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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. • The Design and Engineering of Cur... Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 6% new, 31% replies, 44% retweets, 19% quotes | 154,110 | 4,745 |
| 2. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciComm FTW | Host of the @TalkNerdy_Pod & @SkepticsGuide Rogue | Cofounder: @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | As seen on TV: @BillNyeSaves @NatGeoChannel • Tiny Thinkers Los Angeles carasantamaria.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 80% new, 10% replies, 7% retweets, 3% quotes | 79,381 | 2,052 |
| 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 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 36% new, 43% replies, 11% retweets, 10% quotes | 62,854 | 2,581 |
| 4. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal Emmy-Nominated Host, Host/Executive Producer for #XplorationOuterSpace on FOX, Author - Ada Lace Series, WVU & @MIT grad, WV native. • Ada Lace and the Suspicious Artis... • Ada Lace Adventures Collection • Ada Lace and the Impossible Missi... San Francisco, CA thespacegal.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 17% new, 51% replies, 16% retweets, 16% quotes | 46,565 | 900 |
| 5. |  Rebecca Skloot@RebeccaSkloot Author NYTimes Bestseller IMMORTAL LIFE OF #HENRIETTALACKS #HeLa now an HBO/@Oprah Film #HeLaMovie. Next book: humans #animals #ethics. Instagram @rebeccaskloot • The Best American Science and Nat... • The Best American Science Writing... • The Immortal Life of Henrietta La... Oakland, CA rebeccaskloot.com 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 14% new, 51% replies, 17% retweets, 18% quotes | 45,959 | 2,246 |
| 6. |  Andrea Morris@DraisyMorris Redheaded stepchild. Sometimes I make things on TV. Mostly I write about arts & science. Journalist. @Forbes @SOCA_LA w/@PaulEkman. Member of @ScienceWriters • The Science Of On-Camera Acting Los Angeles, CA forbes.com/sites/andreamo… 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 17% new, 40% replies, 42% retweets, 1% quotes *Follows 0.61 feeds per follower | 42,896* | 359 |
| 7. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck @WIRED columnist, journalist, @SchusterInst fellow, TED | BIG CHICKEN (PLUCKED), SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL | [email protected] | avi: @rachel_suggs • Plucked • Big Chicken • Superbug ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 8% new, 40% replies, 38% retweets, 14% quotes | 39,185 | 1,945 |
| 8. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science writer Jennifer Ouellette. Senior reporter, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. • Me, Myself, and Why • The Best Science Writing Online 2... • The Calculus Diaries Los Angeles, CA jenniferouellette-writes.com 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 29/day • 60% new, 9% replies, 31% retweets, 0% quotes | 36,407 | 1,681 |
| 9. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe and The Sixth Extinction. • Field Notes from a Catastrophe • The Sixth Extinction ElizabethKolbert.com 5 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 12% new, 22% replies, 65% retweets, 2% quotes | 34,676 | 1,079 |
| 10. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. • The Poison Squad • The Best American Science and Nat... • The Best American Science and Nat... Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 23/day • 16% new, 10% replies, 68% retweets, 6% quotes | 34,339 | 1,691 |
| 11. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Science Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 37% new, 14% replies, 37% retweets, 12% quotes | 33,949 | 1,421 |
| 12. |  Annalee Newitz@Annaleen I write science fiction and science journalism. Author: Autonomous. Podcast: @ooacpod. Founder: io9. More info: techsploitation.com. Any pronoun. I ❤️ noodles. • The Future of Another Timeline • Autonomous: A Novel • Scatter, Adapt, and Remember California techsploitation.com 11 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 6% new, 87% replies, 5% retweets, 2% quotes | 33,787 | 1,881 |
| 13. |  Ariel Waldman@arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer. Author of amzn.to/1MFUEVC. Global director @ScienceHackDay. YouTuber youtube.com/arielwaldman. • What's It Like in Space? San Francisco arielwaldman.com Patreon page 11 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 14% new, 57% replies, 17% retweets, 12% quotes | 32,840 | 1,716 |
