Live Science
{{Short description|Science news website}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox website
| name = Live Science
| logo = Live Science logo.svg
| logocaption = Logo of the website since 2016
| screenshot = Live Science screenshot (2024-12-05).webp
| screenshot_alt = Screenshot of Live Science website showing different content
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| caption = Screenshot of the website in December 2024
| url = {{URL|http://www.livescience.com}}
| commercial = Yes
| type = News website
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| language = English
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| author =
| editor = Alexander McNamara
| launch_date = {{start date and age|2004}}
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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.{{r|mission}}
History
Live Science was originally made in 2004. It was acquired by ediaNetwork, later called Purch, in 2009.{{r|purch}} Purch consumer brands (including Live Science) were acquired by Future in 2018. {{Cite web |title=Purch sells B2C imprints to global specialist media publisher Future in $132m deal |url=https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/07/18/purch-sells-b2c-imprints-global-specialist-media-publisher-future-132m-deal |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=The Drum}}
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."{{Cite web |last=Norman |first=Brett |title=LiveScience |url=https://www.cjr.org/news_startups_guide/2011/01/livescience.php |access-date=2025-02-06 |website=Columbia Journalism Review |language=en}}
Awards
2007: Winner, Award for Specialty Site Journalism (large or anization) from the Online Journalism Awards.{{r|oja}}
2008, 2010: Honoree, ebsites and Mobile Sites, Science from the Webby Awards.{{r|wa1}}{{r|wa2}}
2021: Listed as one of the top 10 science websites from the website "Make Use Of".{{r|muo}}
Live Science was ranked in RealClearScience's "Top 10 Websites for Science" from 2016 to 2023.{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2016|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2016/11/14/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2016.html|date=13 November 2016|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2017
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2017/12/04/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2017.html|date=December 4, 2017|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2018
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2018/12/10/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2018.html|date=December 10, 2018|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2019
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2019/12/12/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2019.html|date=December 12, 2019|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2020
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2020/12/17/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2020_652992.html|date=December 17, 2019|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2021
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2021/12/13/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2021_806627.html|date=December 13, 2021|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top 10 Websites for Science in 2022
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2022/12/13/the_top_10_websites_for_science_in_2022_869530.html|date=December 13, 2022|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|access-date=25 August 2023}}{{cite web|title=The Top Websites for Science in 2023
|url=https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2023/12/14/the_top_websites_for_science_in_2023_994992.html|author= Ross Pomeroy|website=realclearscience.com|date=18 December 2023 |access-date=27 February 2024}}
References
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{{cite news |last=Ali |first=Rafat |date=26 October 2014 |title=Space.com & Related Sites Acquired by TopTenReviews |work=GigaOm |publisher=Knowingly, Inc. |url=http://gigaom.com/2009/10/26/419-space-com-related-sites-acquired-by-toptenreviews/ |access-date=21 April 2014 |archive-date=5 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705003735/https://gigaom.com/2009/10/26/419-space-com-related-sites-acquired-by-toptenreviews/ |url-status=dead }}
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.livescience.com/}}
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Category:American science websites
Category:Magazines established in 2004
Category:Science and technology magazines published in the United States