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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 Washington, DC theatlantic.com/author/ed-yong/ 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 165,881 | 79.7% |
| 2. |  Carl Zimmer@carlzimmer @nytimes columnist. Author: She Has Her Mother's Laugh, Parasite Rex, etc. carlzimmer.com/books/ Connecticut 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 274,404 | 77.6% |
| 3. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth Health & science editor at @washingtonpost. Past president of National Association of @ScienceWriters. Formerly @NatGeo @Slate @SmithsonianMag @NewsFromScience Washington DC washingtonpost.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 33,523 | 75.4% |
| 4. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Deputy editor-in-chief, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 35,128 | 73.7% |
| 5. |  Maggie Koerth-Baker@maggiekb1 Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow. Science and society = my jam. Occasional cute kid stories. She/Her. Minneapolis, MN maggiekb.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 31,684 | 72.8% |
| 6. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Correspondent for Nature, views my own. Reach me (preferred) witzescience-at-gmaildotcom or (secure) awitze-at-protonmaildotcom. She/her/hers. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 21,402 | 72.8% |
| 7. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 36,128 | 68.5% |
| 8. |  David Dobbs@David_Dobbs Writer @nytimes, @theatlantic, @NatGeo, @WIRED, etal. Mostly on how sci & med work (or fail). Anonymous tipbox at tinyurl.com/DobbsAnon All over daviddobbs.net 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 36,715 | 68.1% |
| 9. |  Scientific American@sciam Awesome discoveries. Expert insights. Science that shapes the world. New York City scientificamerican.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 3,770,211 | 66.4% |
| 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 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 1,960,040 | 66.4% |
| 11. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck magazine journo | @WIRED Ideas | TED | senior fellow @EmoryCSHH | BIG CHICKEN (PLUCKED), SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL | public health, global health, food ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 41,052 | 66.4% |
| 12. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science and culture writer Jennifer Ouellette. Senior writer, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. Los Angeles, CA cocktailpartyphysics.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 38,287 | 65.9% |
| 13. |  Ivan Oransky@ivanoransky VP, Editorial, @Medscape. Distinguished Writer In Residence, @NYU_Journalism; co-founder, @RetractionWatch; president, @AHCJ. Northampton, MA and New York, NY retractionwatch.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 32,117 | 64.7% |
| 14. |  Amy Harmon@amy_harmon New York Times reporter covering science, tech & race. She/Her. Mom of @rumblecomics New York, NY nytimes.com/by/amy-harmon 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 21,020 | 63.8% |
| 15. |  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 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 108,505 | 62.5% |
| 16. |  Robin Lloyd@RobinLloyd99 reporter covering underground pipes, cities, food, pollution, public health, baseball; editor; teacher @nyu_journalism 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 11,127 | 62.5% |
| 17. |  NYT Science@NYTScience Science, Medicine, Environment, Space and Cosmos. Sync your calendar with the solar system: nyti.ms/2ECMtej New York, NY nytimes.com/science 12 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 1,167,235 | 61.2% |
| 18. |  Bethany Brookshire@BeeBrookshire Science writer and journalist. @SNStudents and @ScienceNews, host @sci4thepeople. She/her. My opinions are my own and don’t represent the views of my employer. Washington, DC bethanybrookshire.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 63,656 | 61.2% |
| 19. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 26,423 | 60.3% |
| 20. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Dean, Boston University College of Communication. Past: Editor in Chief @sciam. EVP, Editorial & Publishing, Magazines, Springer Nature. Opinions my own. Boston bu.edu/com/ 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 21,454 | 60.3% |
| 21. |  Dave Mosher@DaveMosher Senior space correspondent/science grump at @businessinsider. DMs open. My tweets self-destruct. Stories + private comms: businessinsider.com/author/dave-mo… New York, NY davemosher.com 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 20,096 | 59.9% |
| 22. |  Barack Obama@BarackObama Dad, husband, President, citizen. Washington, DC obama.org 12 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 108,445,967 | 59.5% |
| 23. |  Katie Mack@AstroKatie (a.k.a. Dr Katherine J Mack) astrophysicist/cosmologist, occasional freelance science writer, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes Raleigh, NC astrokatie.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 326,260 | 59.5% |
| 24. |  Andrew Revkin@Revkin Pursuing communication progress on a finite, noisy planet at @EarthInstitute. The rest? Family, friends, books j.mp/revkinbooks, songs j.mp/revkinmusic Hudson Valley, NY, USA j.mp/revkininfo 11 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 85,364 | 59.5% |
| 25. |  Corey S. Powell@coreyspowell Casting pods with @BillNye on Science Rules. Making magazines @discovermag and @AmSciMag. Writing all around. Science-curious. Brooklyn, NY discovermagazine.com/outthere 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 67,742 | 59.1% |
| 26. |  WIRED Science@WIREDScience Bringing the radiothermally generated heat. The team: @sandraupson, @JetJocko, @rtg0nzalez, @MeganMolteni, @MrMattSimon, @dmoberhaus San Francisco, California wired.com/category/wired… 11 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 2,025,040 | 58.6% |
| 27. |  Seth Mnookin@sethmnookin I write books and articles and am the director of @MIT_SciWrite. website: sethmnookin.com. Boston sethmnookin.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 34,588 | 58.6% |
| 28. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @StoryCollider. Lecturer @Yale with @NNCIonline. Compass points: science, storytelling, #scicomm studies & gorgeous design. she/her Washington DC area storycollider.org 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 18,484 | 58.6% |
| 29. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Author GOOD TO GO goodtogobook.com @wwnorton co-host EMERGING FORM bit.ly/2HEKGpW @FiveThirtyEight alum. Adventurer. My parties have dancing. Colorado christieaschwanden.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 15,349 | 58.2% |
| 30. |  Sean Carroll@seanmcarroll Physicist, @Caltech & @SFIscience. Author, Something Deeply Hidden & more. Host, #MindscapePodcast. Married to @JenLucPiquant. In favor of truth and kindness. Los Angeles preposterousuniverse.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 238,143 | 56.9% |
| 31. |  Alexis C. Madrigal@alexismadrigal staff writer @TheAtlantic | book for @mcdbooks | visiting scholar @BerkeleyISchool | Mexican, American, Earthseed | ***mostly not here*** Oakland, CA howthebaywasbuilt.com 11 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 194,760 | 56.9% |
| 32. |  Riley 🏴☠️ Skeleton Keys!@Laelaps Distant cousin of T. rex. My Beloved Brontosaurus, Written in Stone, & Skeleton Keys author. Blogs @sciam. Aka Brian Switek. Trans, enby, she/her or they/them. Where the fossils are. patreon.com/laelaps 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 25,864 | 56.9% |
| 33. |  Rachel "The Yellow Dart" Feltman@RachelFeltman Articles Editor and Chief Science Officer of the USS @popsci // Previously @washingtonpost // Host of @weirdest_thing // She/Her/My Dude // [email protected] NYC popsci.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 19,697 | 56.9% |
| 34. |  The Open Notebook@Open_Notebook Nonprofit dedicated to #science #journalism craft: reported features, writer interviews, story annotations, database of successful pitch letters, & more. theopennotebook.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 10,098 | 56.5% |
| 35. |  Science Friday@scifri Brain fun, for curious people. Hosted by @iraflatow. From @WNYCStudios. New York, New York sciencefriday.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 764,207 | 56.0% |
| 36. |  Jonathan Eisen@phylogenomics Professor @UCDavis; Guardian of Microbial Diversity; #OpenScience #STEMDiversity #Evolution #Genomics #RedSox #Barca #Type1 #BirdPhotography phylogenomics.me Davis, CA, USA instagram.com/phylogenomics/ 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 54,661 | 56.0% |