| 14. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush Senior science reporter at @verge, covering all things space. Host of #VergeSpaceCraft. Texas-bred: Clear eyes, full hearts. New York, NY 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 30% new, 37% replies, 16% retweets, 16% quotes | 31,215 | 917 |
| 15. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 8% new, 65% replies, 7% retweets, 22% quotes | 30,977 | 1,052 |
| 16. |  Laura Helmuth@laurahelmuth Health, science & environment editor at @washingtonpost. Past president of National Assoc @ScienceWriters. Was @NatGeo @Slate @SmithsonianMag @NewsFromScience Washington DC washingtonpost.com 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 40% new, 17% replies, 38% retweets, 4% quotes | 29,545 | 1,223 |
| 17. |  Maggie Koerth-Baker@maggiekb1 Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow. Science and society = my jam. Occasional cute kid stories. She/Her. • Before the Lights Go Out • Mental Floss Presents Be Amazing Minneapolis, MN maggiekb.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 7% new, 52% replies, 21% retweets, 20% quotes | 29,525 | 1,793 |
| 18. |  Mary Roach@mary_roach I write books, most recently GRUNT: The Curious Science of Humans at War. Also: STIFF, GULP, PACKING FOR MARS, BONK. and SPOOK. • Grunt • Gulp • My Planet Oakland, CA • author maryroach.net 8 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 6% new, 63% replies, 13% retweets, 18% quotes | 27,747 | 1,073 |
| 19. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer. Slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), supernovas and spiders. Champagneophile. • Little Book of Wonders 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 22% new, 69% replies, 1% retweets, 8% quotes | 25,736 | 807 |
| 20. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Day job at a climate charity. But this is me, not them. Writer. Knitter. PhD in science communication and too many years working in universities and museums. London climatehistories.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 28% new, 41% replies, 28% retweets, 3% quotes | 25,733 | 1,309 |
| 21. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Science Journalist -- BBC, Scientific American, PopSci, The Daily Beast, WIRED, Adam Savage's Tested and others. Fact Checker. The Bog of Eternal Stench 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 8% new, 55% replies, 29% retweets, 8% quotes | 25,644 | 995 |
| 22. |  𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 “𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁”@GrrlScientist evolutionary ecologist & ornithologist writes about science @Forbes. Formerly @Guardian. oeuvre @Medium. Ravenclaw. TinyLetter tinyletter.com/grrlscientist Heretic 40.7619, -73.9763 about.me/grrlscientist 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 7% replies, 74% retweets, 2% quotes | 25,261 | 1,846 |
| 23. |  Julia Belluz@juliaoftoronto Health correspondent @voxdotcom #medicine #science #publichealth MIT Knight Fellow '14. Contact me securely @ KeyBase: jbelluz or DM for Signal Washington, DC juliabelluz.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 20% new, 23% replies, 49% retweets, 8% quotes | 23,596 | 1,121 |
| 24. |  Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar Scientific Storyteller. Ambivert. Philosopher. bondarmedia.com carinbondar.com British Columbia, Canada bondarmedia.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 66% new, 7% replies, 19% retweets, 8% quotes | 22,657 | 906 |
| 25. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Editor in Chief, @sciam. EVP, Editorial & Publishing, Magazines, Springer Nature. All opinions expressed are my own. RTs are not endorsements. New York ScientificAmerican.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 29% new, 13% replies, 43% retweets, 16% quotes | 21,075 | 1,228 |
| 26. |  Gwen Pearson@bug_gwen I'm a bug AND a feature! I do insect outreach & write about science. Founder of @ento_allies. Tweets personal/do not represent employers etc 🐝 she/her/PhD Low Earth Orbit, Indiana bit.ly/GwenPearson 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 19% new, 33% replies, 41% retweets, 8% quotes | 21,012 | 1,028 |
