Marine biologist and conservationist David Shiffman was an early power user and evangelist for science engagement on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter. Over the years, he trained ...

Scientists adapt to a new era of networking amidst the rise and challenges of online platforms. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Networking is at the core of what it is to be an ...

Shiffman and Wester targeted scientists, science communicators, and science educators who used (or had used) both Twitter and Bluesky. Questions explored user attitudes toward, and experiences with, ...

“A study examining 2.6m Bluesky posts referencing more than 500,000 scholarly articles over the past two and a half years found they demonstrated ‘substantially higher levels of interaction’ — likes, ...

Good morning, I’m back! And I can barely believe all the news that happened while I was away. On vacation, my biggest concern was a broken milkshake machine at a highway McDonald’s. Why are they ...

Katie Palmer covers telehealth, clinical artificial intelligence, and the health data economy — with an emphasis on the impacts of digital health care for patients, providers, and businesses. You can ...

The headline of a recent story on CNBC claimed, “Scientists Are Using Twitter to Measure the Impact of Climate Change.” I did a double-take and checked the calendar to make sure this was not April ...

Neil deGrasse Tyson is having a pretty rough year on Twitter so far. America's most famous astrophysicist was, until fairly recently, beloved as the apparent heir to Carl Sagan. Fans seemed to see him ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

Technology minister Liz Kendall called the nonconsensual images of women and minors ‘absolutely appalling’. So far 14 of the 17 of largest pharmaceutical companies have agreed to lower drug prices in ...