| 37. |  Brendan Maher@bmaher Writer and Editor working for Nature (although views expressed here are my own). The Dirty Jerz nature.com/news 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 12,803 | 56.0% |
| 38. |  Nicholas St. Fleur@SciFleur Award-winning science journalist covering archaeology, paleontology, space. @nytimes Passionate about diversity & outreach in science. [email protected] [email protected] 7 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 10,185 | 55.6% |
| 39. |  Dan Vergano@dvergano BuzzFeed News science desk in Washington D.C. Contact: [email protected] Secure tips: contact.buzzfeed.com Washington, DC linkedin.com/pub/dan-vergan… 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 16,951 | 55.2% |
| 40. |  (((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. New York, NY johnrennie.net 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 9,630 | 55.2% |
| 41. |  New Scientist@newscientist The best place to find out what’s new in science – and why it matters. Tweets by @SoMe_Lilian. Subscribe here: https://t.co/39g6XuLDoZ Worldwide newscientist.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 3,518,603 | 54.7% |
| 42. |  Phil Plait@BadAstronomer SCIENCE! I love this stuff. My Bad Astronomy blog: syfy.com/badastronomy I use "likes" for bookmarks. No endorsement implied. Boulder about.me/philplait 12 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 614,485 | 54.7% |
| 43. |  Brooke Borel@brookeborel Sr. Editor @undarkmag • Instructor @nyu_journalism • Freelance journo for many (maybe you?) • Books: Infested / The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checking • She/Her brookeborel.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 9,301 | 54.7% |
| 44. |  Neil deGrasse Tyson@neiltyson Astrophysicist New York City haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/ 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 13,456,007 | 54.3% |
| 45. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth I make @flashforwardpod 〰〰 futures critic 〰〰 skeptical optimist 〰〰 formerly @30for30 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 Tweets 🗑 in 30 days 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🚀 [email protected] roseveleth.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 22,181 | 53.9% |
| 46. |  Thomas Levenson, Zṓiarchos@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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 12,565 | 53.4% |
| 47. |  Peter Aldhous@paldhous Science. Data. Journalism. Maps. Reporter @BuzzFeedNews, lecturer @UCSC_SciCom @ucbsoj, instructor @AMI_Berkeley San Francisco peteraldhous.com 7 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 8,060 | 53.4% |
| 48. |  NASA@NASA Explore the universe and discover our home planet with @NASA. We usually post in EDT (UTC-4) nasa.gov 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 32,806,983 | 53.0% |
| 49. |  Annalee Newitz@Annaleen I write science fiction and nonfiction. Author: Future of Another Timeline. Contributor: @nytopinion. Podcast: @ooacpod. Founder: @io9. They/Them. I ❤️ noodles. California techsploitation.com 12 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 36,014 | 53.0% |
| 50. |  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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 8,585 | 53.0% |
| 51. |  David Biello@dbiello Dispatches from the future present. Me: Science curator @TEDtalks, book The Unnatural World, et cetera, et cetera... New York, NY davidbiello.com 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 14,625 | 52.6% |
| 52. |  John Timmer@j_timmer Chief science wrangler for Ars Technica. Writes, edits, and teaches science communications. The big city arstechnica.com/author/john-ti… 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 9,456 | 52.6% |
| 53. |  Emily Anthes@EmilyAnthes Freelance science journalist. Author of Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts (bit.ly/TxqZkm). Brooklyn, NY emilyanthes.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 7,590 | 52.6% |
| 54. |  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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 1,384,362 | 52.2% |
| 55. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Senior Editor & Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist. Asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 162,537 | 52.2% |
| 56. |  Ross Andersen@andersen Deputy Editor, @TheAtlantic [email protected] Washington, DC rossandersen.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 16,655 | 52.2% |
| 57. |  DNLee@DNLee5 #JrProf, Mammalogist, Diversity & Access to STEM, Unapologetically Intersectional, Mama Panyabuku, TED Fellow, NatGeo Emerging Explorer, #DispatchesDNLee Midwest, US; Tanzania, Africa openexplorer.nationalgeographic.com/expedition/dnl… 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 31,754 | 51.7% |
| 58. |  Azeen Ghorayshi@azeen investigative reporter @BuzzFeedNews / send me tips: [email protected] / signal: ask me (open DMs) Brooklyn, NY azeeng.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,322 | 51.3% |
| 59. |  Michael Moyer@mmoyr Deputy editor @QuantaMagazine. Fan of bicycles, sourdough, evidence. Old tweets auto-deleted. New York quantamagazine.org 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 8,390 | 51.3% |
| 60. |  Dr. Karen James ❄️@kejames Scientist & outdoorswoman tweeting about molecular ecology, genetics, evolution, botany, space, feminism & social justice, but in reverse order if I’m honest. Bar Harbor, ME youtu.be/4-3v_pAJmQk 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 33,125 | 50.9% |
| 61. |  Dan Fagin@danfagin Professing journalism, directing SHERP @ NYU. Wrote Toms River, winner of 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction. Butterfly chaser. Discontinue if irritation occurs. New York danfagin.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 7,794 | 50.9% |
| 62. |  Joanne Manaster@sciencegoddess Read Science! host, book lover, biology lecturer, former international model, STEM advocate. Increasing your science TBR pile since 2008. University of Illinois-Urbana joannelovesscience.com 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 59,920 | 50.4% |
| 63. |  Rebecca Skloot@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS #HeLa now an HBO/@Oprah Film #HeLaMovie. Next book: humans #animals #ethics. Instagram @rebeccaskloot Oakland, CA rebeccaskloot.com 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 45,827 | 50.4% |
| 64. |  National Association of Science Writers@ScienceWriters With more than 2,000 members, the National Association of Science Writers fosters the dissemination of accurate information regarding science. Hosting #SciWri19 nasw.org 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 23,887 | 50.4% |
| 65. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science writer + editor. Author of CULTURED amzn.to/2TUT5sn and OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R. Former @SciAm. Erstwhile triathlete. Amateur Mom. Part-time nerd. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 9,219 | 50.4% |
| 66. |  Alan Boyle@b0yle Aerospace and science editor @GeekWire. Longtime blogger @CosmicLog. Author of "The Case for Pluto." Links/RTs ≠ endorsements Seattle geekwire.com/author/alanboy… 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 38,482 | 50.0% |
| 67. |  Aatish Bhatia@aatishb ∿ Writer, teacher, physicist ∿ Into science for creative expression & personal empowerment ∿ Sign up for my climate newsletter https://t.co/NAgQeZUndO aatishb.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 15,139 | 50.0% |
| 68. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Journalist. Contributing editor @SciAm, columnist @Slate. National Mag Award finalist. Writing a book about raising kind kids for @putnambooks. Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 12 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 10,685 | 49.6% |
| 69. |  Ben Lillie@BenLillie Co-founder of @caveatnyc. Previously: co-founder of @storycollider & writer for TED. Retweets are attempts to comprehend the universe. New York, NY caveat.nyc 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 7,715 | 49.6% |
| 70. |  Christopher Mims 🎆@mims Former baby and aspiring ghost. Writes about our tools and how they shape us for @WSJ. My DMs are open, be nice. Baltimore, MD wsj.com/news/author/80… 12 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 91,215 | 49.1% |
| 71. |  Adam Rogers@jetjocko Deputy Editor/Wired. Writing science and geekery. Author of Proof: The Science of Booze. Coming to you live and direct for Network 23. [email protected] California adam-rogers.net 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 15,423 | 49.1% |
| 72. |  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 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 12,879 | 49.1% |
