
| 253. |  Dr. David Shiffman@WhySharksMatter @LiberEroFellows studying Canadian shark fisheries at @SFU. Marine conservation biologist and science writer. Blogger at @sfriedscience Vancouver, British Columbia davidshiffmancv.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 36,962 | 33.2% |
| 254. |  Chris Gunter@girlscientist Geneticist; editor; writer; science communicator; attempted wit. Assoc Prof, @EmoryMedicine & @MarcusAutism Ctr. Tweets are my own. Atlanta about.me/girlscientist 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 15,315 | 33.2% |
| 255. |  Michael Specter@specterm I am a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of the book Denialism. Hudson, NY michaelspecter.com 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 11,531 | 33.2% |
| 256. |  Miriam Goldstein@MiriamGoldste Marine biologist turned Congressional staffer. Bring on the invertebrate jokes. Tweets mostly science; also solely my own. Washington DC 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 11,451 | 33.2% |
| 257. |  Brooke Jarvis@brookejarvis Reader, magaziner. Contributing writer, @NYTmag and @CalSunday Tennessean on the Puget Sound. brookejarvis.net 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 8,302 | 33.2% |
| 258. |  Nsikan Akpan@MoNscience Highly melanated. @NewsHour science producer & ScienceScope co-creator | PhD pathobiologist | YNWA | PGP: 06D0 E6A5 AC19 3074 13B0 9F87 A332 744F E4D1 95DF Washington DC pbs.org/newshour/tag/s… 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 3,800 | 33.2% |
| 259. |  Eli Kintisch@elikint Video producer. Correspondent, Science mag. Professor, Medill J School. Author, Hack the Planet. RT =/= endorsement Washington, DC elikintisch.contently.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,562 | 33.2% |
| 260. |  Sophie Bushwick@sophiebushwick Science writer, podcast & video producer, hot sauce taste-tester. Also Senior Editor at @PopSci New York, NY popsci.com/sophiebushwick 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 3,269 | 33.2% |
| 261. |  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 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 3,064 | 33.2% |
| 262. |  Kendra Snyder@kendrasnyder Science publicist for @AMNH and aspiring novelist. Views expressed here are my own. New York, NY 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 1,587 | 33.2% |
| 263. |  Brian Cox@ProfBrianCox I think the world needs more experts. The Earth, with everyone else apolloschildren.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 2,901,387 | 32.6% |
| 264. |  Neuroskeptic@Neuro_Skeptic Neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry through a skeptical lens. Just a brain with some eyes. Blogs for @DiscoverMag and @PLOSNeuro. UK blogs.discovermagazine.com/neuroskeptic/ 6 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 138,342 | 32.6% |
| 265. |  Miles O'Brien@milesobrien Science, technology, aviation and space journalist. Boston milesobrien.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 74,095 | 32.6% |
| 266. |  Elise Andrew@Elise_Andrew just a liberal, freckle-faced slut - some dude on Twitter. Also, I Fucking Love Science. London, England iflscience.com 5 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 65,658 | 32.6% |
| 267. |  Elizabeth Landau@lizlandau @NASAJPL Senior Storyteller. Freelance writer. Ex @CNN reporter. Likes pi. @Princeton & @Columbia grad. Views my own. RTs ≠ endorsements https://t.co/5xHZNsIBGk Los Angeles 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 10,168 | 32.6% |
| 268. |  ryan f mandelbirder🐤@RyanFMandelbaum hi guys im ryan and I write about physics for @gizmodo :^) heres my twitter where i make funny posts! im a queer nose ring-wearing shill for round earth New York, USA ryanfmandelbaum.com 2 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,346 | 32.6% |
| 269. |  Roxanne Khamsi@rkhamsi journalist who pipetted | writing in @NYTMag @SciAm @Slate & more | chief news editor at @NatureMedicine | lecturer at @stonybrooku and @cuny | EAB @TEDMED New York roxannekhamsi.com 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,847 | 32.6% |
| 270. |  Marissa Fessenden@marisfessenden Science journalist & illustrator who loves the 🏔️ Seen at @smithsonianmag, @sciam, @spectrum, @naturenews & elsewhere. Also #queer! And 💚s #scienceart Bozeman, MT marissafessenden.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 2,444 | 32.6% |
| 271. |  Tom Zeller Jr.@tomzellerjr Journalist; @NYTimes & @KSJatMIT alum; Editor in Chief, @UndarkMag (undark.org); Formidable lyric vault. Currently reading: @sarahkendzior Cambridge, MA tomzeller.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 19,967 | 32.1% |
| 272. |  Megan Garber@megangarber Atlantic writer. Coffee drinker. Washington, DC theatlantic.com/megan-garber/ 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 19,767 | 32.1% |
| 273. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Writer, nerd, managing editor @EARTH3R. Former science editor @Gizmodo. Earth & enviro science PhD. DMs open. Philadelphia, PA kinja.com/maddiestone 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 12,279 | 32.1% |
| 274. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 11,075 | 32.1% |
| 275. |  Sarah Kaplan@sarahkaplan48 Science reporter at @washingtonpost. Lover of Brooklyn bagels, Queens baseball and good stories from everywhere. [email protected] Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-k… 7 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 8,013 | 32.1% |
| 276. |  Richard Van Noorden@Richvn Features editor for Nature (@naturenews) London 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 5,729 | 32.1% |
| 277. |  Liza Gross@lizabio Journalist covering #health & #environment. Editor, PLOS Biology. Facts matter. Science is real. #FERN Send tips: [email protected] San Francisco lizagross.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,388 | 32.1% |
