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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. Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 8% new, 47% replies, 25% retweets, 19% quotes | 157,154 | 4,784 |
| 2. |  🏳️🌈 Cara Santa Maria 🏳️🌈@CaraSantaMaria #SciCommFTW | Host: @TalkNerdy_Pod @SkepticsGuide #FixedThatForYou | Cofounder: @SciCommCamp @NerdBrigadeLA | On TV: @BillNyeSaves @NatGeoChannel she/her Los Angeles carasantamaria.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 85% new, 8% replies, 3% retweets, 4% quotes | 79,764 | 2,057 |
| 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 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 34% new, 54% replies, 8% retweets, 4% quotes | 63,285 | 2,597 |
| 4. |  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 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 8% new, 74% replies, 11% retweets, 7% quotes | 51,039 | 951 |
| 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 Oakland, CA rebeccaskloot.com 11 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 51% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 45,797 | 2,228 |
| 6. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 14% new, 33% replies, 51% retweets, 2% quotes *Follows 0.62 feeds per follower | 42,155* | 351 |
| 7. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck @WIRED columnist, journalist, senior fellow @EmoryCSHH, TED | BIG CHICKEN (PLUCKED), SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL | [email protected] | avi: @rachel_suggs ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 15% new, 43% replies, 31% retweets, 12% quotes | 40,021 | 1,945 |
| 8. |  Ariel Waldman@arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer. Author. Field microscopist. Global director @ScienceHackDay. YouTuber youtube.com/arielwaldman. Art school grad. San Francisco arielwaldman.com Patreon page 12 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 11% new, 48% replies, 31% retweets, 10% quotes | 38,416 | 1,740 |
| 9. |  Jennifer Ouellette@JenLucPiquant Science writer Jennifer Ouellette. Senior reporter, Ars Technica. Past: Gizmodo. Ex-evangelical. Married to @seanmcarroll. Los Angeles, CA cocktailpartyphysics.com 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 29/day • 48% new, 8% replies, 44% retweets, 0% quotes | 37,402 | 1,698 |
| 10. |  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 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 2% new, 69% replies, 7% retweets, 22% quotes | 37,107 | 1,105 |
| 11. |  Elizabeth Kolbert@ElizKolbert I am a New Yorker staff writer and author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe and The Sixth Extinction. ElizabethKolbert.com 5 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 9% new, 22% replies, 67% retweets, 2% quotes | 36,203 | 1,124 |
| 12. |  Deborah Blum@deborahblum Book author, Science journalist, blogger, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 23/day • 18% new, 5% replies, 67% retweets, 10% quotes | 35,215 | 1,691 |
| 13. |  Annalee Newitz@Annaleen I write science fiction and science journalism. Author: Autonomous. Podcast: @ooacpod. Founder: io9. More info: techsploitation.com. Any pronoun. I ❤️ noodles. California techsploitation.com 12 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 8% new, 83% replies, 8% retweets, 2% quotes | 34,895 | 1,901 |
| 14. |  Loren Grush@lorengrush Senior science reporter at @verge, covering all things space. Host of #VergeSpaceCraft. Texas-bred: Clear eyes, full hearts. [email protected] New York, NY theverge.com/authors/loren-… 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 16% new, 67% replies, 11% retweets, 6% quotes | 34,672 | 1,032 |
| 15. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Science Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 58% new, 5% replies, 31% retweets, 6% quotes | 34,436 | 1,421 |
| 16. |  Maggie Koerth-Baker@maggiekb1 Senior Science Reporter at @FiveThirtyEight. Nieman Fellow. Science and society = my jam. Occasional cute kid stories. She/Her. Minneapolis, MN maggiekb.com 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 20% new, 52% replies, 16% retweets, 12% quotes | 31,092 | 1,813 |
| 17. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 52% new, 20% replies, 25% retweets, 3% quotes | 30,684 | 1,274 |
| 18. |  Erin Biba@erinbiba Science Journalist -- BBC, Scientific American, PopSci, The Daily Beast, Gizmodo, Earther, Dame, WIRED and others. Fact Checker. The Cliffs of Insanity 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 6% new, 51% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes | 30,474 | 1,046 |
| 19. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 8% new, 59% replies, 14% retweets, 19% quotes | 28,467 | 1,066 |