| 27. |  Sarah Cruddas@sarahcruddas Space journalist, broadcaster & author. New space advocate. Background in astrophysics. I love space, travel, aviation & adventure. [email protected] • The Space Race • Did You Know? Space Lost in Space sarahcruddas.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 36% new, 21% replies, 23% retweets, 20% quotes | 20,597 | 520 |
| 28. |  Maia Szalavitz@maiasz Neuroscience Journalist, VICE.com, TIME.com ti.me/rWCQsZ, etc. Author, Unbroken Brain, Soros Justice Fellow • The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog • Unbroken Brain • Born for Love New York maiasz.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 7% new, 65% replies, 20% retweets, 8% quotes | 20,523 | 921 |
| 29. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science | [email protected] Washington, DC youtube.com/vox 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 34% new, 27% replies, 29% retweets, 10% quotes | 20,412 | 306 |
| 30. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Correspondent for Nature, views my own. Reach me (generally) witzescience-at-gmaildotcom or (securely) awitze-at-protonmaildotcom. • Island on Fire • Soundings Boulder, CO lakithebook.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 28% new, 39% replies, 23% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,797 | 1,014 |
| 31. |  Rachel "The Yellow Dart" Feltman@RachelFeltman Chief Science Officer of the USS @popsci // Previously: made a blog @washingtonpost // Professional GIF curator // Host of @weirdest_thing [email protected] NYC popsci.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 18% new, 38% replies, 37% retweets, 8% quotes | 19,483 | 918 |
| 32. |  Swapna Krishna is on maternity leave@skrishna writes about space, science, tech: engadget. sci-fi: syfy fangrrls, la times. loves star wars & trek. reader. 1/2 @desigeekgirls. literary agent: @annasproul. Philly Main Line swapnakrishna.com 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 22% new, 49% replies, 18% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,327 | 853 |
| 33. |  Amy Harmon@amy_harmon New York Times reporter covering science & society. She/Her. Mom of @rumblecomics New York, NY nytimes.com/by/amy-harmon 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 13% new, 47% replies, 34% retweets, 6% quotes | 19,264 | 1,001 |
| 34. |  Maggie Fox@maggiemfox Senior writer @NBCNewshealth @NBCNews Science/Health/Tech in plain English. Please read the whole story facebook.com/maggiefox.jour… Washington nbcnews.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 43% new, 5% replies, 47% retweets, 5% quotes | 19,191 | 908 |
| 35. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth I make @flashforwardpod 〰〰 futures critic 〰〰 skeptical optimist 〰〰 formerly @30for30 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 Tweets 🗑 in 30 days 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🚀 [email protected] • What Future 2018 roseveleth.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 13% new, 26% replies, 54% retweets, 7% quotes | 17,935 | 840 |
| 36. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @Story_Collider. Lecturer @Yale with @NNCIonline. Compass points: science, storytelling, #scicomm studies & gorgeous design. she/her Washington DC area storycollider.org 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 34% new, 29% replies, 25% retweets, 12% quotes | 17,465 | 885 |
| 37. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer Always a space reporter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. DMs open and a mess. Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 16% new, 47% replies, 27% retweets, 10% quotes | 17,302 | 623 |
| 38. |  Sally Church 🏴@MaverickNY Scientist, cancer geek, Londoner, adventurer, explorer, immigrant, lover of curry, fine wine & football. Science writer @biotechstrategy, roadie @targetspodcast Earthling biotechstrategyblog.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 16% new, 59% replies, 11% retweets, 14% quotes | 16,939 | 935 |
| 39. |  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… 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 22% new, 43% replies, 29% retweets, 6% quotes | 16,922 | 569 |
| 40. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev The Guardian's Science Correspondent. Send me your stories: [email protected] London theguardian.com/science 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 17% new, 29% replies, 44% retweets, 10% quotes | 15,843 | 619 |