| 73. |  Prof. 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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 120,535 | 48.3% |
| 74. |  Chris Mooney@chriscmooney Climate and environment writer at @washingtonpost. Views are my own. USA washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro… 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 36,404 | 48.3% |
| 75. |  Christie Wilcox@NerdyChristie Author of Venomous (amzn.to/1Y9WwIm); Editor for @SciShow; Cell & Molec PhD; @BuehlerSciWri’s partner; Mom (definitely not in that order) Washington, USA christiewilcox.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 20,010 | 48.3% |
| 76. |  David Quammen@DavidQuammen Author of The Tangled Tree, Spillover, & other books. Varied journalism for National Geographic, Harper's, NY Times Magazine, etc. Bozeman, Montana davidquammen.com 7 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 11,150 | 48.3% |
| 77. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Science Journalist -- National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo, Earther, Dame, WIRED and others. Fact Checker. Deep Space Nine 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 38,574 | 47.8% |
| 78. |  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 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 19,537 | 47.8% |
| 79. |  EJ Willingham@ejwillingham Expatriated Texan 🤠. PhD in gonads 🍒+postdoc in genitalia🍆, chronicler of the 🧠. PHALLACY, my book about penises, publishes in 2020. The World tinyurl.com/7hguqyd 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 11,920 | 47.8% |
| 80. |  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 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 1,065,425 | 47.4% |
| 81. |  The NPR Science Desk@nprscience Science news, commentary and conversation from NPR. Washington, DC npr.org/science 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 249,561 | 47.4% |
| 82. |  Discover Magazine@DiscoverMag The best science magazine, in print and online Between gluons and galaxies discovermagazine.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 1,154,729 | 47.0% |
| 83. |  Eric Holthaus@EricHolthaus Meteorologist | Fellow @umnione | #actuallyautistic | he, they | ecosocialist🌹🌎❤️ Mdewakanton lands / Minnesota ericholthaus.com 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 476,299 | 47.0% |
| 84. |  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 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 16,429 | 47.0% |
| 85. |  Matt Shipman@ShipLives I get paid to write, which is nice. I dislike bullies. My book on science PR: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book… (he/him) Raleigh, NC …ecommunicationbreakdown.wordpress.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 7,630 | 47.0% |
| 86. |  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 3 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 32,498 | 46.6% |
| 87. |  Alok Jha@alokjha Science correspondent at @TheEconomist • Former @WellcomeTrust fellow • Author: The Water Book https://t.co/lySv8Xl9zt • [email protected]📧 London, England alokjha.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 31,833 | 46.6% |
| 88. |  Dr. Kate Clancy@KateClancy Associate professor at the University of Illinois. Harassment, discrimination, stress, and menstrual cycles. @periodpodcast2 in spare time. She/her/hers. Urbana, IL kateclancy.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 17,227 | 46.6% |
| 89. |  Colin Schultz@_ColinS_ News editor @HakaiMagazine. Pitch me a story: Someone doing something for a reason. Don't send me press releases. [email protected] Toronto 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 5,249 | 46.6% |
| 90. |  National Geographic@NatGeo Taking our understanding and awareness of the world further for 130 years Global nationalgeographic.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 23,278,186 | 46.1% |
| 91. |  Maria Popova@brainpicker Reader. Writer. Bicycle-dependent. Author of "Figuring." Brooklyn, NY brainpickings.org 11 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 897,943 | 46.1% |
| 92. |  Dr. Kiki Sanford@drkiki Science ninjas unite! Science talkshow host @TWIScience, Video & Podcast Producer, VP of PR @ScienceTalkOrg Portland, OR about.me/drkiki 12 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 190,348 | 46.1% |
| 93. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 12,039 | 46.1% |
| 94. |  hanner@hannahjwaters words and birds 🌾senior associate editor @audubonsociety. stands up for the common bird. #blm she/her/they/them. write for me: [email protected] NYC/BK 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 8,726 | 46.1% |
| 95. |  Rebecca 🌓 Boyle@rboyle31 Science journalist. Read me @TheAtlantic @nytimes @sciam @newscientist @TheLWON & more. Pro-night, pro-dog. Writing a book about the Moon for @randomhouse Saint Louis, MO rebecca-boyle.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 6,002 | 46.1% |
| 96. |  David Kroll@davidkroll @CUPharmacy pharmaceutical sciences prof, freelance pharma & healthcare writer @forbeshealth, clips @indyweek @cenmag. Gator PhD in Pharmacology & Therapeutics. Denver, CO forbes.com/sites/davidkro… 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 11,661 | 45.7% |
| 97. |  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. Whovian. New York 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 5,887 | 45.7% |
| 98. |  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 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 52,961 | 45.3% |
| 99. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross (she/her)@adrs Host of Reset, a podcast by @recode @voxdotcom • Past: 1st climate correspondent in US nightly TV news @hbo @vicenews • [email protected] • Tweets 🗑️ after 30 days New York City (et Montréal) applepodcasts.com/reset 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 16,304 | 45.3% |
| 100. |  Paul Raeburn@praeburn Journalist. Author. Producer, Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. Passionate about journalism. Excited about comedy. New York, NY paulraeburn.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,955 | 45.3% |
| 101. |  The New Yorker@NewYorker Unparalleled reporting and commentary on politics and culture, plus humor and cartoons, fiction and poetry, reviews, and criticism. New York, NY newyorker.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 8,719,567 | 44.8% |
| 102. |  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 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 3,039,978 | 44.8% |
| 103. |  Dr. Jacquelyn Gill@JacquelynGill Ice Age ecologist in a warming world. Associate Professor at @UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. Host of @ourwarmregards. #TeamMuskOx Maine, USA contemplativemammoth.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 58,212 | 44.8% |
| 104. |  Eric Michael Johnson@ericmjohnson Award-winning science writer, scholar, simian. Evolutionary Anthropology and History of Science. Vancouver, BC ericmichaeljohnson.net 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 6,901 | 44.8% |
| 105. |  Amos Zeeberg@settostun Freelance science and technology journalist. Favorite punctuation: ellipsis—and it's not even close. Phnom Penh 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 2,554 | 44.8% |
| 106. |  Kathleen Raven@inkkr Science writer. Currently tracking: hearing loss & suicide as a symptom & things that make you 🤔 // #FutureIsFemale // In flight 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 6,007 | 44.4% |
| 107. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 5,506 | 44.4% |
| 108. |  Jay Rosen@jayrosen_nyu I teach journalism and direct the Studio 20 program at NYU, critique the press, direct @membershippzzle. Started blogging in 2003. Still at it. New York City [email protected] pressthink.org 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 254,773 | 44.0% |
| 109. |  STAT@statnews Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine. Make sure to sign up for our free newsletters here: buff.ly/2DJgw2p statnews.com 4 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 93,620 | 44.0% |
| 110. |  Matthew Herper@matthewherper Senior Writer, Medicine at STAT. This is biology's century; Every data point has a face. New York statnews.com/staff/matthew-… 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 91,860 | 44.0% |
| 111. |  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 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 6,186 | 44.0% |
| 112. |  Ian Sample@iansample Guardian Science editor | Bad surfer | Author of Massive, shortlisted Royal Society Science Book Prize. Leaks & whistleblows ONLY: irsampleatproton I live by the river theguardian.com/profile/iansam… 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 46,924 | 43.5% |