| 20. |  Alice Bell@alicebell Co-run a climate charity. Also writing a book on the history of the climate crisis. Former journo, academic and museum worker. [email protected] London climatehistories.com/who 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 24% new, 54% replies, 17% retweets, 5% quotes | 26,416 | 1,327 |
| 21. |  Nadia Drake@nadiamdrake Contributing writer @natgeo. Former ballet dancer, slightly obsessed with planets (and MOONS), jungles and spiders. Champagneophile. PhD. 8 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 20% new, 67% replies, 1% retweets, 12% quotes | 26,108 | 822 |
| 22. |  𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 “𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐭 𝐁” (⧖)@GrrlScientist evolutionary ecologist & ornithologist writes about science @Forbes & @Medium. Also: @BCI_journal, @BirdNoteRadio & more. Formerly @Guardian. Ravenclaw. Cynic. 40.7619, -73.9763 about.me/grrlscientist 10 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 52% new, 11% replies, 31% retweets, 7% quotes | 25,369 | 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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 20% new, 11% replies, 59% retweets, 10% quotes | 24,762 | 1,164 |
| 24. |  Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar Scientific Storyteller. Ambivert. Philosopher. bondarmedia.com carinbondar.com British Columbia, Canada bondarmedia.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 67% new, 7% replies, 17% retweets, 8% quotes | 22,667 | 911 |
| 25. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science | [email protected] New York, NY youtube.com/vox 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 28% new, 32% replies, 31% retweets, 9% quotes | 22,263 | 314 |
| 26. |  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 Low Earth Orbit, Indiana bit.ly/GwenPearson 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 20% new, 39% replies, 31% retweets, 10% quotes | 22,016 | 1,047 |
| 27. |  Sarah Cruddas@sarahcruddas Space journalist, broadcaster & author. New space advocate. Background in astrophysics. I love space, travel, aviation & adventure. [email protected] Lost in Space geni.us/TheSpaceRace 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 25% new, 27% replies, 31% retweets, 18% quotes | 21,977 | 541 |
| 28. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 20% new, 39% replies, 35% retweets, 6% quotes | 21,829 | 663 |
| 29. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 3% new, 61% replies, 24% retweets, 12% quotes | 21,680 | 938 |
| 30. |  Rose Eveleth ▷▷@roseveleth I make @flashforwardpod 〰〰 futures critic 〰〰 skeptical optimist 〰〰 formerly @30for30 〰〰 she/her 〰〰 Tweets 🗑 in 30 days 〰〰 👽 🤖 ⚡️ 🚀 [email protected] roseveleth.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 23% new, 36% replies, 35% retweets, 6% quotes | 21,432 | 861 |
| 31. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 18% new, 20% replies, 43% retweets, 18% quotes | 21,163 | 1,219 |
| 32. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 10% new, 59% replies, 22% retweets, 9% quotes | 20,728 | 1,033 |
| 33. |  Alexandra Witze@alexwitze Correspondent for Nature, views my own. Reach me (generally) witzescience-at-gmaildotcom or (securely) awitze-at-protonmaildotcom. Boulder, CO lakithebook.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 32% new, 45% replies, 14% retweets, 8% quotes | 20,413 | 1,024 |
| 34. |  Swapna Krishna@skrishna writes: space, tech, star trek/wars, books. words: @1password. ed @syfyfangrrls. @desigeekgirls. formerly @engadget. nonfic agent @annasproul fic @katemckean. Philly Main Line swapnakrishna.com 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 12% new, 75% replies, 4% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,979 | 853 |
| 35. |  Angela Saini@AngelaDSaini Award-winning science journalist and broadcaster for BBC, Guardian, New Scientist, Wired et al. Author of INFERIOR on sexism in science and SUPERIOR on race. North London 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 8% new, 55% replies, 33% retweets, 4% quotes | 19,684 | 457 |
| 36. |  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 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 21% new, 26% replies, 47% retweets, 6% quotes | 19,535 | 914 |
| 37. |  Maggie Fox@maggiemfox I write Health/Science/Tech in plain English. No PR pitches, please. facebook.com/maggiefox.jour… Washington maggiefox.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 20% new, 3% replies, 61% retweets, 16% quotes | 19,451 | 920 |
| 38. |  Shannon Stirone@shannonmstirone Writer. Art Historian. Find me in @PopSci @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @NatGeo @NewRepublic @RollingStone @Wired @Longreads & others. Opinions are mine. Bay Area, CA shannonstirone.com 4 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 21/day • 10% new, 55% replies, 29% retweets, 6% quotes | 19,365 | 447 |