| 41. |  rae paoletta@PAYOLETTER content mccontentface nyc raepaoletta.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 27% new, 57% replies, 12% retweets, 4% quotes | 15,349 | 440 |
| 42. |  Angela Saini@AngelaDSaini Award-winning science journalist. Occasional BBC presenter, but mostly found writing books. Likes poking around science's dark and bloody underbelly. • Superior • Inferior • Geek Nation North London angelasaini.co.uk 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 6% new, 53% replies, 38% retweets, 2% quotes | 14,978 | 394 |
| 43. |  Alexandra Sifferlin@acsifferlin Senior Editor, Health & Science @Medium. Previously @TIME, @TIMEHealth New York City alexandrasifferlin.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 37% new, 17% replies, 34% retweets, 12% quotes | 14,852 | 559 |
| 44. |  Shannon Stirone@shannonmstirone Writer. Art Historian. Bylines @PopSci @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @NatGeo @NewRepublic @Wired @Longreads & others. Opinions are mine. Bay Area, CA shannonstirone.com 4 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 20/day • 12% new, 51% replies, 24% retweets, 13% quotes | 14,613 | 397 |
| 45. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Writer, nerd, managing editor @EARTH3R by @Gizmodo. @GMGUnion. Earth & enviro science PhD. DMs open. Philadelphia, PA kinja.com/maddiestone 7 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 28% new, 47% replies, 17% retweets, 8% quotes | 14,496 | 573 |
| 46. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Editor & lead science writer @FiveThirtyEight Author of GOOD TO GO @wwnorton goodtogobook.com Outdoor adventurer. My parties have dancing. • Beautiful Chickens • Good to Go Colorado christieaschwanden.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 31% new, 24% replies, 23% retweets, 22% quotes | 14,156 | 682 |
| 47. |  Katie Hobson@KatherineHobson Freelance journalist, health & etc., for FiveThirtyEight, O magazine, NPR's Shots + more. Retired Ironman. Runner again, slower this time. I lost on Jeopardy! Brooklyn, NY katherinehobson.com/bio/ 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 16% new, 19% replies, 31% retweets, 34% quotes | 13,902 | 745 |
| 48. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Correspondent, @HBO's VICE News Tonight • I cover science, climate, and the environment • [email protected] • Secure: [email protected] • She/Her/Hers New York City (et Montréal) arielleduhaimeross.com 7 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 26% new, 20% replies, 47% retweets, 6% quotes | 13,266 | 458 |
| 49. |  Jennifer Harrison@GeneticJen Science, feminism, LGBTQIA, all the games, coding silly stuff. Quality improvement in sci/tech/healthcare. 日本語も. Scottish in Yorkshire. She/her. On a mote of dust gofundme.com/pay-to-destroy… 4 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 11/day • 12% new, 61% replies, 21% retweets, 7% quotes | 13,087 | 272 |
| 50. |  Dr. Paige Jarreau@FromTheLabBench #SciComm Nerd. Director of Social Media & #SciComm @LifeOmic! I'm a science blogger @LSUscience, blog researcher & social media consultant. Ask me anything! Baton Rouge fromthelabbench.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 17% new, 26% replies, 55% retweets, 2% quotes | 13,051 | 689 |
| 51. |  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. • The Hidden World of Garbage - Mul... • Art and Culture American Indian A... • Ecstatic Dandelions Los Angeles, CA beatricebiologist.com Patreon page 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 22% new, 55% replies, 17% retweets, 7% quotes | 13,039 | 467 |
| 52. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 26% new, 16% replies, 49% retweets, 10% quotes | 12,080 | 822 |
| 53. |  Kate Wong@katewong Senior editor at Scientific American. I write about human origins, animals past and present, wildlife conservation. Views are my own. • Lucy's Legacy New York City 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 30% new, 31% replies, 35% retweets, 5% quotes | 11,907 | 683 |
| 54. |  Nancy Atkinson@Nancy_A Science journalist, @universetoday & @Seeker. Author of 'Incredible Stories From Space,' working on book about Apollo 11 • Eight Years to the Moon • Incredible Stories from Space Minnesota nancyatkinson.com 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 12% new, 41% replies, 26% retweets, 21% quotes | 11,510 | 652 |
