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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, public speaker. Wrote a book on Curiosity rover. Asteroid 274860. • The Design and Engineering of Cur... Pasadena, CA planetary.org/emily 10 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 8% new, 31% replies, 49% retweets, 12% quotes | 149,570 | 4,655 |
| 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 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 14% new, 69% replies, 10% retweets, 7% quotes | 79,155 | 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 9 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 16/day • 34% new, 55% replies, 7% retweets, 4% quotes | 62,715 | 2,571 |
| 4. |  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 10 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 13% new, 47% replies, 20% retweets, 20% quotes | 46,010 | 2,252 |
| 5. |  Emily Calandrelli@TheSpaceGal Emmy-Nominated Host, Host/Executive Producer for #XplorationOuterSpace on FOX, Author - Ada Lace Series, WVU & @MIT grad • Ada Lace and the Suspicious Artis... • Ada Lace Adventures Collection • Ada Lace and the Impossible Missi... San Francisco, CA thespacegal.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 12% new, 51% replies, 17% retweets, 20% quotes | 44,772 | 882 |
| 6. |  Andrea Morris@DraisyMorris Redheaded stepchild. Sometimes I make things on TV. Mostly I write about arts & science. Journalist. @Forbes @SOCA_LA w/@PaulEkman. Nat'l Asso. Science Writers • The Science Of On-Camera Acting Los Angeles, CA forbes.com/sites/andreamo… 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 21% new, 25% replies, 51% retweets, 2% quotes *Follows 0.61 feeds per follower | 43,033* | 363 |
| 7. |  Maryn McKenna@marynmck @WIRED columnist, journalist, @SchusterInst fellow, TED | BIG CHICKEN (PLUCKED), SUPERBUG, BEATING BACK THE DEVIL | [email protected] | avi: @rachel_suggs • Big Chicken • Superbug • Beating Back the Devil ATL, BGR, CDG marynmckenna.com 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 10% new, 33% replies, 45% retweets, 12% quotes | 38,497 | 1,935 |
| 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 29/day • 67% new, 2% replies, 31% retweets, 0% quotes | 35,853 | 1,670 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.8/day • 9% new, 20% replies, 70% retweets, 2% quotes | 34,059 | 1,070 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 23/day • 25% new, 7% replies, 62% retweets, 6% quotes | 34,020 | 1,681 |
| 11. |  Virginia Hughes@virginiahughes Science Editor, @BuzzFeedNews. Pro nutgraf, pro dog, anti sap. Brooklyn, NY virginiahughes.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 44% new, 11% replies, 35% retweets, 10% quotes | 33,551 | 1,410 |
| 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. • Autonomous: A Novel • Scatter, Adapt, and Remember • She's Such a Geek California techsploitation.com 11 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 2% new, 96% replies, 1% retweets, 0% quotes | 33,495 | 1,871 |
| 13. |  Ariel Waldman@arielwaldman NASA advisor. Antarctic explorer (Nov 2018). 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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 16% new, 54% replies, 18% retweets, 12% quotes | 32,640 | 1,713 |
| 14. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 37% new, 18% replies, 39% retweets, 6% quotes | 29,056 | 1,208 |
| 15. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 32% new, 28% replies, 25% retweets, 16% quotes | 28,994 | 863 |
| 16. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 14% new, 60% replies, 15% retweets, 10% quotes | 28,769 | 1,786 |
| 17. |  Mika McKinnon@mikamckinnon Field geophysicist, disaster researcher, scifi science consultant, science writer, public speaker, irrepressibly curious. West Coast about.me/mikamckinnon 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 5% new, 71% replies, 3% retweets, 22% quotes | 28,243 | 1,005 |
| 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 7 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 6% new, 63% replies, 12% retweets, 18% quotes | 27,594 | 1,075 |