| 113. |  Joe Hanson@DrJoeHanson Nerdy by nature. Ph.D. biologist, science writer, creator of @okaytobesmart and @HotMessPBS on YouTube. Instagram: drjoehanson Austin, TX youtube.com/itsokaytobesma… 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 36,712 | 43.5% |
| 114. |  Mary Roach@mary_roach I write books, most recently GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Also: STIFF, GULP, PACKING FOR MARS, BONK. and SPOOK. Oakland, CA • author maryroach.net 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 28,966 | 43.5% |
| 115. |  Natalie Wolchover@nattyover Physics writer and editor @QuantaMagazine. I have a Klein bottle that contains the universe. New York, New York quantamagazine.org/authors/natali… 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 23,529 | 43.5% |
| 116. |  Matthew R "Who Owns An Asteroid?" Francis@DrMRFrancis Writer of physics and astronomy. Wearer of jaunty hats. Pledge to my comics collection with @ScienceComic : unbound.com/books/who-owns… . He/him. bowlerhatscience.org 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 21,871 | 43.1% |
| 117. |  Sarah Kaplan@sarahkaplan48 Reporter @washingtonpost covering news from around the nation and across the universe. [email protected] Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-k… 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 13,285 | 43.1% |
| 118. |  Michelle Nijhuis@nijhuism Editor of #LifeUpClose @TheAtlantic. Writer @NatGeoMag & @NYTMag, consigliere @HighCountryNews. Author of BELOVED BEASTS, forthcoming @WWNorton. Mom @GirlBilbo. Columbia River Gorge rhymeswithmyhouse.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 7,996 | 43.1% |
| 119. |  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 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 4,035 | 43.1% |
| 120. |  Kathryn Schulz@kathrynschulz Staff writer at the @newyorker; author of “Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error”; at work on something new. NY / MD / on the road beingwrongbook.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 42,111 | 42.7% |
| 121. |  Raychelle Burks@DrRubidium #Chemistry Blackademic in the Ivory Tower. She/they. Left Coaster in the Lone Star. Sarcastic & silly. Tweets = personal ≠ professional. In @CurlyHairMafia. Middle of Nowhere thirtyseven.scientopia.org 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 23,404 | 42.7% |
| 122. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Science reporter @BuzzFeedNews on the poison beat. [email protected] Secure: contact.buzzfeed.com Past: @BostonGlobe @NBCNews Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 7,065 | 42.7% |
| 123. |  Amy Maxmen@amymaxmen I report on science & scientists for Nature @naturenews. Views are my own. Always hunting for stories (emphasis on the story): [email protected] nature. com. Oakland, California amymaxmen.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 6,498 | 42.7% |
| 124. |  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 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 3,900 | 42.7% |
| 125. |  Curtis Brainard@CBrainard @SciAm Acting Editor in Chief | Former @WFSJ Board member & President New York scientificamerican.com 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2015-Aug-30) | 3,303 | 42.7% |
| 126. |  Bill Nye@BillNye Science Rules! Podcast Out Now 🧪 Los Angeles, CA billnyepodcast.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 5,928,060 | 42.2% |
| 127. |  Eric Berger@SciGuySpace Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica. I like rockets. And depots. Houston, TX arstechnica.com 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 43,066 | 42.2% |
| 128. |  Ananyo Bhattacharya@Ananyo Science journalist, SF author/fan. Working on a book about John von Neumann for @allenlanebooks @wwnorton Ex- @TheEconomist, @naturenews. Agent @ChrisWellbelove London 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 12,581 | 42.2% |
| 129. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check Director, @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. @NatureNews alum. Bay Area erikacheck.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 9,701 | 42.2% |
| 130. |  Betsy Mason@betsymason Freelance journalist, geologist, beer snob, calm assertive pack leader. Co-author of the book All Over the Map (Oct. 30 bit.ly/alloverthemap) San Francisco Bay Area betsymason.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 9,125 | 42.2% |
| 131. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,001 | 42.2% |
| 132. |  (((Steve Mirsky)))@SteveMirsky Editor, columnist, podcaster for @sciam magazine. Opinions expressed are my own and are subject to revision with new information. Like science. The Bronx scientificamerican.com/podcasts/ 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 6,739 | 42.2% |
| 133. |  Elon Musk@elonmusk 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 28,210,248 | 41.8% |
| 134. |  Curiosity Rover@MarsCuriosity Your friendly neighborhood NASA Mars rover. Exploring the Red Planet since 2012. Team headquartered at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 🚀 @NASAJPL Gale Crater, Mars mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/ 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 4,052,059 | 41.8% |
| 135. |  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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 14,325 | 41.8% |
| 136. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes science journalist 🚀 bylines at BBC Future, The Observer, New Scientist, etc 🌍 previously at BuzzFeed 🐱 [email protected] London via Oldham kellyoak.es 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 7,623 | 41.4% |
| 137. |  ProPublica@propublica Pursuing stories with moral force. Send us things: propub.li/2hoDS2G. Newsletter: propub.li/2LdoRh6. Also follow @ProPublicaIL. We're there, too. New York, NY propublica.org 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 806,808 | 40.9% |
| 138. |  Atul Gawande@Atul_Gawande Surgeon, Writer, Researcher, CEO.... havenhealthcare.com ariadnelabs.org lifebox.org atulgawande.com 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 286,110 | 40.9% |
| 139. |  Jennifer Gunter@DrJenGunter OB/GYN, appropriately confident, lasso of truth, Canadian Spice, I speak for no one but me. The Vagina Bible (bestseller! OMG). Jensplaining, NYT contributor. San Francisco, CA drjengunter.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 226,786 | 40.9% |
| 140. |  Nautilus@NautilusMag Science, culture, and philosophy for the intellectually curious. Subscribe for print and digital access. Science Connected nautil.us 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 83,429 | 40.9% |
| 141. |  Lou Woodley@LouWoodley Director @TheCSCCE. I train, support and research scientific community managers - those building networks & collaborations in STEM. #SciComm #CEFP2019 🐿 socialinsilico.wordpress.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 12,285 | 40.9% |
| 142. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance journalist. Contributes to the NY Times, NatGeo & more. Author of POACHED: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking. Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 6,980 | 40.9% |
| 143. |  Siri Carpenter@SiriCarpenter Editor of @open_notebook, freelance writer and editor, @sciencewriters president. Opinions expressed are my own, for better or worse. She/her/hers. Madison, Wisconsin siricarpenter.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 3,413 | 40.9% |
| 144. |  Nieman Lab@NiemanLab We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of @niemanfdn at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. Cambridge, Mass. niemanlab.org 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 293,543 | 40.5% |
| 145. |  Brian Malow@sciencecomedian Science comedian, Earth. Available for off-world appearances, if transportation is provided. Raleigh, NC instagram.com/sciencecomedian 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 20,795 | 40.5% |
| 146. |  ben goldacre@bengoldacre Doctor, nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, procrastinator. I run ebmdatalab.net at @uniofoxford making tools+papers from data [email protected] Oxford, England badscience.net 12 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 482,595 | 40.1% |
| 147. |  Maria Konnikova@mkonnikova Only @newyorker writer ever to go on leave to play pro poker. Wrote some bestsellers (amzn.to/2qmaDAe), host @thegriftpodcast, Team Pokerstars Pro Brooklyn, NY mariakonnikova.com 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 35,549 | 40.1% |
| 148. |  Ann Finkbeiner@AnnFinkbeiner Science writer whose current job is to write whatever I can get an assignment to write. Baltimore lastwordonnothing.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 2,630 | 40.1% |
