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Science writers including columnists, reporters, editors, book authors, and so on engaged in such work as their primary occupation. Excludes professional researchers who write for the public as a supplemental activity (also see lists of astronomers and physicists).
| # | Twitter profile & related links | Twitter followers | Listed count |
| 1. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Solar System Specialist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist, author, speaker, asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily Video channel 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 5% new, 69% replies, 15% retweets, 11% quotes | 165,199 | 4,809 |
| 2. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | 🎓 Neurobio & Clinical Psych | 🎙@TalkNerdy_Pod & @SkepticsGuide | 📺 @NatGeoChannel #BrainGames | 🙋🏻♀️@SciCommCamp @NerdBrigade | 🌈 she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 65% new, 19% replies, 11% retweets, 6% quotes | 79,612 | 2,039 |
| 3. |  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 Video channel 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 24% new, 62% replies, 4% retweets, 10% quotes | 63,517 | 2,593 |
| 4. |  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 Video channel 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 7% new, 77% replies, 3% retweets, 13% quotes | 56,252 | 1,317 |
| 5. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal Emmy-Nominated Host, Host/Executive Producer for #XplorationOuterSpace on FOX, Author - Ada Lace Series, WVU & @MIT grad, WV native. San Francisco, CA thespacegal.com Video channel 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 14% new, 65% replies, 9% retweets, 12% quotes | 53,825 | 977 |
| 6. |  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 Video channel 12 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 53% replies, 16% retweets, 15% quotes | 45,800 | 2,199 |
| 7. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Freelance Science Journalist - National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, Gizmodo, Earther, Dame, WIRED and others. Fact Checker. The Great Link 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 8% new, 49% replies, 39% retweets, 4% quotes | 42,441 | 1,195 |
| 8. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck journalist | senior fellow @EmoryCSHH | TED | BIG CHICKEN (PLUCKED), SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL | public health, global health, food | She/her ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 6% new, 45% replies, 39% retweets, 10% quotes | 42,128 | 2,013 |
| 9. |  Andrea Morris@DraisyMorris Redheaded stepchild. I write about arts & science. Journalist, @Forbes Head of Story Dept @Wondros Member of @ScienceWriters Los Angeles, CA forbes.com/sites/andreamo… 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 17% new, 24% replies, 58% retweets, 2% quotes *Follows 0.62 feeds per follower | 40,735* | 343 |
| 10. |  Ariel Waldman@arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer. Global director @ScienceHackDay. Author. Host/producer of Offworld on @testedcom. Art school grad. youtube.com/arielwaldman San Francisco arielwaldman.com Patreon page 12 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 6% new, 61% replies, 27% retweets, 6% quotes | 39,495 | 1,749 |
| 11. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science and culture writer Jennifer Ouellette. Senior writer, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. She/her. Los Angeles, CA cocktailpartyphysics.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 28/day • 38% new, 5% replies, 57% retweets, 0% quotes | 38,919 | 1,723 |
| 12. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush Senior science reporter at @verge, covering all things space. Host of #VergeSpaceCraft. Texas-bred: Clear eyes, full hearts. [email protected] New York, NY theverge.com/authors/loren-… 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 25% new, 37% replies, 22% retweets, 16% quotes | 38,625 | 1,130 |
| 13. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 12% new, 15% replies, 71% retweets, 2% quotes | 38,162 | 1,159 |
| 14. |  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, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 5% new, 79% replies, 9% retweets, 7% quotes | 37,778 | 1,948 |