| 55. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 30% new, 19% replies, 50% retweets, 1% quotes | 11,455 | 578 |
| 56. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Deputy editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] She/her Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 22% new, 52% replies, 15% retweets, 11% quotes | 10,900 | 492 |
| 57. |  Robin Lloyd@robinlloyd99 contributing editor @sciam & @spectrum, faculty @nyu_journalism, vp board @sciencewriting 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 9% replies, 67% retweets, 6% quotes | 10,858 | 645 |
| 58. |  Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD@webmz_ Writes in codes 👩🏻💻 ∞ science for the people ∞ DC @storycollider producer ∞ @AAAS_STPF ∞ @500womensci ∞ she/her ∞ Tweets are mine, my own, my Precious Washington, DC webmz.nyc 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 14% new, 48% replies, 28% retweets, 10% quotes | 10,486 | 211 |
| 59. |  Lena V. Groeger@lenagroeger science journalist & designer, news apps developer @ProPublica. @SND @NAHJ San Francisco, CA lenagroeger.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 26% new, 20% replies, 39% retweets, 16% quotes | 10,455 | 727 |
| 60. |  Sarah Kaplan@sarahkaplan48 @washingtonpost reporter covering news from around the nation and across the universe. [email protected] Washington, D.C. washingtonpost.com/people/sarah-k… 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 18% new, 23% replies, 47% retweets, 12% quotes | 10,245 | 402 |
| 61. |  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 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 18% new, 41% replies, 21% retweets, 18% quotes | 9,939 | 407 |
| 62. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check Director, @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. @NatureNews alum. Bay Area erikacheck.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 23% replies, 50% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,649 | 597 |
| 63. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote // email: [email protected] DC sarzha.com 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 50% new, 27% replies, 18% retweets, 5% quotes | 9,577 | 368 |
| 64. |  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 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 6% new, 9% replies, 58% retweets, 28% quotes | 9,401 | 493 |
| 65. |  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 6 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 21% new, 45% replies, 25% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,285 | 385 |
| 66. |  Carmen Drahl@carmendrahl Freelance chemistry and food journalist. Bylines @cenmag @Forbes @DCist @SciAm. Chemistry Ph.D. Inglés+Español. Secure mail: carmendrahl-at-protonmaildotcom Washington, DC, mostly. carmendrahl.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 25% new, 22% replies, 35% retweets, 18% quotes | 9,261 | 0 |
| 67. |  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) • All Over the Map San Francisco Bay Area betsymason.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 33% new, 18% replies, 34% retweets, 15% quotes | 9,209 | 765 |
| 68. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Science journalist. Contributing editor @SciAm, columnist @Slate, NYU visiting scholar, National Magazine Award finalist. Also write @Nytimes, @MotherJones. Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 11 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 22% new, 49% replies, 23% retweets, 6% quotes | 9,183 | 551 |
| 69. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Exec Dir of @SciDebate. Author. Mom. Host of Serving Up Science on @WKAR. I study public understanding of food @michiganstateu. Science. Climate. Politics. • The Science of Kissing • Unscientific America • Unscientific America (Large Print... East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 59% replies, 6% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,113 | 722 |
| 70. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science writer + editor. Author of CULTURED amzn.to/2TUT5sn and OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R. General nerd for science and health. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 40% new, 3% replies, 36% retweets, 22% quotes | 9,053 | 566 |