| 19. |  Alice Bell@alicebell I work for a climate charity. But this is me, not them. PhD in science communication and too many years working in universities or museums. London climatehistories.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 14/day • 20% new, 44% replies, 33% retweets, 4% quotes | 25,396 | 1,308 |
| 20. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 18% new, 69% replies, 3% retweets, 11% quotes | 25,276 | 800 |
| 21. |  sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt@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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 69% new, 3% replies, 26% retweets, 3% quotes | 25,148 | 1,837 |
| 22. |  Julia Belluz@juliaoftoronto Health correspondent @voxdotcom #medicine #science #publichealth MIT Knight Fellow '14. Contact me securely @ KeyBase: jbelluz Washington, DC juliabelluz.com 9 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 26% new, 19% replies, 46% retweets, 8% quotes | 23,016 | 1,122 |
| 23. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 7% new, 37% replies, 50% retweets, 6% quotes | 22,801 | 975 |
| 24. |  Carin Anne Bondar@carinbondar PhD Biologist, Jungle Warrior, Author #WildSex & #WildMoms TV Host, TED talker, Mom. Nutjob. carinbondar.com wacky chilliwack carinbondar.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 54% new, 11% replies, 21% retweets, 14% quotes | 22,646 | 913 |
| 25. |  Mariette DiChristina@mdichristina Editor in Chief, @sciam. EVP, Editorial & Publishing, Magazines, Nature Research. All opinions expressed are my own. RTs are not endorsements. New York ScientificAmerican.com 8 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 28% new, 11% replies, 43% retweets, 16% quotes | 21,008 | 1,228 |
| 26. |  Gwen Pearson@bug_gwen I'm a bug AND a feature! I do insect outreach and write about science. Founder of @ento_allies. Tweets personal/do not represent employers etc etc 🐝 she/her Low Earth Orbit, Indiana bit.ly/GwenPearson 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 28% new, 29% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes | 20,323 | 1,024 |
| 27. |  Joss Fong@JossFong Video, science | [email protected] Washington, DC youtube.com/vox 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 32% new, 29% replies, 29% retweets, 10% quotes | 20,109 | 304 |
| 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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 8% new, 48% replies, 35% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,953 | 912 |
| 29. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 18% new, 21% replies, 51% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,391 | 910 |
| 30. |  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 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 13/day • 16% new, 67% replies, 7% retweets, 10% quotes | 19,318 | 849 |
| 31. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 26% new, 37% replies, 27% retweets, 12% quotes | 19,244 | 1,000 |
| 32. |  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 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 41% new, 3% replies, 51% retweets, 4% quotes | 18,980 | 901 |
| 33. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 28% new, 25% replies, 37% retweets, 10% quotes | 18,465 | 484 |
| 34. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 10% new, 47% replies, 33% retweets, 10% quotes | 17,858 | 969 |
| 35. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 34% new, 31% replies, 24% retweets, 11% quotes | 17,312 | 886 |
| 36. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.4/day • 17% new, 23% replies, 59% retweets, 2% quotes | 17,211 | 832 |
| 37. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 18/day • 26% new, 49% replies, 13% retweets, 12% quotes | 16,888 | 938 |
| 38. |  Miriam Kramer@mirikramer @Mashable science editor. Always a space reporter. It's not aliens. It's never aliens. [email protected] DMs open and a mess. Now: NYC. Before: Tennessee. mashable.com/category/space 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 24% new, 43% replies, 21% retweets, 10% quotes | 16,745 | 613 |
| 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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 24% new, 34% replies, 37% retweets, 6% quotes | 15,810 | 552 |