| 15. |  Angela Saini@AngelaDSaini Award-winning science journalist for New Scientist, Wired, BBC, Nat Geo. Author of INFERIOR and SUPERIOR. Oxford engineer, MIT Fellow, Kavli AAAS Gold prize London angelasaini.co.uk 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 4% new, 57% replies, 37% retweets, 1% quotes | 37,366 | 611 |
| 16. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 22/day • 33% new, 9% replies, 49% retweets, 9% quotes | 37,263 | 1,714 |
| 17. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Deputy editor-in-chief, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 72% new, 5% replies, 23% retweets, 1% quotes | 35,129 | 1,421 |
| 18. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 38% new, 27% replies, 35% retweets, 0% quotes | 34,854 | 1,354 |
| 19. |  Maggie Koerth@maggiekb1 Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Political science, gun violence, environment. Previously @niemanfdn fellow, @NYTMag, @boingboing, @mental_floss. Minneapolis, MN fivethirtyeight.com/contributors/m… 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 17% new, 54% replies, 23% retweets, 6% quotes | 31,850 | 1,808 |
| 20. |  Mary Roach@mary_roach I write books, most recently GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Also: STIFF, GULP, PACKING FOR MARS, BONK. and SPOOK. Oakland, CA • author maryroach.net 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 4% new, 75% replies, 5% retweets, 15% quotes | 29,223 | 1,066 |
| 21. |  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 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 24% new, 25% replies, 41% retweets, 10% quotes | 28,398 | 1,300 |
| 22. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Campaigner, researcher and writer specialising in the history and politics of science, technology and the environment. She/ her. [email protected] London climatehistories.com/who 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 16% new, 67% replies, 14% retweets, 2% quotes | 27,598 | 1,343 |
| 23. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 55% replies, 21% retweets, 9% quotes | 26,802 | 751 |
| 24. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. (she/her) 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 18% new, 76% replies, 1% retweets, 6% quotes | 26,747 | 817 |
| 25. |  𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 “𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁” (⧖)@GrrlScientist evolutionary ecologist & ornithologist writes science @Forbes & @Medium. Also @BCI_journal @BirdNoteRadio & more. Formerly @Guardian. Always: Ravenclaw, heretic 40.7619, -73.9763 about.me/grrlscientist 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 74% new, 4% replies, 6% retweets, 16% quotes | 25,516 | 1,833 |
| 26. |  Sarah Cruddas@sarahcruddas Host of CONTACT on @Discovery and @ScienceChannel | Space Journalist, TV Presenter, Adventurer & Author. Background in astrophysics. [email protected] Lost in Space geni.us/TheSpaceRace 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 32% new, 29% replies, 28% retweets, 11% quotes | 25,091 | 584 |
| 27. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Attempting to understand the Universe. (She. Her. Ella) about.me/rosedf / Avatar by: Beth Kerner. New York, NY instagram.com/_astro_nerd_ 5 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 36/day • 4% new, 89% replies, 5% retweets, 2% quotes | 24,147 | 346 |
| 28. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science & tech | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 22% new, 31% replies, 37% retweets, 10% quotes | 23,836 | 332 |
| 29. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth I make @flashforwardpod 〰〰 futurologist〰〰 skeptical optimist 〰〰 formerly @30for30 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 Tweets 🗑 in 30 days 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🚀 [email protected] roseveleth.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.4/day • 34% new, 29% replies, 33% retweets, 4% quotes | 23,726 | 885 |
| 30. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 5% new, 54% replies, 24% retweets, 17% quotes | 23,447 | 931 |
| 31. |  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 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 19% new, 41% replies, 31% retweets, 10% quotes | 23,118 | 1,065 |
| 32. |  Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar Adj Prof of Biology at UFV. Media aIl over. I put science in media when no one is looking. Ambivert. Spectrum. I control my twitter destiny. B KIND. British Columbia, Canada carinbondar.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 36% new, 13% replies, 21% retweets, 30% quotes | 22,674 | 894 |