| 39. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer I write the @Axios Space newsletter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. Get in touch: [email protected] Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. link.axios.com/join/space-sig… 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 16% new, 50% replies, 23% retweets, 10% quotes | 18,549 | 652 |
| 40. |  LizNeeley@LizNeeley Executive Director of The @StoryCollider. Lecturer @Yale with @NNCIonline. Compass points: science, storytelling, #scicomm studies & gorgeous design. she/her Washington DC area storycollider.org 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 24% new, 31% replies, 37% retweets, 8% quotes | 18,260 | 904 |
| 41. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 19% new, 55% replies, 18% retweets, 8% quotes | 17,092 | 927 |
| 42. |  Leah Crane@DownHereOnEarth Space & physics reporter for @NewScientist. No longer quantum, not yet relativistic. Cambridge via Chicago 6 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 4% new, 87% replies, 3% retweets, 6% quotes | 16,585 | 243 |
| 43. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev The Guardian's Science Correspondent. Send me your stories: [email protected] London theguardian.com/science 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 19% new, 31% replies, 39% retweets, 12% quotes | 16,394 | 634 |
| 44. |  rae paoletta@PAYOLETTER chief internet officer at @articlegroup//friend to bodega cats//[email protected] nyc articlegroup.com/invite/ 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 20% new, 62% replies, 10% retweets, 8% quotes | 16,212 | 459 |
| 45. |  Alexandra Sifferlin@acsifferlin Deputy Editor @elemental, Health & Science @Medium, Previously @TIME, @TIMEHealth New York City alexandrasifferlin.com 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 45% new, 19% replies, 28% retweets, 8% quotes | 15,719 | 571 |
| 46. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 28% new, 30% replies, 23% retweets, 19% quotes | 15,121 | 705 |
| 47. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Writer, nerd, managing editor @EARTH3R by @Gizmodo. @GMGUnion. Earth & enviro science PhD. DMs open. Philadelphia, PA kinja.com/maddiestone 7 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 29% new, 57% replies, 11% retweets, 4% quotes | 15,084 | 592 |
| 48. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Correspondent, @HBO's VICE News Tonight • science & climate • Tweets delete after 30 days • [email protected] • Secure: [email protected] • She/Her New York City (et Montréal) instagram.com/adrs 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 29% new, 27% replies, 34% retweets, 10% quotes | 15,020 | 489 |
| 49. |  Jennifer Harrison@GeneticJen Science, feminism, LGBTQIA, all the games and making one. 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 11/day • 10% new, 75% replies, 8% retweets, 7% quotes | 14,538 | 279 |
| 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 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 26% new, 43% replies, 25% retweets, 6% quotes | 14,103 | 708 |
| 51. |  Katie Hobson@KatherineHobson Freelance journalist, health & etc., for FiveThirtyEight, NYT Parenting, O magazine + more. Retired Ironman. Runner again, slower this time. I lost on Jeopardy! Brooklyn, NY katherinehobson.com/bio/ 10 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 16% new, 19% replies, 31% retweets, 34% quotes | 13,948 | 745 |
| 52. |  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 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 19% new, 55% replies, 17% retweets, 8% quotes | 13,627 | 472 |
| 53. |  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, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 14% new, 50% replies, 32% retweets, 5% quotes | 13,582 | 261 |
| 54. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Astrobiophysics | She/Her | Quisqueyana | Obsessive moongazer | Views are my own | No hablo por nadie, ni nadie habla por mi. New York, NY about.me/rosedf 4 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 33/day • 4% new, 91% replies, 3% retweets, 2% quotes | 13,270 | 248 |
| 55. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 59% replies, 23% retweets, 2% quotes | 12,549 | 691 |
| 56. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 24% new, 15% replies, 51% retweets, 10% quotes | 12,056 | 822 |
| 57. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 23% new, 22% replies, 37% retweets, 18% quotes | 11,735 | 440 |
| 58. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 9 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 25% new, 15% replies, 57% retweets, 2% quotes | 11,631 | 587 |