| 71. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Astrobiophysics: Jargon to describe using Physics and Bio so people won't die in space. | She/Her | FirstGen many things | Exhausted. about.me/rosedf New York, NY instagram.com/_astro_nerd_ 4 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 30/day • 3% new, 85% replies, 9% retweets, 4% quotes | 9,019 | 206 |
| 72. |  Miriam E. Tucker@MiriamETucker Writer/journalist specializing in medicine/health. Living with type 1 diabetes since 1973. Washington DC area linkedin.com/in/miriametuck… 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 13% new, 33% replies, 33% retweets, 20% quotes | 8,986 | 592 |
| 73. |  Terri Hansen | Indigenous@TerriHansen Environment, Climate, Science Journalist. @WinnebagoTribe. Bylines in Pinned Tweet [email protected] DM for Signal. Climate Anxiety? Let's Talk 🌏 Pacific Northwest muckrack.com/terrihansen 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 22% new, 8% replies, 63% retweets, 6% quotes | 8,899 | 527 |
| 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 • The Chicago Guide to Fact-Checkin... • Infested brookeborel.com 8 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 22% new, 14% replies, 52% retweets, 13% quotes | 8,639 | 394 |
| 75. |  Deborah Netburn@DeborahNetburn Staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. The desert is my temple. Los Angeles latimes.com/sciencenow 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 39% new, 23% replies, 29% retweets, 8% quotes | 8,613 | 341 |
| 76. |  Hannah Waters@hannahjwaters words and birds 🌾senior associate editor @audubonsociety. stands up for the common bird. #blm she/her. write for me: [email protected] NYC/BK clippings.me/hannahjwaters 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 20% new, 10% replies, 69% retweets, 2% quotes | 8,493 | 577 |
| 77. |  Kim Kowal Arcand@kimberlykowal Visualization & emerging tech lead for @chandraxray; public speaker; co-author of 4 popular science books. Opinions=my own 🛰https://t.co/PFs60ywY5f RI, USA chandra.si.edu 10 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 8% new, 77% replies, 11% retweets, 4% quotes | 8,355 | 332 |
| 78. |  Claire O’Connell@claireoconnell PhD cell biology, MSc Sci Comm, writes for Silicon Republic and The Irish Times. Irish Science Writer of the Year 2016. MC. Dublin tinyurl.com/cb5ht3q 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 21% new, 41% replies, 35% retweets, 2% quotes | 7,985 | 343 |
| 79. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 30% new, 47% replies, 13% retweets, 10% quotes | 7,689 | 423 |
| 80. |  Emily Mullin@emilylmullin Freelance journalist writing about medicine, health and biotechnology. Science writing instructor, @johnshopkins. [email protected] Baltimore, MD emilymullin.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 24% new, 29% replies, 41% retweets, 6% quotes | 7,625 | 352 |
| 81. |  Michelle Nijhuis@nijhuism Editor of the #LifeUpClose series @TheAtlantic. Writer @NatGeoMag & @NYTMag, blogger @NewYorker, consigliere @HighCountryNews. Proud mom @GirlBilbo. • The Science Writers' Essay Handbo... Columbia River Gorge rhymeswithmyhouse.com 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 31% new, 23% replies, 32% retweets, 14% quotes | 7,595 | 437 |
| 82. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes science/health journalist, @theipaper @newscientist, @sciencefocus, etc. formerly @BuzzFeed. cat pics and commissions to [email protected] London via Oldham kellyoak.es 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 37% replies, 15% retweets, 22% quotes | 7,554 | 399 |
| 83. |  Emily Anthes@EmilyAnthes Freelance science journalist. Author of Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts (bit.ly/TxqZkm). • Frankenstein's Cat • Instant Egghead Guide Brooklyn, NY emilyanthes.com 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 21% new, 55% replies, 15% retweets, 9% quotes | 7,413 | 515 |
| 84. |  Jeanne Garbarino, PhD@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Social justice & STEM education. Biochemist. Mom. Product of The Bronx. NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 7% new, 55% replies, 35% retweets, 4% quotes | 7,047 | 366 |