| 33. |  Shannon Stirone 💀@shannonmstirone Writer. Art Historian. Find me in @NYTimes @washingtonpost @PopSci @ozm @TheAtlantic @NatGeo @SciAm @RollingStone @Wired @Longreads. Opinions are mine. Bay Area, CA shannonstirone.com 5 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 22/day • 14% new, 64% replies, 17% retweets, 4% quotes | 22,586 | 510 |
| 34. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Independent science journalist, contributor to THE CRAFT OF SCIENCE WRITING, co-author of ISLAND ON FIRE. witzescience-at-gmail-dot-com. She/her/hers. Boulder, CO alexandrawitze.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 24% new, 59% replies, 7% retweets, 10% quotes | 21,760 | 1,040 |
| 35. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 6% new, 52% replies, 30% retweets, 12% quotes | 21,614 | 1,059 |
| 36. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Dean and Prof. of Practice in Journalism, Boston U. College of Communication. Past: Editor in Chief @sciam & EVP, Magazines, Springer Nature. Opinions my own. Boston bu.edu/com/ 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 20% new, 19% replies, 41% retweets, 20% quotes | 21,398 | 1,215 |
| 37. |  Swapna Krishna@skrishna words: space, science, tech, pop culture, star trek/wars @engadget @startrek @syfy @latimes @slate | 1/2 @desigeekgirls | ed. Sword Stone Table (Vintage, 2021) Philly Main Line swapnakrishna.com 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 12% new, 64% replies, 15% retweets, 9% quotes | 20,934 | 851 |
| 38. |  Rachel Feltman@RachelFeltman Articles Editor and Chief Science Officer of the USS @popsci // Previously @washingtonpost // Host of @weirdest_thing // She/Her/My Dude // [email protected] NYC popsci.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 14% new, 21% replies, 55% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,846 | 917 |
| 39. |  Maggie Fox@maggiemfox I write Health/Science/Tech in plain English. And in context. facebook.com/maggiefox.jour… Washington maggiefox.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 14% new, 17% replies, 59% retweets, 11% quotes | 19,754 | 943 |
| 40. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer I write the @Axios Space newsletter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Get in touch: [email protected] Pronouns: she/her Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. link.axios.com/join/space-sig… 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: <0.05/day • 19% new, 44% replies, 23% retweets, 14% quotes | 19,270 | 660 |
| 41. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @StoryCollider. Lecturer @Yale with @NNCIonline. Into: science, storytelling, #scicomm studies & gorgeous design. she/her Washington DC area storycollider.org 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 18% new, 29% replies, 46% retweets, 7% quotes | 19,096 | 899 |
| 42. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Host of Reset, a tech podcast @voxdotcom • Past: 1st climate correspondent in American TV news @hbo @vicenews • [email protected] •Tweets 🗑️ after 90 days • she/her New York City (et Montréal) pod.link/reset Video channel 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.3/day • 20% new, 39% replies, 32% retweets, 9% quotes | 18,467 | 530 |
| 43. |  rae paoletta@PAYOLETTER senior content strategist @sparkno9 ⚡making travel more awesome @caseyluggage // friend to bodega cats // rae at spark no9 dot com nyc 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 17% new, 72% replies, 7% retweets, 4% quotes | 17,933 | 476 |
| 44. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone “Brainwashed” | Founder of @EARTH3R, former science editor @Gizmodo | Earth & environmental sciences PhD | Trekkie Philadelphia, PA maddiestonewriting.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 22% new, 61% replies, 13% retweets, 4% quotes | 17,796 | 695 |
| 45. |  Sally Church@MaverickNY Scientist, cancer geek, Londoner, adventurer, explorer, immigrant, lover of curry, fine wine & football. Science writer @biotechstrategy, roadie @targetspodcast Earthling biotechstrategyblog.com 11 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 16% new, 61% replies, 13% retweets, 10% quotes | 17,472 | 924 |
| 46. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev Science Correspondent for The Guardian. Get in touch: [email protected] *DMs are open* London theguardian.com/science 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 20% new, 33% replies, 39% retweets, 8% quotes | 17,246 | 639 |