| 59. |  Nancy Atkinson@Nancy_A Science journalist & author of new book on Apollo 11, 'Eight Years to the Moon,' amazon.com/gp/product/162… Minnesota nancyatkinson.com 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 16% new, 39% replies, 23% retweets, 22% quotes | 11,519 | 657 |
| 60. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Deputy editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] She/her. Put my cat tweets on television, you cowards. Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 8 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: <0.05/day • 34% new, 39% replies, 19% retweets, 8% quotes | 11,185 | 495 |
| 61. |  Robin Lloyd@RobinLloyd99 reporter, editor, teacher @sciam @nyu_journalism @spectrum @undarkmag 11 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 9% new, 37% replies, 47% retweets, 7% quotes | 11,026 | 646 |
| 62. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote // email: [email protected] DC sarzha.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 36% new, 44% replies, 13% retweets, 8% quotes | 10,903 | 391 |
| 63. |  Lena V. Groeger@lenagroeger science journalist & designer, news apps developer @ProPublica. @SND @NAHJ San Francisco, CA lenagroeger.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 22% replies, 41% retweets, 13% quotes | 10,678 | 723 |
| 64. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 22% new, 55% replies, 13% retweets, 11% quotes | 10,333 | 419 |
| 65. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Science journalist. Contributing editor @SciAm, columnist @Slate. Also @Nytimes, @MotherJones. Writing a book about raising kind kids for @putnambooks. Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 11 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 20% new, 69% replies, 10% retweets, 2% quotes | 10,260 | 565 |
| 66. |  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, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 19% new, 52% replies, 21% retweets, 8% quotes | 10,040 | 401 |
| 67. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 10% new, 4% replies, 65% retweets, 21% quotes | 9,744 | 511 |
| 68. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check Director, @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. @NatureNews alum. Bay Area erikacheck.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 12% new, 29% replies, 47% retweets, 12% quotes | 9,666 | 0 |
| 69. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Exec Dir of @SciDebate. Author. Mom. Host of Serving Up Science podcast. I work at the intersection of climate, food, energy & politics @michiganstateu East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 26% new, 57% replies, 7% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,376 | 724 |
| 70. |  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, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 18% new, 45% replies, 18% retweets, 20% quotes | 9,368 | 500 |
| 71. |  Terri Hansen | Indigenous@TerriHansen Journalist. All Things #Climate 🌏 + #NativeAmericans and global #Indigenous Peoples. Pitches & Tips DM or [email protected] My [email protected] Pacific Northwest muckrack.com/terrihansen 11 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 5% new, 2% replies, 91% retweets, 2% quotes | 9,249 | 536 |
| 72. |  Betsy Mason@betsymason Freelance journalist, geologist, beer snob, calm assertive pack leader. Co-author of the book All Over the Map (Oct. 30 bit.ly/alloverthemap) San Francisco Bay Area betsymason.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 32% new, 19% replies, 35% retweets, 15% quotes | 9,161 | 765 |
| 73. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science writer + editor. Author of CULTURED amzn.to/2TUT5sn and OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R. General nerd for science. Former @SciAm. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 56% new, 13% replies, 15% retweets, 16% quotes | 9,111 | 559 |
| 74. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 15% new, 25% replies, 43% retweets, 17% quotes | 9,083 | 592 |
| 75. |  Deborah Netburn@DeborahNetburn Science and features writer at the Los Angeles Times. The desert is my temple. Los Angeles latimes.com/sciencenow 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 26% new, 18% replies, 49% retweets, 8% quotes | 9,065 | 347 |
| 76. |  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 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 5% new, 75% replies, 17% retweets, 3% quotes | 8,918 | 345 |
| 77. |  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 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 20% new, 21% replies, 48% retweets, 12% quotes | 8,917 | 401 |
| 78. |  hanner@hannahjwaters words and birds 🌾senior associate editor @audubonsociety. stands up for the common bird. #blm she/her. write for me: [email protected] NYC/BK 8 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 19% new, 7% replies, 70% retweets, 4% quotes | 8,671 | 574 |