| 149. |  News from Science@NewsfromScience The latest stories in science, brought to you by the @sciencemagazine news team. Washington, D.C. sciencemag.org/news 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 248,409 | 39.7% |
| 150. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Co-run a climate charity. Writing a book on the history of the climate crisis. Former journo, academic and museum worker. [email protected] London climatehistories.com/who 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 26,987 | 39.7% |
| 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… 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 9,633 | 39.7% |
| 152. |  Aleszu Bajak@aleszubajak Science journalist teaching at @NUjournalism • Editor @Storybench @LatAmSci • @KSJatMIT 14 • Alum @Undarkmag @EsquireClassic @SciFri • Peruvian-gringo • #rstats Cambridge, MA aleszu.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 7,152 | 39.7% |
| 153. |  Francie Diep@franciediep Science journalist, formerly @PacificStand and @PopSci, appreciator of prose in all forms Washington, DC franciediep.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 4,447 | 39.7% |
| 154. |  Fred Guterl@fredguterl special projects editor @newsweek, formerly @sciam executive editor, author (Fate of the Species) 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 4,062 | 39.7% |
| 155. |  Tim De Chant ⚡️@tdechant Science journalism for the public good at @MIT_Sciwrite. Formerly @KSJatMIT, @NOVApbs. Cambridge, MA timdechant.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 3,407 | 39.7% |
| 156. |  WIRED@WIRED WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. San Francisco/New York 12 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 10,384,654 | 39.2% |
| 157. |  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 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 124,884 | 39.2% |
| 158. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe and The Sixth Extinction. ElizabethKolbert.com 6 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 37,118 | 39.2% |
| 159. |  Michael Eisen@mbeisen I study how flies are made & how fungi control their behavior. I fight to make science open and fair. EIC of eLife. He/him. My conflicts bit.ly/1npOeyU. 37° 14′ 6″ N, 115° 48′ 40″ W michaeleisen.org 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 34,360 | 39.2% |
| 160. |  Dr. Tara C. Smith@aetiology Professor, infectious disease epidemiologist, writer, K & teen wrangler. Antibiotic resistance, zoonotic disease, scicomm, zombies. She/her. No one's sweetie. Kent, Ohio taracsmith.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 24,689 | 39.2% |
| 161. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Deputy editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] Put my cat tweets on television, you cowards. Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 11,944 | 39.2% |
| 162. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote // email: [email protected] DC theatlantic.com/author/sarah-z… 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 11,317 | 39.2% |
| 163. |  Amanda Moon@amsciam Founder, Moon & Company: Editorial Consulting + Project Management. Former & always: @fsgbooks @basicbooks @palgrave_ @sciam NYC & Boston 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 4,312 | 39.2% |
| 164. |  MC Stardust ✨ Inclusion Rider 4 Life@Summer_Ash I seem really confident and I talk about space. #lookup #TeamRadio #defectiveheartgirlsolutions 1/2 of @startorialist, opinions=mine (she/her) Moon/New York City summerash.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 13,188 | 38.8% |
| 165. |  Victoria Jaggard 💀@vmjaggard99 Senior Editor, Science & Innovation @NatGeo. Astronomy fan, coffee lover, gaming geek, goth fashionista, Navy brat. Always on for karaoke. Washington, DC nationalgeographic.com/latest-stories/ 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 6,746 | 38.8% |
| 166. |  simon frantz@simon_frantz Managing Editor, Features BBC.com. Formerly: @BBC_Future, @nobelprize, @NatRevDrugDisc. Views expressed are my own. NYC bbc.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 3,830 | 38.8% |
| 167. |  Shannon Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Art Historian. Find me in @NYTimes @washingtonpost @PopSci @ozm @TheAtlantic @NatGeo @NewRepublic @RollingStone @Wired @Longreads. Opinions are mine. Bay Area, CA shannonstirone.com 5 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 20,878 | 38.4% |
| 168. |  Nate Silver@NateSilver538 Editor-in-Chief, @FiveThirtyEight. Author, The Signal and the Noise (amzn.to/QdyFYV). Sports/politics/food geek. New York fivethirtyeight.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 3,216,133 | 37.9% |
| 169. |  Popular Science@PopSci Awe-inspiring science, tech, and DIY. 146 years strong. Here's animated proof: pops.ci/146YEARS New York popsci.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 1,315,882 | 37.9% |
| 170. |  National Science Foundation@NSF Explore #NSFfunded research that is transforming the world. / Social media policy: bit.ly/smpnsf Alexandria, VA nsf.gov 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 1,155,986 | 37.9% |
| 171. |  Nsikan "Think Before You Hit Reply" Akpan@MoNscience Highly melanated. @PBS @NewsHour science producer & ScienceScope co-creator | PhD pathobiologist | YNWA | Secure comms via Signal: 240-516-8357 Washington DC pbs.org/newshour/tag/s… 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 5,441 | 37.9% |
| 172. |  Sophie Bushwick@sophiebushwick Science writer, podcast & video producer, etc. Also Technology Editor at @SciAm New York, NY 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 3,997 | 37.9% |
| 173. |  Apoorva Mandavilli@apoorva_nyc Award-winning science journalist. Founding ed & EIC @Spectrum. Often @nytimes. Co-founder @CultureDish Contact: fullnameATgmail; illo by @pepboatella 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,294 | 37.9% |
| 174. |  Robin Marantz Henig@robinhenig Science writer, book author, adjunct prof at #SHERP @nyu_journalism, co-author with my daughter @scootes of TWENTYSOMETHING bit.ly/YRkv3Va NYC robinhenig.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 2,736 | 37.9% |
| 175. |  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 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 2,732 | 37.9% |
| 176. |  PLOS@PLOS PLOS accelerates progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. USA and UK plos.org 11 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 142,548 | 37.5% |
| 177. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer I write the @Axios Space newsletter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Get in touch: [email protected] Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. link.axios.com/join/space-sig… 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 18,986 | 37.5% |
| 178. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Science journalist | Founder of @EARTH3R, former science editor @Gizmodo | Earth & environmental sciences PhD | Trekkie Philadelphia, PA maddiestonewriting.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 16,104 | 37.5% |
| 179. |  Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis@KendraWrites now @nytimes past @popsci @MIT_sciwrite Working to get mayo put on the side. All my tweets are subtweets. Ride or Die NYC kendrawrites.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 12,755 | 37.5% |
| 180. |  Rowan Hooper@rowhoop Head of Features @newscientist. PhD in evolutionary biology. Former Tokyoite & entomologist; columnist for @japantimes. New book, SUPERHUMAN, out now すごい! London rowanhooper.contently.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 11,289 | 37.5% |
| 181. |  Brandon Keim@9brandon Freelance journalist + writer | Nature, animals, science & environment | Author, The Eye of the Sandpiper goo.gl/cn6c1y | Co-founder @KittyEatsBugs Maine, USA instagram.com/9brandon/ 12 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 8,626 | 37.5% |
| 182. |  Geoff Brumfiel@gbrumfiel I'm an editor/correspondent for @nprscience. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on the Twitter. Nukes/Rockets/Missiles/Space/etc. securedrop.npr.org npr.org 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 8,393 | 37.5% |
| 183. |  The New York Times@nytimes News tips? Share them here: nyti.ms/2FVHq9v "The Weekly" is our new TV series. Episodes air Sundays at 10 p.m. on FX and on Hulu the next day. New York City nytimes.com 12 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 44,089,557 | 37.1% |
| 184. |  Charles Seife@cgseife Journalist, author, NYU professor, debunker of 'alternative facts' New York City charlesseife.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 9,933 | 37.1% |
| 185. |  Susannah Locke@susannahlocke Special projects editor @voxdotcom, formerly @popsci, @sciam, tnghaikus.com. [email protected] susannahlocke.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,242 | 37.1% |