| 47. |  Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD@webmz_ Writes in codes 👩🏻💻 ∞ science for the people ∞ DC @storycollider producer ∞ former @AAAS_STPF ∞ @500womensci ∞she/her∞ Tweets are mine, my own, my Precious Washington, DC webmz.nyc 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 12% new, 45% replies, 41% retweets, 2% quotes | 16,968 | 282 |
| 48. |  Leah Crane@DownHereOnEarth Space & physics reporter for @NewScientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. Chicago 6 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 8% new, 85% replies, 4% retweets, 3% quotes | 16,688 | 275 |
| 49. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Author NYT bestseller 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, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 34% new, 27% replies, 17% retweets, 21% quotes | 16,377 | 725 |
| 50. |  Alexandra Sifferlin@acsifferlin Deputy Editor @elemental Health & Science @Medium Previously @TIME, @TIMEHealth New York City alexandrasifferlin.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 32% new, 25% replies, 35% retweets, 8% quotes | 16,351 | 587 |
| 51. |  Sarah Kaplan@sarahkaplan48 Climate reporter @washingtonpost. I love all the planets but I write about how to save this one. Reach me at [email protected] Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-k… 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 20% new, 12% replies, 62% retweets, 6% quotes | 15,848 | 506 |
| 52. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 14% new, 21% replies, 63% retweets, 2% quotes | 15,220 | 727 |
| 53. |  Jennifer Harrison@GeneticJen Science, feminism, LGBTQIA, NHS, all the games and making one. Data and healthcare. 日本語も. Scottish in Yorkshire. She/her. On a mote of dust gofundme.com/pay-to-destroy… 5 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 10% new, 70% replies, 16% retweets, 4% quotes | 14,767 | 288 |
| 54. |  Katie Hobson@KatherineHobson Freelance journalist, health & etc., for NYT Parenting, O magazine + more. Retired Ironman. Runner again, slower this time. I lost on Jeopardy! Brooklyn, NY katherinehobson.com/bio/ 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 17% new, 22% replies, 28% retweets, 33% quotes | 13,919 | 735 |
| 55. |  Beatrice the Biologist@beatricebiology Science illustrations, comics, and books! Co-host of @sciencebrunch, a conversational and irreverent science podcast. My real name is Katie McKissick. She/her. Los Angeles, CA Patreon page 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 18% new, 52% replies, 17% retweets, 13% quotes | 13,763 | 468 |
| 56. |  Kate Wong@katewong Senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation. Views are my own. New York City 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 18% new, 59% replies, 22% retweets, 1% quotes | 13,540 | 701 |
| 57. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Deputy editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] Put my cat tweets on television, you cowards. Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 26% new, 36% replies, 30% retweets, 8% quotes | 13,065 | 524 |
| 58. |  Sarah Olson@ReadMoreScience Science writer and book reviewer. 📚🔬 Studying microbiology @OregonState 🦠 Contact: saraheolson(at)nasw(dot)org ✍🏼 Corvallis, OR | She/Her readmorescience.com 3 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 14% new, 51% replies, 31% retweets, 4% quotes | 12,189 | 117 |
| 59. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 11 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 27% new, 16% replies, 49% retweets, 9% quotes | 12,021 | 813 |
| 60. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. She/her New York, NY scientificamerican.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 25% new, 11% replies, 61% retweets, 2% quotes | 11,942 | 599 |
| 61. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote // email: [email protected] DC theatlantic.com/author/sarah-z… 11 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 38% new, 34% replies, 20% retweets, 8% quotes | 11,817 | 414 |
| 62. |  Evelyn Lamb@evelynjlamb Math and science writer. Complex analysis fangirl. Half of @myfavethm. She/her. Black lives matter. blogs.scientificamerican.com/roots-of-unity/ Salt Lake City, UT tinyletter.com/evelynjlamb 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 18% new, 52% replies, 25% retweets, 5% quotes | 11,502 | 417 |
| 63. |  Nancy Atkinson@Nancy_A Science journalist & author of new book on Apollo, 'Eight Years to the Moon,' amazon.com/gp/product/162… Minnesota nancyatkinson.com 11 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 57% replies, 13% retweets, 14% quotes | 11,476 | 653 |
