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Science writers, columnists, reporters, editors, etc. reaching general audiences. Excludes active scientists (also see lists of astronomers and physicists).
| # | Twitter profile & related links | Twitter followers | Listed count |
| 1. |  Emily Lakdawalla@elakdawalla Senior Editor & Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society. Planetary scientist. Asteroid 274860. Views are my own & not those of employer. 🏳️🌈 she/her Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily Video channel 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 14% new, 50% replies, 19% retweets, 17% quotes | 163,594 | 4,823 |
| 2. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | Host: @TalkNerdy_Pod @SkepticsGuide | On TV: @NatGeoChannel @BillNyeSaves | Cofounder: @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com Video channel 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 82% new, 9% replies, 7% retweets, 2% quotes | 79,662 | 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 14% new, 53% replies, 22% retweets, 10% quotes | 63,575 | 2,596 |
| 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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 9% new, 71% replies, 4% retweets, 16% quotes | 54,411 | 1,274 |
| 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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 14% new, 55% replies, 9% retweets, 22% quotes | 52,789 | 958 |
| 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 11 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 52% replies, 16% retweets, 16% quotes | 45,818 | 2,214 |
| 7. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 4% new, 53% replies, 31% retweets, 12% quotes | 41,436 | 1,952 |
| 8. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 17% new, 28% replies, 54% retweets, 2% quotes *Follows 0.62 feeds per follower | 41,110* | 344 |
| 9. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Freelance Science Journalist - National Geographic, BBC, Scientific American, NBC News, PopSci, Gizmodo, Earther, Dame, WIRED and others. Fact Checker. Deep Space Nine 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 4% new, 67% replies, 25% retweets, 4% quotes | 40,146 | 1,184 |
| 10. |  Ariel Waldman@arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer. Global director @ScienceHackDay. Author of “What’s It Like in Space?”. YouTuber https://t.co/iXJbu3mwtM. Art school grad. San Francisco arielwaldman.com Patreon page 12 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 9% new, 45% replies, 29% retweets, 18% quotes | 39,257 | 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 28/day • 40% new, 5% replies, 56% retweets, 0% quotes | 38,600 | 1,716 |
| 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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 21% new, 39% replies, 26% retweets, 14% quotes | 37,853 | 1,107 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 12% new, 18% replies, 69% retweets, 2% quotes | 37,580 | 1,157 |
| 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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 4% new, 79% replies, 13% retweets, 4% quotes | 36,870 | 1,929 |
| 15. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 23/day • 34% new, 7% replies, 51% retweets, 9% quotes | 36,588 | 1,703 |
| 16. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Deputy editor-in-chief, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 40% new, 11% replies, 41% retweets, 8% quotes | 35,125 | 1,430 |
| 17. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 34% new, 35% replies, 28% retweets, 2% quotes | 34,189 | 1,324 |
| 18. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 4% new, 53% replies, 39% retweets, 4% quotes | 32,581 | 567 |
| 19. |  Maggie Koerth@maggiekb1 Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow. Political science & the environment = my faves. I like giving public talks. She/her. Minneapolis, MN maggiekb.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 8% new, 67% replies, 12% retweets, 12% quotes | 31,879 | 1,818 |
| 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 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 4% new, 75% replies, 6% retweets, 15% quotes | 29,118 | 1,067 |
| 21. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Co-run a climate charity. Writing a book on the history of the climate crisis. Former journo, academic & museum worker. Own views, obvs. [email protected] London climatehistories.com/who 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 20% new, 48% replies, 30% retweets, 2% quotes | 27,401 | 1,342 |
| 22. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 17% new, 70% replies, 3% retweets, 10% quotes | 26,567 | 819 |
| 23. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 24% new, 23% replies, 39% retweets, 14% quotes | 25,949 | 1,179 |
| 24. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 53% replies, 23% retweets, 8% quotes | 25,556 | 731 |
| 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 24% new, 9% replies, 57% retweets, 10% quotes | 25,522 | 1,840 |