| 278. |  Jeremy Hsu@jeremyhsu Journalist growing in Brooklyn. Discover Magazine, IEEE Spectrum, Scientific American, Undark Magazine, Wired and more. New York, NY sciencehsu.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,742 | 32.1% |
| 279. |  pourmecoffee@pourmecoffee ☕ pourmecoffee.tumblr.com/fineprint 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 282,700 | 31.6% |
| 280. |  SciAm Mind@sciammind Scientific American MIND magazine. Behavior. Brain Science. Insights. New York sciammind.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 80,475 | 31.6% |
| 281. |  Kate Sheppard@kate_sheppard Senior enterprise editor at @HuffPost, lecturer at UNC-Chapel Hill, board member at @streetsensedc, @SEJorg booster, left shark, mom. Chapel Hill, NC huffingtonpost.com/kate-sheppard 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 61,762 | 31.6% |
| 282. |  National Academies@theNASEM The official account of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Advising the nation, advancing the discussion, connecting new frontiers. Washington, DC nationalacademies.org 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 50,636 | 31.6% |
| 283. |  Jon Foley@GlobalEcoGuy Global Environmental Scientist. Wonder Junky. Author. Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences (@calacademy). My tweets, my views. San Francisco calacademy.org 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 41,325 | 31.6% |
| 284. |  Dr. Paige Jarreau@FromTheLabBench #SciComm Nerd. Director of Social Media & #SciComm @LifeOmic! I'm a science blogger @LSUscience, blog researcher & social media consultant. Ask me anything! Baton Rouge fromthelabbench.com 7 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 12,233 | 31.6% |
| 285. |  Glendon Mellow@FlyingTrilobite The apocalypse comes. The sky burns with evil symbols etched in clouds. Me: "Hey, did you credit the illustrator for those evil symbols??" Science Illustrator, Toronto glendonmellow.com/blog 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 8,848 | 31.6% |
| 286. |  Christine Gorman@cgorman Health/Medicine editor. Also: data, global health, health equity, press ethics, theology. RT ≠ endorsement. All views my own. New York, NY 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 5,450 | 31.6% |
| 287. |  Sarah Zielinski@SarahZielinski Managing editor, Science News for Students. Wild Things blogger at Science News. Washington, DC sarahzielinski.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 4,289 | 31.6% |
| 288. |  Elizabeth Preston@Inkfish Writer of sciencey stuff for @DiscoverMag @TheAtlantic, silly stuff for @mcsweeneys @thehairpin, etc. Former editor of MUSE mag for kids. Aspiring cephalopod. Boston-ish elizabethgpreston.com 6 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 2,979 | 31.6% |
| 289. |  Mike Lemonick@MLemonick I'm the Opinion Editor for Scientific American. I also write books Princeton, NJ 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,560 | 31.6% |
| 290. |  Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT Random woman, New Yorker, White House correspondent for NYTimes, analyst CNN. RTs don't imply agreement. [email protected] 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 821,364 | 31.1% |
| 291. |  March for Science@ScienceMarchDC The March for Science champions robustly funded and publicly communicated science as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity. Washington, DC marchforscience.com 1 yr, 3 mos on Twitter | 356,399 | 31.1% |
| 292. |  Mike Brown@plutokiller Astronomer, planet hunter, Pluto killer, bear whisperer, Finger-wrapped dad. Pasadena, CA mikebrownsplanets.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 65,082 | 31.1% |
| 293. |  The Scientist@TheScientistLLC Exploring Life, Inspiring Innovation. Subscribe for free at bit.ly/2GvXtYv the-scientist.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 54,453 | 31.1% |
| 294. |  Steven Strogatz@stevenstrogatz Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. NY Times & Radiolab contributor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. Ithaca, NY stevenstrogatz.com 6 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 41,071 | 31.1% |
| 295. |  Daniel MacArthur@dgmacarthur Human genomics, rare disease, and open data. Co-director of Medical and Population Genetics at @broadinstitute. Boston, USA macarthurlab.org 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 30,159 | 31.1% |
| 296. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote, email: szhang AT theatlantic DC sarzha.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 7,782 | 31.1% |
| 297. |  John Pavlus@johnpavlus writer and director ※ bylines, clients, & how I described my work to a room of pre-schoolers who don't care about fancy bylines/clients: https://t.co/IdtqZL1zSY Portland, OR tinyletter.com/johnpavlus 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 5,167 | 31.1% |
| 298. |  Mary Carmichael@mary_carmichael Journalist turned catalyst; Director of Academic Affairs at @broadinstitute. Rationally exuberant. Current @MIT_EMBA, ex- @Newsweek @BostonGlobe @KSJatMIT. Boston, MA 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 4,238 | 31.1% |
| 299. |  Caleb Scharf@caleb_scharf Director of Astrobiology at Columbia University. Blog at Sci Am (#sciamblogs). Author of The Zoomable Universe, The Copernicus Complex, Gravity's Engines... New York calebscharf.com 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 4,085 | 31.1% |
| 300. |  David Despain@daviddespain "All I had to do was turn up with a suitcase and try to remember what happened for long enough afterward to write it down." - Douglas Adams 🏕UT🏜AZ✈️🇦🇷 daviddespain.pressfolios.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 3,850 | 31.1% |