| 64. |  Robin Lloyd@RobinLloyd99 reporter covering pipes, cities, food, pollution. My latest pipes story: shorturl.at/ceiGT. My science media pitch list: shorturl.at/ltHRY. Non-toxic feed. 11 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 8% new, 35% replies, 52% retweets, 5% quotes | 11,221 | 641 |
| 65. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Journalist. Contributing ed @SciAm, columnist @Slate. Nat’l Mag Award finalist. 2019 Bricker Award winner. Writing a book about raising kind kids @putnambooks. Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 12 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.5/day • 19% new, 61% replies, 17% retweets, 4% quotes | 11,051 | 572 |
| 66. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 53% replies, 15% retweets, 8% quotes | 10,856 | 424 |
| 67. |  Lena V. Groeger@lenagroeger science journalist & designer, news apps developer @ProPublica. @SND @NAHJ San Francisco, CA lenagroeger.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 25% new, 21% replies, 41% retweets, 14% quotes | 10,791 | 720 |
| 68. |  Terri Hansen | Indigenous@TerriHansen Journalist 12 yrs on US tribal & global #Indigenous peoples #climate beat 🌏 [email protected] @WinnebagoTribe. Started memoir! #ActOnClimate 🙏 Pacific Northwest muckrack.com/terrihansen 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 11% new, 1% replies, 85% retweets, 3% quotes *Follows 0.75 feeds per follower | 10,574* | 571 |
| 69. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Climate, food & politics @michiganstateu. Author. Former Hill staff. Dir of @SciDebate. Host of Serving Up Science on @PBSDS. East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 63% replies, 5% retweets, 8% quotes | 10,406 | 749 |
| 70. |  Marilynn Marchione@MMarchioneAP I'm chief medical writer for the Associated Press, always looking for a good story, good book, bike ride on a nice day. [email protected] ap.org 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 12% new, 5% replies, 67% retweets, 16% quotes | 10,396 | 532 |
| 71. |  Emily Mullin@emilylmullin Staff writer at @medium’s OneZero (@ozm), covering the intersection of biology and technology. Science writing instructor, @johnshopkins. [email protected] Baltimore, Maryland medium.com/@emilymullin 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 24% new, 35% replies, 35% retweets, 6% quotes | 10,012 | 402 |
| 72. |  Pauline Acalin@w00ki33 Spaceflight photojournalist. Mom, explorer, astrophotographer, tee designer, foodie. Rockets are amazing. pale blue dot instagram.com/pacalin/ 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 12% new, 35% replies, 45% retweets, 6% quotes | 9,820 | 236 |
| 73. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check My dream: to help you achieve yours. Director @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. Bay Area erikacheck.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 6% new, 41% replies, 42% retweets, 12% quotes | 9,760 | 592 |
| 74. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 27% new, 21% replies, 40% retweets, 12% quotes | 9,565 | 402 |
| 75. |  Deborah Netburn@DeborahNetburn Science and features writer at the Los Angeles Times. Refuse to let the world corrupt you. Los Angeles latimes.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 24% new, 35% replies, 33% retweets, 8% quotes | 9,533 | 352 |
| 76. |  Miriam E. Tucker@MiriamETucker Writer/journalist specializing in medicine/health. Living with type 1 diabetes since 1973. Washington DC area linkedin.com/in/miriametuck… 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 58% replies, 22% retweets, 8% quotes | 9,461 | 593 |
| 77. |  Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl Freelance chemistry and food journalist. Bylines @cenmag @Forbes @DCist @SciAm. Chemistry Ph.D. Inglés+Español. Washington, DC, mostly. carmendrahl.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 18% new, 51% replies, 15% retweets, 16% quotes | 9,407 | 506 |
| 78. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science journalist. Author of CULTURED amzn.to/2TUT5sn and OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R. @SciAm contributor. Erstwhile triathlete. Novice mom. Part-time nerd. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 37% new, 25% replies, 21% retweets, 17% quotes | 9,322 | 555 |
| 79. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 15% new, 60% replies, 15% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,159 | 452 |