| 40. |  Hannah Devlin@hannahdev The Guardian's Science Correspondent. Send me your stories: [email protected] London theguardian.com/science 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 18% new, 32% replies, 37% retweets, 12% quotes | 15,631 | 617 |
| 41. |  rae paoletta@PAYOLETTER senior editor of TV & video @adexchanger. ad tech bad boy. writing a book about animals in space rep'd by @jeffdshreve//[email protected] nyc raepaoletta.com 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 15/day • 22% new, 63% replies, 7% retweets, 8% quotes | 15,356 | 445 |
| 42. |  Alexandra Sifferlin@acsifferlin Senior Editor, Health & Science @Medium. Previously @TIME, @TIMEHealth New York City alexandrasifferlin.com 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 37% new, 15% replies, 35% retweets, 14% quotes | 14,616 | 549 |
| 43. |  Maddie Stone@themadstone Writer, nerd, managing editor @EARTH3R by @Gizmodo. @GMGUnion. Earth & enviro science PhD. DMs open. Philadelphia, PA kinja.com/maddiestone 7 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 36% new, 39% replies, 21% retweets, 4% quotes | 14,191 | 559 |
| 44. |  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/ 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 16% new, 19% replies, 30% retweets, 36% quotes | 13,920 | 748 |
| 45. |  Christie Aschwanden@cragcrest Lead writer for science @FiveThirtyEight Evidence-based journalist, book critic, essayist. My parties have dancing. christieaschwanden.com • Good to Go Colorado fivethirtyeight.com 9 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 34% new, 21% replies, 27% retweets, 18% quotes | 13,580 | 674 |
| 46. |  Angela Saini@AngelaDSaini Independent science journalist and author. BBC and ITN alumna. AAAS Kavli Award. Physics World Book of the Year INFERIOR out now: tinyurl.com/yc5azc9l • Superior • Inferior • Geek Nation North London angelasaini.co.uk 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.6/day • 2% new, 41% replies, 50% retweets, 7% quotes | 13,527 | 368 |
| 47. |  Jennifer Harrison@GeneticJen Science, feminism, LGBTQIA, coding silly stuff. Scottish in Yorkshire. 日本語も. Millenial ruining everything. She/her. On a mote of dust ko-fi.com/A220JQR 4 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 11/day • 12% new, 65% replies, 16% retweets, 6% quotes | 12,971 | 271 |
| 48. |  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. • Ecstatic Dandelions • What's in Your Genes? • Little Cells (a Beatrice the Biol... Los Angeles, CA beatricebiologist.com Patreon page 8 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 31% new, 59% replies, 7% retweets, 3% quotes | 12,876 | 466 |
| 49. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 17/day • 36% new, 36% replies, 23% retweets, 5% quotes | 12,868 | 691 |
| 50. |  Shannon Stirone@shannonmstirone Freelance writer. Art Historian. I like planets. Bylines @PopSci @NYTimes @TheAtlantic @NewRepublic @Wired & others. Opinions are mine. 📡 Bay Area, CA shannonstirone.com 4 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 20/day • 14% new, 64% replies, 11% retweets, 11% quotes | 12,468 | 358 |
| 51. |  Nancy Shute@nancyshute Editor in chief of Science News. Science + journalism = !!! Washington, DC 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 26% new, 17% replies, 50% retweets, 8% quotes | 12,125 | 826 |
| 52. |  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 9 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 34% new, 29% replies, 33% retweets, 4% quotes | 11,822 | 690 |
| 53. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 14% new, 33% replies, 30% retweets, 23% quotes | 11,471 | 648 |
| 54. |  Clara Moskowitz@ClaraMoskowitz Senior Editor at Scientific American, covering space & physics. Views expressed are my own. New York, NY scientificamerican.com 8 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.9/day • 32% new, 18% replies, 49% retweets, 1% quotes | 11,328 | 574 |
| 55. |  Robin Lloyd@robinlloyd99 contributing editor @sciam & @spectrum, faculty @nyu_journalism, vp board @sciencewriting, robinlloyd at protonmail dot com 10 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 17% new, 8% replies, 70% retweets, 5% quotes | 10,716 | 646 |
