Live Science
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Type of site | News website |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Purch (Future) |
Editor | Alexander McNamara |
URL | www |
Commercial | Yes |
Launched | 2004 |
Live Science is a science news website. The publication features stories on a wide range of topics, including space, animals, health, archaeology, human behavior, and planet Earth. It also includes a reference section with links to other websites. Its stated mission is to inform and entertain readers about science and the world around them.[1]
History
Live Science was originally made in 2004. It was acquired by ediaNetwork, later called Purch, in 2009.[2] Purch consumer brands (including Live Science) were acquired by Future in 2018. [3]
Reception
In 2011, the Columbia Journalism Review's "News Startups Guide" called Live Science "a purebred Web animal, primarily featuring one-off stories and photo galleries produced at high speed by its mostly young staffers, almost all of whom have journalism degrees," noting that, "If you are looking for resource-intensive expositions of global warming, for instance, or thickly narrated journeys into the research process, LiveScience [sic] will disappoint. The site carries the big science news of the day, but its strength lies in the quirky diversity of its other content–oddball studies overlooked by major news organizations."[4]
Awards
2007: Winner, Award for Specialty Site Journalism (large or anization) from the Online Journalism Awards.[5]
2008, 2010: Honoree, ebsites and Mobile Sites, Science from the Webby Awards.[6][7]
2021: Listed as one of the top 10 science websites from the website "Make Use Of".[8]
Live Science was ranked in RealClearScience's "Top 10 Websites for Science" from 2016 to 2023.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
References
- ^ "LiveScience – About Us". LiveScience. 10 March 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Ali, Rafat (26 October 2014). "Space.com & Related Sites Acquired by TopTenReviews". GigaOm. Knowingly, Inc. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Purch sells B2C imprints to global specialist media publisher Future in $132m deal". The Drum. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ Norman, Brett. "LiveScience". Columbia Journalism Review. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ^ "2007 Specialty Site Journalism Winner". Online Journalism Awards. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Websites and Mobile Sites Science 2008". The Webby Awards. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "Websites and Mobile Sites Science 2010". The Webby Awards. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ "The Top 10 Websites to Get Your Daily Dose of Science". Make Use Of. 9 November 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (13 November 2016). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2016". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (4 December 2017). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2017". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (10 December 2018). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2018". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (12 December 2019). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2019". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (17 December 2019). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2020". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (13 December 2021). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2021". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (13 December 2022). "The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2022". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- ^ Ross Pomeroy (18 December 2023). "The Top Websites for Science in 2023". realclearscience.com. Retrieved 27 February 2024.