| 80. |  Betsy Mason@betsymason Freelance journalist, geologist, beer snob, calm assertive pack leader. Co-author of the book All Over the Map (Oct. 30 bit.ly/alloverthemap) San Francisco Bay Area betsymason.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 32% new, 17% replies, 36% retweets, 14% quotes | 9,123 | 760 |
| 81. |  Kim Kowal Arcand@kimberlykowal Visualization & emerging tech/X-ray astronomy; speaker; author; 'Light from the Void' 20 Years of @chandraxray now out; opinions=my own; she/her RI, USA kimarcand.com 11 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 7% new, 65% replies, 25% retweets, 2% quotes | 9,080 | 351 |
| 82. |  Hannah Waters@hannahjwaters words and birds 🌾writer, naturalist, climate editor @audubonsociety. stands up for the common bird. she/her. [email protected] NYC/BK 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 14% new, 25% replies, 53% retweets, 8% quotes | 8,971 | 578 |
| 83. |  Dr Claire O’Connell@claireoconnell PhD cell biology UCD, MSc Sci Comm DCU, writes for Silicon Republic and The Irish Times. Irish Science Writer of the Year 2016. MC. Adjunct Professor @ucd_sbbs Dublin tinyurl.com/cb5ht3q 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 29% new, 34% replies, 36% retweets, 2% quotes | 8,465 | 340 |
| 84. |  Emma Marris@Emma_Marris Writer in Oregon. Environment, wildlife, ripping yarns. Writing a book about wild animals. Borderline utopian. Radical Gleasonian. She/her Klamath Falls, OR emmamarris.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 20% new, 53% replies, 22% retweets, 6% quotes | 8,296 | 310 |
| 85. |  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 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 26% new, 41% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 8,122 | 448 |
| 86. |  Tara Haelle@tarahaelle Science/health journalist • mom • feminist • teacher • photographer • author • @Forbes • kid lit • #MBL • #AHCJ • #binder • Gryffindor • Texan • she/her DFW tarahaelle.net 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 6% new, 39% replies, 48% retweets, 8% quotes | 7,858 | 465 |
| 87. |  Emily Anthes@EmilyAnthes Science journalist and author • THE GREAT INDOORS, out in June 2020 from @fsgbooks, is now available for pre-order! https://t.co/4q7nTAgXTB Brooklyn, NY emilyanthes.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 32% new, 26% replies, 33% retweets, 9% quotes | 7,680 | 521 |
| 88. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes science journalist 🚀 bylines at BBC Future, The Observer, New Scientist, etc 🌍 previously at BuzzFeed 🐱 [email protected] 💌 she/her London via Oldham kellyoak.es 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 19% new, 37% replies, 26% retweets, 18% quotes | 7,644 | 398 |
| 89. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Senior reporter at @NatureNews. Send me tips: [email protected] Past: @buzzfeednews @BostonGlobe @NBCNews Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 36% new, 13% replies, 37% retweets, 14% quotes | 7,541 | 437 |
| 90. |  Jeanne Garbarino, PhD@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Social justice & STEM education. Biochemist. Mom. Product of The Bronx. Views and typos mine. she/her NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 7% new, 49% replies, 29% retweets, 16% quotes | 7,539 | 367 |
| 91. |  Sarah Keenihan PhD@sciencesarah Freelance ✮ Writer ✮ Editor ✮ Copywriter ✮ Science ✮ Technology ✮ Space ✮ Medicine ✮ Health ✮ Geology ✮ Adelaide, South Australia sarahkeenihan.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 31% new, 47% replies, 13% retweets, 10% quotes | 7,127 | 283 |
| 92. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance journalist. Contributes to the NY Times, NatGeo & more. Author of POACHED: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking. Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 33% new, 53% replies, 3% retweets, 10% quotes | 7,095 | 356 |
| 93. |  Karen Weintraub@kweintraub Cover Health/Sci news for NYTimes, SciAm, STAT etc. Teach at Boston University. Co-wrote books on autism, adult ADHD. Fan of great journalism, penguins. She/her Cambridge, Ma karenweintraub.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 48% new, 19% replies, 27% retweets, 6% quotes | 7,054 | 377 |
| 94. |  Katia Moskvitch@SciTech_Cat Editorial Lead @IBMResearch. Ex journo: WIRED, Nature, BBC. Astrophysicist & rockclimber. Quark-filled Canadian in UK. My 📖 on neutron stars✨ out Sept 2020! London, UK katiamoskvitch.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 22% new, 15% replies, 55% retweets, 8% quotes | 7,034 | 320 |