| 186. |  Jennifer Bogo@jenbogo Science journalist. Penguin enthusiast. Fan of Mars habitats but think Earth is worth saving. VP, Content at @audubonsociety. Formerly orbited @popsci @popmech. New York 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,709 | 37.1% |
| 187. |  Chris Hadfield@Cmdr_Hadfield Canadian Astronaut, back on Earth after 3 spaceflights. For events and media, please write to [email protected] Earth chrishadfield.ca 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 2,398,857 | 36.6% |
| 188. |  Radiolab@Radiolab Radiolab is a show about curiosity from @WNYCStudios. multiple universes radiolab.org 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 274,830 | 36.6% |
| 189. |  Kyle Hill@Sci_Phile I explore science on TV and the internet. Host/EP @BecauseScience. Business: kylehill.net. Insta: Sci_Phile. LATEST VIDEO 👇🔥 Los Angeles youtu.be/oEzph8BPiws 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 87,980 | 36.6% |
| 190. |  Moheb Costandi@mocost Neuroscientist/ writer. Author of NEUROPLASTICITY (MIT Press, 2016) and 50 HUMAN BRAIN IDEAS (Quercus, 2013). London 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 38,268 | 36.6% |
| 191. |  brad plumer@bradplumer Reporter at @nytclimate. On the apocalypse beat, more or less. Email me at [email protected] Washington, DC nytimes.com/by/brad-plumer 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 37,034 | 36.6% |
| 192. |  Gwen Pearson@bug_gwen I'm a bug AND a feature! I do insect education & write about science. Founder of @ento_allies. Tweets personal/do not represent employers etc 🐝 she/her/PhD Potawatomi land, IN bit.ly/GwenPearson 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 22,702 | 36.6% |
| 193. |  Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar PhD Biologist. Scientific Storyteller. Ambivert. Philosopher. I seek beauty, and beauty is everywhere. Bondarmedia.com British Columbia, Canada carinbondar.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 22,663 | 36.6% |
| 194. |  George Musser@gmusser contributing editor for Scientific American, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory and Spooky Action at a Distance New York georgemusser.com 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 8,540 | 36.6% |
| 195. |  Doug Main@Douglas_Main senior writer/editor @NatGeo covering all things animals & wildlife. pro-treefrog. tweets are runes of my own; RTs/likes I often disagree w/ but find notable Washington, DC 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 6,556 | 36.6% |
| 196. |  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 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 906,365 | 36.2% |
| 197. |  Dr. Jonathan Foley@GlobalEcoGuy Global environmental scientist. Focused on solutions. Executive Director, Project Drawdown @ProjectDrawdown Drawdown.org My tweets, my views. San Francisco GlobalEcoGuy.org 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 45,481 | 36.2% |
| 198. |  David Grinspoon@DrFunkySpoon Astrobiologist, Author, Musician. 👽🚀🎸🎵🌎❤️ Biosphere One funkyscience.net 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 24,279 | 36.2% |
| 199. |  Mark Henderson@markgfh Director of Communications, the Wellcome Trust. Views mine not the Trust's. Author of The Geek Manifesto & 50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know London 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 17,453 | 36.2% |
| 200. |  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 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,563 | 36.2% |
| 201. |  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 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 4,413 | 36.2% |
| 202. |  The Onion@TheOnion America's Finest News Source. theonion.com 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 11,296,215 | 35.8% |
| 203. |  Andrew Freedman@afreedma Weather/Climate at The Washington Post. [email protected], @mashable. Send tips: [email protected] | Encrypted: [email protected] | Open DMs. Washington, DC washingtonpost.com/news/capital-w… 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 172,978 | 35.8% |
| 204. |  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. Visit: aeon.co 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 142,842 | 35.8% |
| 205. |  Hope Jahren@HopeJahren author of the best-selling LAB GIRL *watch for THE STORY OF MORE out in March 2020 (Vintage) hopejahrensurecanwrite.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 36,952 | 35.8% |
| 206. |  Andrew Thaler@DrAndrewThaler Marine Science and Conservation at Blackbeard Biologic. Deep-sea ecology. Population genetics. Underwater robots. The deep sea is Earth's last great wilderness. Unceded Piscataway land, Maryland, USA patreon.com/Andrew_Thaler 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 25,438 | 35.8% |
| 207. |  Alex Wild@Myrmecos Photographer. Curator of Entomology at the University of Texas at Austin. Personal account. Austin, Texas alexanderwild.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 23,477 | 35.8% |
| 208. |  Maia Szalavitz@maiasz Neuroscience Journalist, VICE.com, TIME.com ti.me/rWCQsZ, etc. Author, Unbroken Brain, Soros Justice Fellow New York maiasz.com 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 22,547 | 35.8% |
| 209. |  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 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 9,822 | 35.8% |
| 210. |  Ewen Callaway@ewencallaway Immigrant. Journalist at Nature. London 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 5,450 | 35.8% |
| 211. |  Anna Kuchment@akuchment The Dallas Morning News science writer, Scientific American editor, and author of The Forgotten Cure (Copernicus Books; 2012), about phages. Views are my own. 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 3,044 | 35.8% |
| 212. |  Vaughan Bell@vaughanbell Neuropsychologist and associate professor at UCL. Clinical psychologist in the NHS. Occasional writer. Interested in people. Views my own. vaughanbell.net 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 49,490 | 35.3% |
| 213. |  Dr. David Shiffman@WhySharksMatter Marine conservation biologist and science writer. Scientific and environmental consultant. Blogger at @sfriedscience Washington, DC davidshiffmancv.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 44,622 | 35.3% |
| 214. |  Helen Branswell@HelenBranswell Sr writer, infectious diseases & global health for @statnews. I block rude. Nieman ‘11. #flu #Ebola, #Marburg #polio, #AMR #measles. 🇨🇦 Boston, MA statnews.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 29,155 | 35.3% |
| 215. |  Liz 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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 10,556 | 35.3% |
| 216. |  Joel Achenbach@JoelAchenbach The Washington Post; Achenblog; Why Things Are; Captured By Aliens; The Grand Idea; A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea Washington DC washingtonpost.com/achenblog 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 10,023 | 35.3% |
| 217. |  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 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 8,809 | 35.3% |
| 218. |  Jennifer Frazer@JenniferFrazer Freelance science writer, author of The Artful Amoeba at Scientific American, Under-Loved Lifeform Enthusiast, and poker/prodder of misc. slimy things. Colorado's Front Range blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/ 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 4,043 | 35.3% |
| 219. |  Mollie Bloudoff-Inde@mbloudoff Freelance journalist. Science aficionado. Antarctica traveler. @Columbiajourn @UCberkeley @UniofOxford Co-founder of @DiverseSources. she/her [email protected] Washington, DC mbloudoff.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,396 | 35.3% |
| 220. |  Brendan Borrell@bborrell Correspondent @outsidemagazine Contributing writer @hakaimagazine @spectrum Also keeping busy @natgeo @theatlantic @audubonsociety Los Angeles, CA brendanborrell.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 3,369 | 35.3% |
| 221. |  Hillary Clinton@HillaryClinton 2016 Democratic Nominee, SecState, Senator, hair icon. Mom, Wife, Grandma x3, lawyer, advocate, fan of walks in the woods & standing up for our democracy. New York, NY onwardtogether.org 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 25,381,186 | 34.9% |
| 222. |  Nicholas Thompson@nxthompson Editor in Chief of @wired. Contributor at CBS. Reachable at [email protected] and through open DMs. New York nickthompson.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 110,345 | 34.9% |
| 223. |  Emily Graslie 🌸🐝@Ehmee Chief Curiosity Correspondent @FieldMuseum, Creator of youtube.com/thebrainscoop, in production on Prehistoric Road Trip for @PBS. Nature's #1 Fan. she/her Chicago, IL emilygraslie.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 92,357 | 34.9% |