| 85. |  Natasha Geiling@ngeiling studying @berkeleylaw, formerly writing about the environment @thinkprogress. live every day like it's scorpio season. Berkeley, CA 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 25% replies, 23% retweets, 27% quotes | 6,972 | 321 |
| 86. |  Tara Haelle@tarahaelle Science/health journalist • mom • feminist • teacher • photographer • author • @Forbes • kid lit • #IRPFellow • #MBL • #AHCJ • #binder • Gryffindor • Texan • Turning Up the Heat (Taking Earth... • Melting Glaciers, Rising Seas (Ta... • Vaccination Investigation DFW tarahaelle.net 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 6% new, 21% replies, 63% retweets, 10% quotes | 6,820 | 435 |
| 87. |  Ainissa Ramirez@ainissaramirez Scientist. Author. #STEM Speaker. Books: NEWTON'S FOOTBALL & SAVE OUR SCIENCE. New book coming soon. Host of @scienceundrgrnd. • Newton's Football New England ainissaramirez.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 48% new, 5% replies, 29% retweets, 17% quotes | 6,781 | 397 |
| 88. |  Kris Hirst@archaeology writer, editor, archaeologist, Thoughtco.com archaeology expert • The Archaeologist's Book of Quota... American midwest thoughtco.com/archaeology-41… 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 96% new, 2% replies, 1% retweets, 0% quotes | 6,746 | 409 |
| 89. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Science reporter on the poison beat/Sunday news editor @BuzzFeedNews. [email protected] Secure: contact.buzzfeed.com Past: @BostonGlobe @NBCNews Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 24% new, 9% replies, 48% retweets, 19% quotes | 6,720 | 0 |
| 90. |  Gabrielle Birkman@GabriellBirkman Mathematician & tech writer. Math/Sci history. Not just for #WomenInSTEM I'm for #EverybodyInSTEM My tweets are part of the collective. Resistance was futile. Los Angeles, CA gabriellebirkman.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 17% new, 19% replies, 57% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,652 | 114 |
| 91. |  Sarah Keenihan PhD@sciencesarah ✮ Fan of science, storytelling, keeping busy ✮ Section Editor Science and Technology @ConversationEDU ✮ Adelaide, South Australia medium.com/@sciencesarah 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 46% new, 25% replies, 23% retweets, 6% quotes | 6,594 | 267 |
| 92. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance journalist. Contributes to the NY Times, NatGeo, BBC & more. Author of 'Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking.' Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 21% new, 56% replies, 9% retweets, 14% quotes | 6,545 | 336 |
| 93. |  Karen Weintraub@kweintraub Cover Health/Science news for NYTimes, USA Today, SciAm, STAT, etc. Teach at MIT and Harvard Extension. Co-wrote books on autism, adult ADHD. Cambridge, Ma karenweintraub.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 36% new, 9% replies, 53% retweets, 2% quotes | 6,501 | 354 |
| 94. |  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 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 50% new, 11% replies, 31% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,311 | 298 |
| 95. |  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. • Decoding Anorexia • Next to Nothing Virginia carriearnold.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 19% new, 51% replies, 16% retweets, 14% quotes | 6,253 | 239 |
| 96. |  Caitlin S.@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 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 34/day • 7% new, 39% replies, 29% retweets, 26% quotes | 6,152 | 418 |
| 97. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Founder of @lookslikesci. Marine biologist at heart. Member of SEJ, NASW, SCB Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 38% new, 13% replies, 40% retweets, 9% quotes | 6,127 | 539 |
| 98. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 0% replies, 64% retweets, 10% quotes | 6,071 | 444 |
| 99. |  Kathleen Frey Raven@inkkr Science writer. Genetics & hearing loss & stem cells & statistics & data // #FutureIsFemale // Siga la lucha // In flight 9 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 44% new, 7% replies, 41% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,043 | 356 |