| 56. |  Elizabeth Lopatto@mslopatto Deputy editor @verge. Tip me: [email protected] She/her Oakland, California elizabethlopatto.com 7 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 25% new, 49% replies, 19% retweets, 7% quotes | 10,683 | 486 |
| 57. |  Lena V. Groeger@lenagroeger science journalist & designer, news apps developer @ProPublica. @SND @NAHJ San Francisco, CA lenagroeger.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 26% new, 21% replies, 39% retweets, 14% quotes | 10,365 | 718 |
| 58. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 16% new, 14% replies, 52% retweets, 18% quotes | 9,776 | 391 |
| 59. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 18% new, 47% replies, 17% retweets, 18% quotes | 9,710 | 395 |
| 60. |  Erika Check Hayden@Erika_Check Director, @UCSC_SciCom Science Communication Program: scicom.ucsc.edu. @NatureNews alum. Bay Area erikacheck.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 16% new, 21% replies, 53% retweets, 10% quotes | 9,615 | 599 |
| 61. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 26% new, 25% replies, 35% retweets, 14% quotes | 9,214 | 500 |
| 62. |  Marilynn Marchione@MMarchioneAP I cover major medical meetings, write national health stories for the Associated Press and bike to work whenever I can. [email protected] ap.org 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1.0/day • 8% new, 8% replies, 61% retweets, 22% quotes | 9,212 | 493 |
| 63. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 34% new, 17% replies, 35% retweets, 14% quotes | 9,138 | 759 |
| 64. |  Katherine H. Courage@KHCourage Science writer. @SciAm. @CSUNaturalSci. Etc. Author of OCTOPUS! amzn.to/17xUF5R & forthcoming book about the microbiome + food. Runner. Gardener. Nerd. Longmont, CO katherinecourage.com 10 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 39% new, 3% replies, 36% retweets, 22% quotes | 9,077 | 564 |
| 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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 8/day • 22% new, 45% replies, 26% retweets, 7% quotes | 9,075 | 374 |
| 66. |  Melinda Wenner Moyer@lindy2350 Science journalist. Contributing editor @SciAm, columnist @Slate, NYU visiting scholar, 2018 Alicia Patterson fellow, 2017 National Magazine Award finalist. Hudson Valley, NY melindawennermoyer.com 11 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: <0.05/day • 19% new, 43% replies, 26% retweets, 12% quotes | 8,989 | 548 |
| 67. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 17% new, 20% replies, 46% retweets, 17% quotes | 8,972 | 597 |
| 68. |  Sheril Kirshenbaum@Sheril_ Exec Dir of @SciDebate. Author. Mom. Host of Serving Up Science on @WKAR & @michiganstateu’s 'Our Table.’ Politics. Science. Food. • The Science of Kissing • Unscientific America • Unscientific America (Large Print... East Lansing, MI sherilkirshenbaum.com 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 29% new, 50% replies, 11% retweets, 10% quotes | 8,946 | 712 |
| 69. |  Sarah Zhang@sarahzhang staff writer @TheAtlantic, eukaryote // email: [email protected] DC sarzha.com 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.2/day • 43% new, 25% replies, 24% retweets, 8% quotes | 8,935 | 349 |
| 70. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 12% new, 12% replies, 63% retweets, 12% quotes | 8,898 | 523 |
| 71. |  Arielle Duhaime-Ross@adrs Climate & Science Correspondent, @HBO's VICE News Tonight • [email protected] • Signal ONLY: 917-933-0537 • 🇨🇦🇹🇹, QPOC, GNC, She/Her/Hers New York City (et Montréal) arielleduhaimeross.com 7 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 0.1/day • 45% new, 21% replies, 30% retweets, 4% quotes | 8,873 | 407 |
| 72. |  Deborah Netburn@DeborahNetburn Staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. The desert is my temple. Los Angeles latimes.com/sciencenow 8 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 29% new, 29% replies, 32% retweets, 10% quotes | 8,606 | 338 |
| 73. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 14% new, 41% replies, 37% retweets, 8% quotes | 8,483 | 190 |
| 74. |  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 clippings.me/hannahjwaters 8 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 10% new, 13% replies, 67% retweets, 10% quotes | 8,448 | 583 |