| 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 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 35% replies, 31% retweets, 8% quotes | 25,019 | 575 |
| 27. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science | [email protected] youtube.com/playlist?list=… Video channel 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 25% new, 29% replies, 35% retweets, 10% quotes | 23,142 | 321 |
| 28. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 7% new, 67% replies, 19% retweets, 8% quotes | 23,059 | 934 |
| 29. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth I make @flashforwardpod 〰〰 futurologist〰〰 skeptical optimist 〰〰 formerly @30for30 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 Tweets 🗑 in 30 days 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🚀 [email protected] roseveleth.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 22% new, 29% replies, 48% retweets, 2% quotes | 22,952 | 872 |
| 30. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 20% new, 35% replies, 35% retweets, 10% quotes | 22,913 | 1,069 |
| 31. |  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, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 40% new, 9% replies, 41% retweets, 10% quotes | 22,697 | 898 |
| 32. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 22% new, 49% replies, 16% retweets, 14% quotes | 21,597 | 1,034 |
| 33. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Physics. Astronomy. Astronautics. Social Justice. | Con los pies en la tierra, y el corazón en el espacio. | Avatar by: https://t.co/FNtvSgrU64 | Views = own New York, NY / She, Her, Ella. about.me/rosedf 5 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 36/day • 6% new, 87% replies, 3% retweets, 4% quotes | 21,565 | 319 |
| 34. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 13% new, 46% replies, 25% retweets, 16% quotes | 21,443 | 1,218 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 10% new, 48% replies, 35% retweets, 8% quotes | 21,278 | 1,051 |
| 36. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 22/day • 16% new, 41% replies, 34% retweets, 8% quotes | 21,252 | 488 |
| 37. |  Swapna Krishna@skrishna writes about space, tech, star trek/wars, books. bylines: @latimes @engadget @theverge @startrek @syfy @bustle. 1/2 @desigeekgirls. rep: @annasproul @katemckean Philly Main Line swapnakrishna.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 12% new, 67% replies, 8% retweets, 13% quotes | 20,633 | 850 |
| 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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 14% new, 20% replies, 61% retweets, 4% quotes | 19,726 | 919 |
| 39. |  Maggie Fox@maggiemfox I write Health/Science/Tech in plain English. No PR pitches, please. facebook.com/maggiefox.jour… Washington maggiefox.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 22% new, 3% replies, 63% retweets, 12% quotes | 19,562 | 931 |
| 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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 24% new, 43% replies, 23% retweets, 9% quotes | 19,076 | 663 |
| 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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 17% new, 29% replies, 43% retweets, 11% quotes | 18,877 | 901 |
| 42. |  rae paoletta@PAYOLETTER friend to bodega cats // aspiring pokémon trainer nyc 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 24% new, 61% replies, 11% retweets, 4% quotes | 17,612 | 463 |
| 43. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs I host Reset, a tech podcast @recode @voxdotcom • Past: 1st climate correspondent in American TV news @hbo @vicenews • [email protected] • Tweets 🗑️ after 90 days New York City (et Montréal) pod.link/reset Video channel 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 0.3/day • 9% new, 31% replies, 52% retweets, 8% quotes | 17,542 | 530 |
| 44. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 16% new, 66% replies, 7% retweets, 11% quotes | 17,320 | 926 |
| 45. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev Science Correspondent for The Guardian. Get in touch: [email protected] *DMs are open* London theguardian.com/science 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 20% new, 29% replies, 39% retweets, 12% quotes | 17,025 | 636 |
| 46. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Science journalist | Founder of @EARTH3R, former science editor @Gizmodo | Earth & environmental sciences PhD | Trekkie Philadelphia, PA maddiestonewriting.com 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 26% new, 48% replies, 19% retweets, 8% quotes | 16,884 | 651 |
| 47. |  Leah Crane@DownHereOnEarth Space & physics reporter for @NewScientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. Cambridge via Chicago 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 8% new, 81% replies, 5% retweets, 6% quotes | 16,621 | 270 |
| 48. |  Alexandra Sifferlin@acsifferlin Deputy Editor @elemental Health & Science @Medium Previously @TIME, @TIMEHealth New York City alexandrasifferlin.com 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 44% new, 17% replies, 30% retweets, 9% quotes | 16,124 | 584 |