| 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 sites.agu.org 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 59,037 | 34.9% |
| 225. |  Janet D. Stemwedel@docfreeride Philosopher, lapsed chemist, Forbes contributor. Previously: Scientific American, ScienceBlogs. forbes.com/sites/janetste… (she/her) San Francisco Bay Area keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=… 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 14,039 | 34.9% |
| 226. |  Elizabeth Preston@Inkfish Freelance science journalist. Parenting science columnist for @medium. Former editor of MUSE magazine. Aspiring cephalopod. Boston-ish elizabethgpreston.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 3,354 | 34.9% |
| 227. |  Brian Cox@ProfBrianCox Touring the world in 2019, mainly talking about cosmology, quantum mechanics, black holes and the value of our civilisation. The Earth, with everyone else briancoxlive.co.uk 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 2,935,259 | 34.5% |
| 228. |  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 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 2,567,025 | 34.5% |
| 229. |  nature@nature International weekly journal of science. Editorials, News & Views, Comment, Careers and primary research coverage here. For news, please see @NatureNews. London nature.com/nature/current… 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 1,605,643 | 34.5% |
| 230. |  Jad Abumrad@JadAbumrad Radiolab, More Perfect, music, other stuff. When I tweet it's just me. Brooklyn, NY radiolab.org 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 307,884 | 34.5% |
| 231. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | Host: @TalkNerdy_Pod @SkepticsGuide | On TV: @NatGeoChannel @BillNyeSaves | Cofounder: @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 79,826 | 34.5% |
| 232. |  STEMLORD@upulie Zombie Snail Thought Leader | purveyor of finest quality theoretical apocalypses| Scientist | [email protected]| Aussie in Kiwi Auckland, New Zealand patreon.com/upulie 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 38,683 | 34.5% |
| 233. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush Senior science reporter at @verge, covering all things space. Host of #VergeSpaceCraft. Texas-bred: Clear eyes, full hearts. [email protected] New York, NY theverge.com/authors/loren-… 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 37,188 | 34.5% |
| 234. |  Jamie Vernon@JLVernonPhD Science advocate, champion for evidence-based decision making. Husband, Dad, Citizen, Scientist. This is the personal account of @SigmaXiCEO Raleigh, NC linkedin.com/in/jlvernon/ 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 6,792 | 34.5% |
| 235. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Web producer @sciencenews. Award-winning baker. Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 6,091 | 34.5% |
| 236. |  Karyn Traphagen@kTraphagen Cultivating Curiosity. Durham, NC stay-curious.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter until last tweet (2018-Jan-19) | 5,928 | 34.5% |
| 237. |  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 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 4,024 | 34.5% |
| 238. |  SpaceX@SpaceX SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft Hawthorne, CA spacex.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 8,971,088 | 34.1% |
| 239. |  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 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 2,523,523 | 34.1% |
| 240. |  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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 287,855 | 34.1% |
| 241. |  David Bradley 🎸📷⚗️@sciencebase Science and Stuff - 🎸🐦🦋📷⚗️🇪🇺 Cambridge, UK sciencebase.com 12 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 42,445 | 34.1% |
| 242. |  Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl [On leave as of 8/2019] Freelance chemistry and food journalist. Bylines @cenmag @Forbes @DCist @SciAm. Chemistry Ph.D. Inglés+Español. Washington, DC, mostly. carmendrahl.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 9,473 | 34.1% |
| 243. |  Jeanne Garbarino, PhD@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Social justice & STEM education. Biochemist. Mom. Product of The Bronx. she/her NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 7,325 | 34.1% |
| 244. |  Veronique Greenwood@vero_greenwood Odds and ends, bric-a-brac, scientific paraphernalia. Writer for The Atlantic, The New York Times, BBC Future, and others. 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,013 | 34.1% |
| 245. |  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC Congresswoman for NY-14 (the Bronx & Queens). In a modern, moral, and wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 💯% People-Funded, no lobbyist💰. Bronx + Queens, NYC Ocasio2018.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 5,336,509 | 33.6% |
| 246. |  Steven Pinker@sapinker Cognitive scientist at Harvard. Boston, MA stevenpinker.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 551,615 | 33.6% |
| 247. |  Michele Banks@artologica Maker of science-y art. The Monet of drosophila. Microblognitsa. Keeper of the lolcats. #sciart #scicomm Washington, DC etsy.com/shop/artologica 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 9,906 | 33.6% |
| 248. |  A source familiar with Michael Balter's thinking@mbalter Journalism prof, City College of New York; contributor to CJR, SciAm, SAPIENS, The Verge, Yale E360, etc. Anthro, mental health, environ, #MeTooSTEM Recently returned to USA from 29 yrs exile in Europe. michaelbalter.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 5,630 | 33.6% |
| 249. |  Sarah Zielinski@SarahZielinski Managing editor, Science News for Students. Contributor to Science News. Obsessed with animals--especially cats. Washington, DC sarahzielinski.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 4,749 | 33.6% |
| 250. |  Peter Edmonds@PeterDEdmonds Work in astronomy publicity after surviving an astrophysics PhD & postdocs. Interested in #science & #scicomm. Opinions are mine & RTs aren't endorsements. peterdedmonds.blogspot.com 7 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 4,159 | 33.6% |
| 251. |  Mary Beth Griggs@MaryBethGriggs Science Editor @VergeScience. Formerly @PopSci. Tweets are my own. NYC theverge.com/authors/mary-b… 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 3,860 | 33.6% |
| 252. |  Roxanne Khamsi@rkhamsi journalist who pipetted | writing in @NYTMag @WIRED @SciAm & more | EAB @TEDMED | chief news ed at @NatureMedicine | former lecturer at @stonybrooku and @cuny New York roxannekhamsi.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 3,625 | 33.6% |
| 253. |  Erin Podolak@ErinPodolak Science Writer, mostly about biology and medicine. Lehigh University and UW-Madison alum. Polar Bear enthusiast. Memphis, TN erinpodolak.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,053 | 33.6% |
| 254. |  The Washington Post@washingtonpost Breaking news, analysis, and opinion. Founded in 1877. Our staff on Twitter: twitter.com/washingtonpost… Washington, DC washingtonpost.com 12 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 14,132,864 | 33.2% |
| 255. |  Dr Adam Rutherford@AdamRutherford Back off man, I'm a scientist amazon.co.uk/-/e/B00ANSL166 bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03… 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 72,643 | 33.2% |
| 256. |  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/topic/rewritin… 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 15,843 | 33.2% |
| 257. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Host of Serving Up Science on NPR’s @wkar. Author. Mom. I work at the intersection of climate, food & politics @michiganstateu. Exec Dir of @SciDebate East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 9,677 | 33.2% |
| 258. |  Brooke Jarvis@brookejarvis Reader, magaziner. Contributing writer, @NYTmag and @CalSunday Tennessean on the Puget Sound. brookejarvis.net 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 9,657 | 33.2% |
| 259. |  ryan@RyanFMandelbaum I'm like a bird I'll only fly away I don't know where my soul is (Soul is) I don't know where my home is And baby all I need for you to know (they/them) New York, USA 4 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 6,954 | 33.2% |
| 260. |  Shannon Palus@shanpalus writer @slate covering health, wellness, and consumerism Brooklyn, NY slate.com/author/shannon… 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 2,751 | 33.2% |
| 261. |  Quanta Magazine@QuantaMagazine Big ideas in science and math. Because you want to know more. Launched by @SimonsFdn. Newsletter: bit.ly/2KDcAoA 6 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 92,590 | 32.8% |