| 79. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 28% new, 51% replies, 13% retweets, 8% quotes | 8,514 | 437 |
| 80. |  Emily Mullin@emilylmullin Freelance journalist writing about science, medicine + biotech. Science writing instructor, @johnshopkins. Formerly of @techreview. [email protected] Baltimore, MD 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 26% new, 31% replies, 41% retweets, 2% quotes | 8,171 | 370 |
| 81. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 32% new, 44% replies, 23% retweets, 2% quotes | 8,124 | 341 |
| 82. |  Michelle Nijhuis@nijhuism Editor of #LifeUpClose @TheAtlantic. Writer @NatGeoMag & @NYTMag, consigliere @HighCountryNews. Author of BELOVED BEASTS, forthcoming @WWNorton. Mom @GirlBilbo. Columbia River Gorge rhymeswithmyhouse.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 31% new, 33% replies, 23% retweets, 12% quotes | 7,832 | 446 |
| 83. |  kelly oakes@kahoakes science journalist 🚀 bylines at New Scientist, BBC, the i paper, etc 🌍 previously at BuzzFeed 🐱 [email protected] 📧 https://t.co/EsmgC9ayZ4 London via Oldham kellyoak.es 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 35% replies, 25% retweets, 14% quotes | 7,586 | 400 |
| 84. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 22% new, 41% replies, 23% retweets, 14% quotes | 7,506 | 518 |
| 85. |  Tara Haelle@tarahaelle Science/health journalist • mom • feminist • teacher • photographer • author • @Forbes • kid lit • #IRPFellow • #MBL • #AHCJ • #binder • Gryffindor • Texan DFW tarahaelle.net 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 6% new, 27% replies, 61% retweets, 7% quotes | 7,252 | 453 |
| 86. |  Jeanne Garbarino, PhD@JeanneGarb Directs @RockEDU_ Science Outreach at @RockefellerUniv. Social justice & STEM education. Biochemist. Mom. Product of The Bronx. she/her NYC rockefeller.edu/outreach/ 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 7% new, 41% replies, 43% retweets, 9% quotes | 7,213 | 369 |
| 87. |  Ainissa Ramirez@ainissaramirez Scientist. Author. Speaker. #STEM. Books: NEWTON'S FOOTBALL & SAVE OUR SCIENCE. New book in 2020. For speaking engagements contact: jodisolomonspeakers.com New England ainissaramirez.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 51% new, 10% replies, 31% retweets, 9% quotes | 6,949 | 396 |
| 88. |  Pauline Acalin@w00ki33 Spaceflight photojournalist for @Teslarati. Traveler, astrophotographer, tee designer, foodie. Images in Sky & Telescope. Rockets are amazing. pale blue dot instagram.com/pacalin/ 8 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 12% new, 33% replies, 51% retweets, 5% quotes | 6,932 | 190 |
| 89. |  Natasha Geiling@ngeiling studying @berkeleylaw, formerly writing about the environment @thinkprogress. live every day like it's scorpio season. Berkeley, CA 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 30% new, 22% replies, 23% retweets, 26% quotes | 6,838 | 319 |
| 90. |  Sarah Keenihan PhD@sciencesarah ✮ Fan of science, storytelling, keeping busy ✮ Section Editor Science and Technology @ConversationEDU ✮ Adelaide, South Australia theconversation.com/au/technology 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 39% new, 32% replies, 18% retweets, 11% quotes | 6,827 | 271 |
| 91. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Science reporter @BuzzFeedNews. [email protected] Secure: contact.buzzfeed.com Past: @BostonGlobe @NBCNews Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 10 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 36% new, 17% replies, 36% retweets, 12% quotes | 6,822 | 424 |
| 92. |  Rachel Nuwer@RachelNuwer Freelance journalist. Contributes to the NY Times, NatGeo, BBC & more. Author of POACHED. Brooklyn rachelnuwer.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 28% new, 53% replies, 5% retweets, 14% quotes | 6,812 | 343 |
| 93. |  Emily Conover@emcconover Reporter at @sciencenews, bringing you the juiciest physics news. Award-winning science writer and peep dioramist. Washington, DC emilyconover.net 5 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 20% new, 53% replies, 11% retweets, 16% quotes | 6,775 | 196 |
| 94. |  Kris Hirst@archaeology writer, editor, archaeologist, Thoughtco.com archaeology expert American midwest thoughtco.com/archaeology-41… 11 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 100% new, 0% replies, 0% retweets, 0% quotes | 6,744 | 409 |
| 95. |  Karen Weintraub@kweintraub Cover Health/Science news for NYTimes, SciAm, STAT, etc. Teach at MIT and Harvard Extension. Co-wrote books on autism, adult ADHD. Cambridge, Ma karenweintraub.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 37% new, 8% replies, 51% retweets, 4% quotes | 6,703 | 366 |
