Live Science is a science news website. It publishes stories in a wide variety of topics such as Space, Animals, Health, Archaeology, Human behavior and Planet Earth. It also has a Reference section with links to other sites. Its declared mission is to inform and entertain its readers about science and the world.
History
Live Science was originally made in 2004. It was acquired by ediaNetwork, later called Purch, in 2009. Purch consumer brands (including Live Science) were acquired by Future in 2018.
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" and noted that "If you are looking for resource-intensive expositions of global warming, for instance, or thickly narrated journeys into the research process, LiveScience 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."
Awards
2007: Winner, Award for Specialty Site Journalism (large or anization) from the Online Journalism Awards.
2008, 2010: Honoree, ebsites and Mobile Sites, Science from the Webby Awards.
2021: Listed as one of the top 10 science websites from the website "Make Use Of".
Live Science was ranked in RealClearScience's "Top 10 Websites for Science" from 2016 to 2023.
References
External links
- Official website