| 95. |  Ainissa Ramirez, Ph.D.@ainissaramirez Scientist. Speaker. Author. Thinker. THE ALCHEMY OF US (MIT Press) 4/2020. mitpress.mit.edu/books/alchemy-… Speaker Rep’ed by: https://t.co/eo08ni74jg Always from New Jersey ainissaramirez.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 36% new, 13% replies, 33% retweets, 17% quotes | 7,013 | 387 |
| 96. |  Emily Conover@emcconover Reporter at @sciencenews, bringing you the juiciest physics news. Award-winning science writer and peep dioramist. She/her Washington, DC emilyconover.net 6 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 49% replies, 9% retweets, 17% quotes | 6,969 | 200 |
| 97. |  Lisa Song@lisalsong Environment reporter @ProPublica. Formerly @InsideClimate. Fan of geology, cats. [email protected] New York, NY propublica.org 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 18% new, 37% replies, 37% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,906 | 365 |
| 98. |  Natasha Geiling@ngeiling studying @berkeleylaw & writing about climate change on the internet. live every day like it's scorpio season. Berkeley, CA 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 28% new, 16% replies, 25% retweets, 32% quotes | 6,873 | 315 |
| 99. |  Kris Hirst@archaeology writer, editor, archaeologist, Thoughtco.com archaeology expert American midwest thoughtco.com/archaeology-41… 11 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 100% new, 0% replies, 0% retweets, 0% quotes | 6,763 | 406 |
| 100. |  Caitlin S., PhD@Paleophile fossils are my jam | science communicator | evolutionary anthropology PhD | #scicomm #sciengage #scipol #evoed #DBER | #celiac |🐶🐈 #rescue | Personal acct OH➡NJ➡️NYC➡️AZ➡️DC and MD 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 34/day • 16% new, 45% replies, 19% retweets, 20% quotes | 6,722 | 418 |
| 101. |  Lauren Wolf@laurenkwolf Head of science & tech @cenmag. Lover of science quirk. Ocean pee-er. Follow me for #chemistry news. Views my own. Washington DC cen.acs.org/index.html 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 41% new, 26% replies, 21% retweets, 12% quotes | 6,717 | 298 |
| 102. |  Laurie Winkless@laurie_winkless Physicist-turned-science storyteller. Book#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY. Book#2: STICKY (2021?). @ForbesScience contributor. Irish. Feminist. Opinionated. She/her. Wellington NZ (via London) lauriewinkless.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 18% new, 31% replies, 43% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,586 | 234 |
| 103. |  Gabrielle Birchak@GabriellBirchak Mathematician, writer, podcaster in love with sci-history. #math #science #history #EverybodyinSTEM My tweets are part of the collective. Resistance was futile. Los Angeles, CA mathsciencehistory.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 37% new, 23% replies, 37% retweets, 4% quotes | 6,517 | 120 |
| 104. |  Rebecca 🌓 Boyle@rboyle31 Writer, writing science for @TheAtlantic @nytimes @sciam @newscientist @TheLWON & more. Pro-night, pro-dog. Writing a book about the Moon for @randomhouse Colorado Springs, COLORADO rebecca-boyle.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 10% new, 47% replies, 28% retweets, 14% quotes | 6,334 | 296 |
| 105. |  Carrie Arnold@edbites Science writer covering our weird and wonderful world. Contributing editor at Nova Next. Author of Decoding Anorexia, lover of coffee, cats, cycling and yarn. Virginia carriearnold.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 20% new, 47% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 6,333 | 233 |
| 106. |  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 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 13% new, 1% replies, 69% retweets, 18% quotes | 6,310 | 450 |
| 107. |  Dr Helen Scales@helenscales Marine biologist. Writer. Talker. UK helenscales.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 10% new, 49% replies, 21% retweets, 20% quotes | 6,206 | 265 |
| 108. |  Gaia Vince@WanderingGaia Writer, broadcaster, author (TRANSCENDENCE amzn.to/2nSFEyQ; ADVENTURES IN THE ANTHROPOCENE amzn.to/1KKAUc7). Science of humanity and our planet Earth WanderingGaia.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 10% new, 32% replies, 48% retweets, 10% quotes | 6,154 | 282 |
| 109. |  Laura Seward Forczyk 🌙💫🚀@LauraForczyk Founder @Astralytical. Space professional, scientist, mom, & #FutureAstronaut. I tweet about NASA, women in science, aerospace industry & policy. #Feminist Atlanta, GA astralytical.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 71% replies, 5% retweets, 12% quotes | 6,112 | 209 |