| 49. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 13% new, 49% replies, 33% retweets, 6% quotes | 15,953 | 270 |
| 50. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 31% new, 25% replies, 23% retweets, 20% quotes | 15,553 | 718 |
| 51. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 24% new, 46% replies, 25% retweets, 5% quotes | 14,913 | 724 |
| 52. |  Jennifer Harrison@GeneticJen Science, feminism, LGBTQIA, 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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 6% new, 79% replies, 14% retweets, 2% quotes | 14,686 | 284 |
| 53. |  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/ 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 17% new, 21% replies, 29% retweets, 33% quotes | 13,950 | 733 |
| 54. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 16% new, 53% replies, 19% retweets, 12% quotes | 13,785 | 470 |
| 55. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 18% new, 17% replies, 54% retweets, 12% quotes | 13,547 | 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 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 57% replies, 24% retweets, 2% quotes | 13,182 | 700 |
| 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 22% new, 40% replies, 29% retweets, 9% quotes | 12,237 | 522 |
| 58. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 11 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 27% new, 16% replies, 49% retweets, 9% quotes | 12,031 | 817 |
| 59. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 26% new, 13% replies, 60% retweets, 2% quotes | 11,875 | 598 |
| 60. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 45% replies, 19% retweets, 20% quotes | 11,492 | 654 |
| 61. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote // email: [email protected] DC theatlantic.com/author/sarah-z… 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 39% new, 35% replies, 19% retweets, 7% quotes | 11,485 | 415 |
| 62. |  Robin Lloyd@RobinLloyd99 reporter covering underground pipes, cities, food, pollution. My latest pipes story: undark.org/article/cured-… 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 14% new, 29% replies, 51% retweets, 6% quotes | 11,152 | 642 |
| 63. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 21% new, 58% replies, 16% retweets, 5% quotes | 11,031 | 418 |
| 64. |  Sarah Olson@ReadMoreScience Science writer, book reviewer, feminist, and advocate for science literacy. (She/Her) Corvallis, OR readmorescience.com 2 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 10% new, 49% replies, 35% retweets, 7% quotes *Follows 0.55 feeds per follower | 11,020* | 99 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.4/day • 28% new, 59% replies, 11% retweets, 2% quotes | 10,912 | 573 |
| 66. |  Lena V. Groeger@lenagroeger science journalist & designer, news apps developer @ProPublica. @SND @NAHJ San Francisco, CA lenagroeger.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 25% new, 21% replies, 41% retweets, 14% quotes | 10,815 | 721 |
| 67. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 14% new, 51% replies, 21% retweets, 14% quotes | 10,721 | 419 |
| 68. |  Terri Hansen | Indigenous@TerriHansen Journalist 12 years on #climate beat 🌏 [email protected] @WinnebagoTribe, Thunder Clan. Cherokee. DMs open to youth of any age with climate anxiety. Pacific Northwest muckrack.com/terrihansen 11 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 9% new, 3% replies, 87% retweets, 2% quotes *Follows 0.74 feeds per follower | 10,177* | 553 |
| 69. |  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 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 13% new, 7% replies, 65% retweets, 15% quotes | 10,152 | 519 |
| 70. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Host of Serving Up Science on @PBSDS & @NPR. Climate, food & politics @michiganstateu. Author. Former Hill staff. Dir of @SciDebate. East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 66% replies, 4% retweets, 6% quotes | 10,129 | 737 |
| 71. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check Director, @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. @NatureNews alum. Bay Area erikacheck.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 9% new, 37% replies, 44% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,757 | 591 |
| 72. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 26% new, 33% replies, 33% retweets, 8% quotes | 9,470 | 354 |
| 73. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 51% replies, 17% retweets, 15% quotes | 9,448 | 507 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 22% new, 27% replies, 35% retweets, 16% quotes | 9,440 | 400 |
| 75. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 42% replies, 31% retweets, 15% quotes | 9,374 | 596 |
| 76. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science writer and editor. Author of CULTURED amzn.to/2TUT5sn and OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R. Former @SciAm. Erstwhile triathlete. Novice mom. Part-time nerd. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 36% new, 29% replies, 17% retweets, 18% quotes | 9,306 | 552 |