| 96. |  Katia Moskvitch@SciTech_Cat Biz editor @WIREDUK, contributor @QuantaMagazine, ex @BBCNews & @Nature. Quark-filled Canadian in the UK. Writing a 📖 on neutron stars ✨ https://t.co/O6m9zREd0S London, UK katiamoskvitch.com 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 32% new, 25% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes | 6,569 | 301 |
| 97. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 24% new, 34% replies, 33% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,480 | 280 |
| 98. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 40% new, 17% replies, 29% retweets, 12% quotes | 6,454 | 299 |
| 99. |  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, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 34/day • 17% new, 31% replies, 31% retweets, 22% quotes | 6,400 | 421 |
| 100. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 18% new, 50% replies, 17% retweets, 15% quotes | 6,271 | 234 |
| 101. |  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 Wellington NZ (via London) lauriewinkless.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 16% new, 41% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes | 6,235 | 219 |
| 102. |  Gabrielle Birkman@GabriellBirkman Mathematician & tech writer. Recovering comedian in love w/ sci-history. I'm for #EverybodyInSTEM My tweets are part of the collective. Resistance was futile. Los Angeles, CA gabriellebirkman.com 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 15% new, 19% replies, 62% retweets, 4% quotes | 6,150 | 112 |
| 103. |  Cristine Russell@russellcris Science, enviro, health writer: climate science+policy; the media; women in science. World Conf of Sci Journalists 2017 co-chair; Harvard Kennedy School fellow Cambridge, MA; CT; wherever 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 12% new, 1% replies, 75% retweets, 11% quotes | 6,140 | 444 |
| 104. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Web producer @sciencenews. Award-winning baker. Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 37% new, 15% replies, 39% retweets, 9% quotes | 6,124 | 535 |
| 105. |  Kathleen Raven@inkkr Science writer. Genetics & medicine advances & hearing loss & statistics & those things that make you pause // #FutureIsFemale // Siga la lucha // In flight 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 45% new, 7% replies, 41% retweets, 7% quotes | 6,047 | 354 |
| 106. |  Dr Helen Scales@helenscales Writer. Marine biologist. Author of SPIRALS IN TIME, POSEIDON'S STEED, 11 EXPLORATIONS and EYE OF THE SHOAL UK helenscales.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 14% new, 57% replies, 15% retweets, 13% quotes | 5,882 | 265 |
| 107. |  Lisa Song@lisalsong Environment reporter @ProPublica. Formerly @InsideClimate. Fan of geology, cats. [email protected] New York, NY propublica.org 5 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 25% replies, 47% retweets, 11% quotes | 5,713 | 337 |
| 108. |  Rebecca Boyle@rboyle31 Science journalist. 📝 @TheAtlantic @nytimes @sciam @FiveThirtyEight @TheLWON etc. Resident of the night. 🐕 ❤️ Writing a book about the Moon for @randomhouse Saint Louis, MO rebecca-boyle.com 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 17% new, 57% replies, 13% retweets, 13% quotes | 5,677 | 276 |
| 109. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 52% new, 1% replies, 41% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,508 | 237 |
| 110. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 62% new, 13% replies, 13% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,484 | 361 |
| 111. |  Emily 💙💜💖@seelix Yes, I am a master of disguise & trained as a forensic anthropologist. No, I'm not a supervillain. she/they 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 15% new, 28% replies, 52% retweets, 5% quotes | 5,447 | 374 |
| 112. |  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. Earth WanderingGaia.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 11% new, 31% replies, 46% retweets, 13% quotes | 5,436 | 272 |
| 113. |  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 7 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 16% new, 13% replies, 59% retweets, 10% quotes | 5,411 | 193 |
| 114. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 20% new, 39% replies, 32% retweets, 9% quotes | 5,332 | 305 |
| 115. |  Liz Heinecke@KitchPantrySci Kitchen Pantry Scientist: Kitchen Science Lab for Kids/ Outdoor Science Lab for Kids/ STEAM Lab for Kids/Star Wars Maker Lab/Kitchen Science Lab Edible Edition Minneapolis, MN kitchenpantryscientist.com 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 35% new, 11% replies, 51% retweets, 3% quotes | 5,281 | 330 |
| 116. |  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. 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 44% new, 17% replies, 33% retweets, 6% quotes | 5,249 | 147 |
| 117. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 24% replies, 51% retweets, 14% quotes | 5,006 | 330 |