| 100. |  Laurie Winkless@laurie_winkless Research physicist-turned-writer. Book#1: SCIENCE AND THE CITY. Book#2: STICKY (2020?). Talking head. @sciforbes contrib. #scicomm. Irish. Feminist. Opinionated • Science and the City • Science and the City Wellington NZ (via London) lauriewinkless.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 10% new, 46% replies, 38% retweets, 6% quotes | 6,027 | 214 |
| 101. |  Emma Marris@Emma_Marris Writer and person with opinions in Oregon. Environment, wildlife, ripping yarns. • Rambunctious Garden Klamath Falls, OR emmamarris.com 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 22% new, 27% replies, 41% retweets, 9% quotes | 5,987 | 266 |
| 102. |  Emily Conover@emcconover Reporter at @sciencenews, bringing you the juiciest physics news. Washington, DC emilyconover.net 5 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 32% new, 40% replies, 21% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,983 | 186 |
| 103. |  Pauline Acalin@w00ki33 Spaceflight photojournalist for @Teslarati. Writer, astrophotographer, tee designer, foodie. Bylines/images in Sky & Telescope. Rockets are amazing. pale blue dot instagram.com/pacalin/ 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 18% new, 27% replies, 51% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,752 | 169 |
| 104. |  Dr Helen Scales@helenscales Writer. Marine biologist. Author of SPIRALS IN TIME, POSEIDON'S STEED, 11 EXPLORATIONS and EYE OF THE SHOAL • Eye of the Shoal • Spirals in Time • Spirals in Time UK helenscales.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 18% new, 51% replies, 17% retweets, 15% quotes | 5,654 | 263 |
| 105. |  Katia Moskvitch@SciTech_Cat Biz & Space editor @WIREDUK, contributor @QuantaMagazine, ex @BBCNews & @Nature. Quark-filled Canadian in UK. Writing a 📖 on neutron stars ✨ https://t.co/O6m9zREd0S London, UK katiamoskvitch.com 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 36% new, 38% replies, 23% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,616 | 281 |
| 106. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. • Go Green, Live Rich Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 62% new, 13% replies, 13% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,458 | 360 |
| 107. |  Emily 💙💜💖@seelix Yes, I am a master of disguise & trained as a forensic anthropologist. No, I'm not a supervillain. she/they 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 17% new, 31% replies, 49% retweets, 3% quotes | 5,413 | 378 |
| 108. |  Mary Hoff@mkhoff #Science & #environment communicator and editor in chief of Ensia magazine. Tweets are my own. linkedin.com/in/maryhoff • Crocodiles (The Wild World of Ani... • Snakes (The Wild World of Animals... • Polar Bears Minnesota linkedin.com/in/maryhoff/ 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 40% new, 2% replies, 49% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,335 | 232 |
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| 110. |  Gaia Vince@WanderingGaia Writer, broadcaster, author (Adventures In The Anthropocene amzn.to/1KKAUc7) on a voyage around the world meeting the remarkable. Next book out 2019. • Adventures in the Anthropocene Earth WanderingGaia.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 13% new, 29% replies, 45% retweets, 13% quotes | 5,287 | 269 |
| 111. |  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 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 26% new, 37% replies, 30% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,256 | 294 |
| 112. |  Tanya Lewis@tanyalewis314 Assistant News Editor @SciAm and Advances editor. 'I learn less and less about more and more until I know nothing about everything.' Tweets are my own opinion. New York tanyaalewis.com 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 18% new, 11% replies, 61% retweets, 10% quotes | 5,168 | 188 |
| 113. |  Leah Crane@DownHereOnEarth Space & physics reporter for @NewScientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. Cambridge via Chicago 5 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 8% new, 77% replies, 7% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,158 | 199 |
| 114. |  Lisa Song@lisalsong Environment reporter @ProPublica. Formerly @InsideClimate. Fan of geology, cats. [email protected] • The Dilbit Disaster • Exxon: The Road Not Taken New York, NY propublica.org 5 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 18% new, 17% replies, 57% retweets, 7% quotes | 5,154 | 319 |