| 77. |  Pauline Acalin@w00ki33 Spaceflight photojournalist. Traveler, astrophotographer, tee designer, foodie. Rockets are amazing. pale blue dot instagram.com/pacalin/ 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 9% new, 29% replies, 46% retweets, 16% quotes | 9,278 | 227 |
| 78. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 14% new, 60% replies, 15% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,126 | 452 |
| 79. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 34% new, 17% replies, 35% retweets, 14% quotes | 9,124 | 759 |
| 80. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 29% new, 37% replies, 31% retweets, 4% quotes | 9,105 | 393 |
| 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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 7% new, 65% replies, 26% retweets, 2% quotes | 9,024 | 355 |
| 82. |  Hannah Waters@hannahjwaters words and birds 🌾climate and science journalist. editor @audubonsociety. stands up for the common bird. she/her. [email protected] NYC/BK 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 14% new, 19% replies, 63% retweets, 4% quotes | 8,914 | 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 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 34% new, 25% replies, 39% retweets, 2% quotes | 8,342 | 339 |
| 84. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 32% new, 35% replies, 21% retweets, 12% quotes | 8,030 | 449 |
| 85. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 31% replies, 29% retweets, 14% quotes | 7,666 | 517 |
| 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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 4% new, 31% replies, 53% retweets, 11% quotes | 7,656 | 463 |
| 87. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 19% new, 37% replies, 27% retweets, 18% quotes | 7,615 | 400 |
| 88. |  Jeanne Garbarino, PhD@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Social justice & STEM education. Biochemist. Mom. Product of The Bronx. I make a ton of typos. she/her NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 18% new, 48% replies, 20% retweets, 14% quotes | 7,479 | 370 |
| 89. |  Emma Marris@Emma_Marris Writer and person with opinions in Oregon. Environment, wildlife, ripping yarns. Writing a book about what humanity owes wild animals in the Anthropocene. Klamath Falls, OR emmamarris.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 26% new, 31% replies, 33% retweets, 8% quotes | 7,442 | 295 |
| 90. |  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, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 24% new, 17% replies, 53% retweets, 7% quotes | 7,207 | 434 |
| 91. |  Sarah Keenihan PhD@sciencesarah Freelance ✮ Writer ✮ Editor ✮ Copywriter ✮ Science ✮ Technology ✮ Space ✮ Medicine ✮ Health ✮ Geology ✮ formerly Section Editor SciTech The Conversation ✮ Adelaide, South Australia sarahkeenihan.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 20% new, 60% replies, 7% retweets, 13% quotes | 7,081 | 286 |
| 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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 32% new, 53% replies, 3% retweets, 12% quotes | 7,022 | 354 |
| 93. |  Ainissa Ramirez, Ph.D.@ainissaramirez THE ALCHEMY OF US (The MIT Press) 2020. mitpress.mit.edu/books/alchemy-… Author. Scientist. Science Communicator. Speaker Rep’ed by: https://t.co/eo08ni74jg New England ainissaramirez.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 52% new, 14% replies, 22% retweets, 12% quotes | 6,963 | 390 |
| 94. |  Emily Conover@emcconover Reporter at @sciencenews, bringing you the juiciest physics news. Award-winning science writer and peep dioramist. Washington, DC emilyconover.net 6 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 53% replies, 10% retweets, 13% quotes | 6,962 | 197 |
| 95. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 52% new, 13% replies, 28% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,927 | 375 |
| 96. |  Natasha Geiling@ngeiling studying @berkeleylaw & writing about climate change on the internet. live every day like it's scorpio season. Berkeley, CA 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 22% new, 17% replies, 25% retweets, 36% quotes | 6,878 | 315 |
| 97. |  Katia Moskvitch@SciTech_Cat Editorial Lead @IBMResearch. Ex journo: WIRED, Nature, BBC. Theoretical physicist & rockclimber. Quark-filled Canadian in the UK. Writing a 📖 on neutron stars✨ London, UK katiamoskvitch.com 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 28% new, 41% replies, 27% retweets, 4% quotes | 6,846 | 310 |
| 98. |  Kris Hirst@archaeology writer, editor, archaeologist, Thoughtco.com archaeology expert American midwest thoughtco.com/archaeology-41… 11 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 100% new, 0% replies, 0% retweets, 0% quotes | 6,770 | 408 |
| 99. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 42% new, 23% replies, 23% retweets, 12% quotes | 6,702 | 301 |
| 100. |  Caitlin S., PhD@Paleophile science communicator | evolutionary anthropology PhD | museum docent | #scicomm #sciengage #scipol #evoed #DBER #histSTM | #celiac |🐶🐈 #rescue | Personal acct OH➡NJ➡️NYC➡️AZ➡️DC and MD 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 34/day • 10% new, 45% replies, 22% retweets, 22% quotes | 6,660 | 420 |