| 262. |  Sam @ RealScientists@realscientists Real science from real scientists, writers, communicators, artists & clinicians. This week: cell biologist and yeast enthusiast Sam Dundon | @serdundon Everywhere realscientists.org 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 81,816 | 32.8% |
| 263. |  Kate Sheppard@kate_sheppard Senior enterprise editor @HuffPost, prof @UNCHussman, left shark, mom. PGP key: 514B 4D5A 76AF F2EA D4EF DC24 4453 6DD0 D00D 31F4 Chapel Hill, NC huffingtonpost.com/kate-sheppard 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 59,690 | 32.8% |
| 264. |  Leonid Kruglyak@leonidkruglyak Geneticist. Professor @UCLA. @Strava addict. Occasional mountaineer. Analyzing large datasets since long before #BigData became cool. My tweets are my own. Santa Monica Mtns, probably kruglyak.genetics.ucla.edu 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 17,871 | 32.8% |
| 265. |  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 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 1,719 | 32.8% |
| 266. |  NPR@NPR News. Arts & Life. Music. Everything and more from NPR. 🕵️ Securely send us news tips: https://t.co/LPkf6Tsozm npr.org 12 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 7,848,413 | 32.3% |
| 267. |  Scott Hensley@scotthensley Edit various stories for @NPRScience. Ex-WSJ. Lover of Dobermans, 🦀s & @jhumenslacrosse. (PR folks, no pitches, pls.) Washington, D.C. npr.org/shots 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 32,223 | 32.3% |
| 268. |  Bora Zivkovic@BoraZ blog.coturnix.org Pittsboro, NC coturnix.org 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 28,228 | 32.3% |
| 269. |  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 6 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 15,682 | 32.3% |
| 270. |  The Atlantic@TheAtlantic Politics, culture, business, science, technology, health, education, global affairs, more. Tweets by @CaitlinFrazier Washington, D.C. theatlantic.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 1,816,353 | 31.9% |
| 271. |  Gavin Schmidt@ClimateOfGavin Climate scientist, occasional juggler, even more occasional author, curious about how the world works. New York, NY realclimate.org 6 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 46,191 | 31.9% |
| 272. |  Catherine Q.@CatherineQ Astrophysicist, science communicator, over-thinker. One of @HuffPostscience Top 30 Physicists to follow. @AucklandUni @ScienceUoA space person. Dogs rule New Zealand CatherineQ.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 41,447 | 31.9% |
| 273. |  Martin F. Robbins@mjrobbins * Product in Artificial Intelligence & HealthTech * Advisor @FirstCreateMe * Writer at Waiting for GLaDOS (soon...) * [email protected] Maidenhead, UK 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 26,361 | 31.9% |
| 274. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 11,813 | 31.9% |
| 275. |  Liza Gross@lizabio Journalist #health #environment. @FERNnews. Ed, @PLOSBiology. Views my own. She/Her. Science Writers' Investigative Reporting Handbook amzn.to/2PXr7i8 San Francisco lizagross.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 5,197 | 31.9% |
| 276. |  Jamie Shreeve@JamieShreeve Contributing Writer/Editor, National Geographic Nashville TN and Bellport NY 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 1,758 | 31.9% |
| 277. |  David Fahrenthold@Fahrenthold Washington Post reporter, covering President Trump's businesses and conflicts of interest. MSNBC contributor. Tips? [email protected] Washington, DC washingtonpost.com/politics/7-key… 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter | 662,707 | 31.5% |
| 278. |  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 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 64,932 | 31.5% |
| 279. |  Julia Belluz@juliaoftoronto Health correspondent @voxdotcom #medicine #science #publichealth #globalhealth MIT Knight Fellow '14. Contact me securely @ jbelluz on KeyBase or DM for Signal Vienna, Austria juliabelluz.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 25,702 | 31.5% |
| 280. |  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 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter | 18,102 | 31.5% |
| 281. |  The Story Collider@storycollider True, personal stories about science. NYC, DC, LA, Boston, London + storycollider.org 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter | 14,293 | 31.5% |
| 282. |  NASA JPL@NASAJPL NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory manages many of NASA's robotic missions exploring Earth, the solar system and our universe. Tweets from JPL's News Office. Pasadena, Calif. jpl.nasa.gov 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 2,874,980 | 31.0% |
| 283. |  Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT White House correspondent for NYTimes, analyst for CNN. RTs don't imply agreement. [email protected] 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter | 1,125,764 | 31.0% |
| 284. |  Soledad O'Brien@soledadobrien Thank you, next. New York starfishmediagroup.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 1,064,438 | 31.0% |
| 285. |  AAAS@aaas Updates from AAAS, the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Open minds. Join us. tinyurl.com/JoinAAAS Washington, D.C. aaas.org 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter | 110,419 | 31.0% |
| 286. |  Steven Strogatz@stevenstrogatz Mathematician, writer, Cornell professor. All cards on the table, face up, all the time. For speaking requests, please contact Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau. Ithaca, NY stevenstrogatz.com 7 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 64,202 | 31.0% |
| 287. |  Matter@matterstudios We make stuff. New York, NY matter.com 5 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter until last tweet (2016-Dec-25) | 22,017 | 31.0% |
| 288. |  Tom Zeller Jr.@tomzellerjr Journalist; @NYTimes & @KSJatMIT alum; Editor in Chief, @UndarkMag (undark.org); Formidable lyric vault. Currently reading: @sarahkendzior Cambridge, MA tomzeller.com 12 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 19,074 | 31.0% |
| 289. |  Miriam Goldstein@MiriamGoldste Then: marine biologist, Hill staffer. Now: @OceanProgress @CAPenergypolicy. Always: cute invertebrates, bad jokes, #momlife. Opinions my own, RTs/=endorsements. Washington DC americanprogress.org/issues/green/v… 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter | 13,322 | 31.0% |
| 290. |  Glendon Mellow@FlyingTrilobite Art in Awe of Science | words/illustrations: @sciam @Scholastic @yalepress @Symbiartic @io9 @earthmagazine @CFIA_Canada | #SciArt #scicomm #BikeTO he/him | Toronto glendonmellow.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 9,771 | 31.0% |
| 291. |  Marina Koren@marinakoren Staff writer at @theatlantic. Views expressed here are like black holes: they don't reflect anything. [email protected] Washington, D.C. / The Milky Way 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter | 9,729 | 31.0% |
| 292. |  Sarah Webb@sarahwebb Journalist, Editor, part-time Sr. Science Writer for Krell Institute, PhD chemist, Science cafe organizer. Opinions mine, Chattanooga, TN sarahannewebb.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter | 3,435 | 31.0% |
| 293. |  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 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,219 | 31.0% |
| 294. |  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 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 67,020 | 30.6% |
| 295. |  Angela Saini@AngelaDSaini Award-winning science journalist for New Scientist, Guardian, Wired, BBC et al. Author of INFERIOR on women and SUPERIOR on race. Oxford alumna and MIT fellow. North London angelasaini.co.uk 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter | 28,777 | 30.6% |
| 296. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev The Guardian's science correspondent. Send me your stories: [email protected] London theguardian.com/science 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 16,758 | 30.6% |
| 297. |  skullsinthestars@drskyskull Professor of optical physics, blogger of physics, history of physics, and pulp fiction. Falling Felines & Fundamental Physics, out October 2019! Charlotte, NC skullsinthestars.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter | 14,886 | 30.6% |
| 298. |  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 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 14,582 | 30.6% |
| 299. |  Rachel E. Gross@rachelegross Writing a book for @wwnorton about the history of your lady parts. Editing for @UndarkMag. Formerly: @SmithsonianMag, @Slate, @WIRED, @nytimes. Cuddles squrrls. Boston, MA rachelegross.wordpress.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 3,656 | 30.6% |
| 300. |  Mike Lemonick@MLemonick I'm the Opinion Editor for Scientific American. I also write books Princeton, NJ 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter | 2,600 | 30.6% |