| 75. |  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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 20% new, 7% replies, 56% retweets, 16% quotes | 8,290 | 389 |
| 76. |  Kim Kowal Arcand@kimberlykowal Visualization lead for @chandraxray; Latest science book: “Magnitude: The Scale of the Universe.' Opinions=my own 🛰️https://t.co/jHO1Tw8JYW RI, USA chandra.si.edu 10 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 10% new, 75% replies, 11% retweets, 4% quotes | 8,148 | 323 |
| 77. |  Rose DF@_Astro_Nerd_ Space / Bio / Physics / #Científica / Storyteller / Speeches are good, but good deeds are better. / Las opiniones son mías / Likes = bookmarks. New York, NY about.me/rosedf 4 yrs, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 30/day • 7% new, 73% replies, 15% retweets, 5% quotes | 7,943 | 180 |
| 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. Dublin tinyurl.com/cb5ht3q 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 9/day • 24% new, 22% replies, 53% retweets, 1% quotes | 7,909 | 339 |
| 79. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 30% new, 21% replies, 32% retweets, 16% quotes | 7,532 | 436 |
| 80. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 34% new, 33% replies, 17% retweets, 16% quotes | 7,507 | 399 |
| 81. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 21% new, 49% replies, 22% retweets, 8% quotes | 7,373 | 514 |
| 82. |  Lisa Grossman@astrolisa Astronomy reporter at Science News, lifelong astronomy nerd. Ideas my own. She/her/hers Cambridge, MA 9 yrs, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 22% new, 44% replies, 19% retweets, 15% quotes | 7,191 | 409 |
| 83. |  Emily Mullin@emilylmullin Independent journalist writing about the cutting edge of medicine. Science writing instructor, @johnshopkins. Previously: @techreview. [email protected] Baltimore, MD emilymullin.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 25% new, 28% replies, 43% retweets, 4% quotes | 7,163 | 354 |
| 84. |  Natasha Geiling@ngeiling studying @berkeleylaw, formerly writing about the environment @thinkprogress. live every day like it's scorpio season. Berkeley, CA 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 22% new, 23% replies, 23% retweets, 32% quotes | 7,040 | 318 |
| 85. |  Ainissa Ramirez@ainissaramirez A scientist (and science evangelist) who aims to awaken the inner scientist in everyone. Lectures and writes about #STEM and podcasts too. @scienceundrgrnd. • Newton's Football New England ainissaramirez.com 8 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 48% new, 6% replies, 33% retweets, 13% quotes | 6,795 | 396 |
| 86. |  Kris Hirst@archaeology writer, editor, archaeologist, Thoughtco.com archaeology expert • The Archaeologist's Book of Quota... American midwest thoughtco.com/archaeology-41… 10 yrs, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 94% new, 3% replies, 2% retweets, 0% quotes | 6,707 | 408 |
| 87. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 10/day • 21% new, 37% replies, 31% retweets, 11% quotes | 6,702 | 432 |
| 88. |  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, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 10% new, 49% replies, 31% retweets, 10% quotes | 6,687 | 362 |
| 89. |  Nidhi Subbaraman@NidhiSubs Science reporter/Sunday news editor @BuzzFeedNews. Email: [email protected] Secure: contact.buzzfeed.com Past: @BostonGlobe @NBCNews Washington, DC nidhisubbaraman.com 9 yrs, 10 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 29% new, 13% replies, 48% retweets, 10% quotes | 6,642 | 415 |
| 90. |  Gabrielle Birkman@GabriellBirkman Math, sci-history & tech writer, polymath, former actress, waffler...I can't decide. #WomeninSTEM My tweets are part of the collective. Resistance was futile. Los Angeles, CA gabriellebirkman.com 9 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 16% new, 15% replies, 61% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,609 | 111 |
| 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, 2 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 39% new, 25% replies, 25% retweets, 11% quotes | 6,543 | 268 |
| 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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 0.7/day • 17% new, 61% replies, 11% retweets, 11% quotes | 6,405 | 328 |