| 110. |  Tanya Lewis@tanyalewis314 Associate Health and Medicine Editor @SciAm. I learn less and less about more and more until I know nothing about everything. Tweets are my own opinion. She/her New York tanyaalewis.com 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 32% new, 13% replies, 49% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,071 | 221 |
| 111. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Web producer @sciencenews. Award-winning baker and freelance cheesemonger. Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 34% new, 23% replies, 33% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,068 | 526 |
| 112. |  Kathleen Raven@inkkr Science writer. Currently tracking: hearing loss & suicide as a symptom & things that make you 🤔 // #FutureIsFemale // In flight 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 47% new, 9% replies, 38% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,971 | 351 |
| 113. |  Mary Hoff@mkhoff #Science & #environment communicator and editor in chief @ensiamedia. Tweets are my own. linkedin.com/in/maryhoff Minnesota linkedin.com/in/maryhoff/ 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 50% new, 1% replies, 44% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,867 | 256 |
| 114. |  Christine Dell'Amore@cdellamore Bug-loving adventurer. Senior animals editor at National Geographic. Author of the book South Pole. Co-founder of the @DCSWA Newsbrief Award. Washington, D.C. nationalgeographic.com/contributors/d… 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 33% new, 33% replies, 29% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,856 | 155 |
| 115. |  Erica Klarreich@EricaKlarreich Mathematics and science journalist. My work has appeared in Quanta, Nature, The Atlantic, New Scientist, Science News and other publications. Berkeley, California ericaklarreich.com 6 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 16% new, 30% replies, 49% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,842 | 176 |
| 116. |  Maia Weinstock@20tauri @MIT News deputy editor; @LegoNASAwomen creator; author of forthcoming Millie Dresselhaus bio (MIT Press, 2021); champion of women. Tweets = my views. She | her Massachusetts maiaw.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 20% new, 44% replies, 26% retweets, 11% quotes | 5,510 | 299 |
| 117. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 62% new, 13% replies, 13% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,481 | 366 |
| 118. |  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 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 21% new, 31% replies, 39% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,420 | 332 |
| 119. |  Emily 💖💜💙@seelix Yes, I am a master of disguise & trained as a forensic anthropologist. No, I'm not a supervillain. she/they 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 11% new, 46% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,406 | 370 |
| 120. |  Kelly Brenner@KellyBrenner Naturalist, Writer, Photographer | NATURE OBSCURA: A City’s Hidden Natural World - April 2020 @MtneersBooks | Autistic | @NudiAppSoc | #StreetCreatures Fridays Seattle/Duwamish Land metrofieldguide.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 10% new, 66% replies, 17% retweets, 7% quotes | 5,392 | 230 |
| 121. |  Liz Lee Heinecke@KitchPantrySci Science storyteller, currently immersed in La Belle Epoch writing “RADIANT.” Minneapolis, MN kitchenpantryscientist.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 35% new, 19% replies, 43% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,236 | 328 |
| 122. |  Flora Lichtman@flichtman host of @eltshow from @Gimletmedia. before: bill nye saves on @netflix @nytimes @scifri [email protected] new yak 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.4/day • 9% new, 70% replies, 10% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,195 | 133 |
| 123. |  Nadja Popovich@PopovichN words & graphics @nytimes @nytclimate ✨✨✨✨✨ Formerly: @GuardianUS 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 11% new, 20% replies, 67% retweets, 2% quotes | 5,053 | 274 |
| 124. |  Meg Rosenburg 🌖@trueanomalies planetary science PhD | #scicomm & #histSTM | freelancer, filmmaker, podcaster | megrosenburg.com | And what you do, do it unfeignedly. Somerville, MA megrosenburg.com 7 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 38% replies, 34% retweets, 16% quotes | 5,000 | 329 |