List of scienceers on Google+

Are you looking for cool science news and thoughts on Google+? Check out this spreadsheet, which collects a bunch of scientists, science writers, and other related people into one place. You can even circle them en-masse! (Thanks Chris Robinson!)

Maggie Koerth-Baker is the science editor at BoingBoing.net. She writes a monthly column for The New York Times Magazine and is the author of Before the Lights Go Out, a book about electricity, infrastructure, and the future of energy. You can find Maggie on Twitter and Facebook.

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billstewart

En masse. And according to Eric Schmidt, Google Plus is an identity service, not a social network – why would we expect to find news there?
Thomas Huber

Thanks! – signed with my google+ identity service account.
Manny

So if I put my name in the spreadsheet (as instructed), then a bunch of other people will be adding me as a science resource? What if Google checks my diplomas and yanks my account for being a fake scientist?
Giles

This is very, very, very resourceful/neat.
Camp Freddie

Nice. I’d add myself, but:

1) Not sure I want my email address on any spam-firendly lists. My g-mail is pleasantly spam free at the moment.

2) I’m not an academic (see also 3). I’m at the coal face, rather than the cutting edge if you’ll excuse the mixed metaphor.

3) Nymwars. Most importantly, I’m not sure I want people to know who I am, or link my ‘business’ and ‘pleasure’ opinions. Also, I may give complex opinions on controversial subjects like animal testing, so I don’t want insane activists digging up my gran because I failed to comprehensively condemn it. I admit the risks are low, since I’m not some vivisectionist (unless pond life experiments count as vivisection), but why risk retaliation for a social network I hardly ever use.
Tzctboin

Such a shame, I deleted my account a couple of days ago (no, you can’t have my real name).