| 101. |  Lisa Song@lisalsong Environment reporter @ProPublica. Formerly @InsideClimate. Fan of geology, cats. [email protected] New York, NY propublica.org 6 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 31% replies, 43% retweets, 9% quotes | 6,559 | 352 |
| 102. |  Laurie Winkless@laurie_winkless Physicist-turned-science storyteller. Book#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY. Book#2: STICKY (2021?). @sciforbes contributor. Irish. Feminist. Opinionated. She/her. Wellington NZ (via London) lauriewinkless.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 15% new, 33% replies, 44% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,513 | 230 |
| 103. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 19% new, 49% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 6,322 | 234 |
| 104. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 0% replies, 57% retweets, 16% quotes | 6,272 | 449 |
| 105. |  Gabrielle Birchak@GabriellBirchak Mathematician and writer in love with sci-history. I'm for #EverybodyInSTEM My tweets are part of the collective. Resistance was futile. Los Angeles, CA mathsciencehistory.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 24% new, 27% replies, 43% retweets, 7% quotes | 6,225 | 118 |
| 106. |  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 Saint Louis, MO rebecca-boyle.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 12% new, 45% replies, 33% retweets, 10% quotes | 6,222 | 298 |
| 107. |  Dr Helen Scales@helenscales Marine biologist. Writer. Talker. UK helenscales.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 14% new, 47% replies, 18% retweets, 20% quotes | 6,144 | 263 |
| 108. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Web producer @sciencenews. Award-winning baker and freelance cheesemonger. Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 34% new, 24% replies, 34% retweets, 9% quotes | 6,092 | 527 |
| 109. |  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. New York tanyaalewis.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 26% new, 11% replies, 54% retweets, 9% quotes | 6,002 | 212 |
| 110. |  Kathleen Raven@inkkr Science writer. Currently tracking: hearing loss & suicide as a symptom & things that make you 🤔 // #FutureIsFemale // In flight 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 47% new, 9% replies, 38% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,998 | 353 |
| 111. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 12% new, 37% replies, 43% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,894 | 283 |
| 112. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 52% new, 1% replies, 41% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,783 | 249 |
| 113. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 10% new, 63% replies, 13% retweets, 14% quotes | 5,725 | 204 |
| 114. |  Christine Dell'Amore@cdellamore Bug-loving adventurer. Animals editor at National Geographic. Author of the @AssoulinePub book South Pole. Co-founder of the @DCSWA Newsbrief Award. Washington, D.C. 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 37% new, 25% replies, 35% retweets, 3% quotes | 5,631 | 151 |
| 115. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 62% new, 13% replies, 13% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,500 | 365 |
| 116. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 18% new, 23% replies, 53% retweets, 7% quotes | 5,478 | 164 |
| 117. |  Maia Weinstock@20tauri @MIT News deputy editor; @LegoNASAwomen creator; author of forthcoming Millie Dresselhaus biography; champion of women. Tweets = my own views. She | her Cambridge, MA maiaw.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 50% replies, 26% retweets, 7% quotes | 5,467 | 303 |
| 118. |  Emily 💖💜💙@seelix Yes, I am a master of disguise & trained as a forensic anthropologist. No, I'm not a supervillain. she/they 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 16% new, 31% replies, 50% retweets, 2% quotes | 5,426 | 368 |
| 119. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 32% new, 27% replies, 35% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,346 | 328 |
| 120. |  Liz Lee Heinecke@KitchPantrySci Science Storyteller, Singer, Painter, Banjo Player. Author of Quarto’s “Science Lab for Kids” series and DK’s “Star Wars Maker Lab.” Minneapolis, MN kitchenpantryscientist.com 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 36% new, 18% replies, 43% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,258 | 327 |
| 121. |  Flora Lichtman@flichtman host of @eltshow from @Gimletmedia. before: bill nye saves on @netflix @nytimes @scifri [email protected] new yak 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 0.4/day • 9% new, 69% replies, 11% retweets, 11% quotes | 5,056 | 132 |
| 122. |  Meg Rosenburg 🌖@trueanomalies planetary science PhD | #scicomm & #histSTM | freelancer, filmmaker, podcaster | megrosenburg.com | And what you do, do it unfeignedly. Somerville, MA megrosenburg.com 6 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 38% replies, 34% retweets, 16% quotes | 5,023 | 331 |