| 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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 36% new, 10% replies, 54% retweets, 0% quotes | 6,404 | 351 |
| 94. |  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, 7 mos on Twitter Tweets: 6/day • 18% new, 51% replies, 16% retweets, 14% quotes | 6,231 | 243 |
| 95. |  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, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 50% new, 13% replies, 30% retweets, 7% quotes | 6,231 | 296 |
| 96. |  Allie Wilkinson@AllieWilkinson Freelance science journalist. Founder of @lookslikesci. Marine biologist at heart. Member of SEJ, NASW, SCB Washington, DC alliewilkinson.com 10 yrs, 0 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 36% new, 16% replies, 39% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,148 | 543 |
| 97. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 25% new, 0% replies, 54% retweets, 21% quotes | 6,073 | 443 |
| 98. |  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, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 34/day • 9% new, 39% replies, 25% retweets, 26% quotes | 6,071 | 419 |
| 99. |  Kathleen Frey Raven@inkkr Science writer. Genetics & hearing loss & stem cells & statistics & data // #FutureIsFemale // Siga la lucha // In flight 9 yrs, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 46% new, 8% replies, 38% retweets, 8% quotes | 6,025 | 362 |
| 100. |  Emily Conover@emcconover Reporter at @sciencenews, bringing you the juiciest physics news. Washington, DC emilyconover.net 5 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 30% new, 41% replies, 21% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,865 | 177 |
| 101. |  Emma Marris@Emma_Marris Environmental writer in Oregon. House-made hot takes on novel ecosystems, urban ecology, kids in nature, environmental ethics, wolves, fake meat, weeds, etc. • Rambunctious Garden Klamath Falls, OR emmamarris.com 7 yrs, 9 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 18% new, 21% replies, 47% retweets, 14% quotes | 5,825 | 265 |
| 102. |  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 • Poseidon's Steed UK helenscales.com 9 yrs, 6 mos on Twitter Tweets: 3/day • 20% new, 49% replies, 19% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,572 | 258 |
| 103. |  Hillary Rosner@hillaryrosner Independent journalist in the medium formerly known as print. • Go Green, Live Rich Boulder, CO hillaryr.net 9 yrs, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 1/day • 62% new, 13% replies, 13% retweets, 12% quotes | 5,392 | 362 |
| 104. |  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, 1 mo on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 38% new, 10% replies, 51% retweets, 1% quotes | 5,298 | 334 |
| 105. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 39% new, 1% replies, 51% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,281 | 231 |
| 106. |  Emily@seelix Yes, I am a master of disguise & trained as a forensic anthropologist. No, I'm not a supervillain. she or they 💙💜💖 10 yrs, 3 mos on Twitter Tweets: 12/day • 18% new, 22% replies, 56% retweets, 4% quotes | 5,262 | 379 |
| 107. |  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, 4 mos on Twitter Tweets: 7/day • 10% new, 17% replies, 63% retweets, 10% quotes | 5,238 | 266 |
| 108. |  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, 8 mos on Twitter Tweets: 4/day • 28% new, 38% replies, 26% retweets, 8% quotes | 5,217 | 291 |
| 109. |  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, 5 mos on Twitter Tweets: 2/day • 17% new, 6% replies, 64% retweets, 13% quotes | 5,123 | 188 |
| 110. |  Lisa Song@lisalsong Environment reporter @ProPublica. Formerly @InsideClimate. Fan of geology, cats. [email protected] New York, NY propublica.org 5 yrs, 5 mos on Twitter | 5,027 | 308 |
| 111. |  Meg Rosenburg@trueanomalies planetary science PhD | #scicomm & #histSTM | freelancer, filmmaker, podcaster | megrosenburg.com | And what you do, do it unfeignedly. Somerville, MA megrosenburg.com 5 yrs, 11 mos on Twitter Tweets: 5/day • 12% new, 23% replies, 51% retweets, 14% quotes | 5,005 | 322 |