Live Science is a

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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Live Science was originally made in 2004.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

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in 2018.

Reception

In 2011, the ''

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''{{'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."

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 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

{{reflist, refs= {{Cite web , title=LiveScience – About Us , url=https://www.livescience.com/62824-about-us.html , access-date=Jan 14, 2023 , website=LiveScience, date=10 March 2022 {{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 {{Cite web , date=Jan 11, 2023 , title=2007 Specialty Site Journalism Winner , url=https://awards.journalists.org/organizations/livescience-com/ , access-date=Jan 11, 2023 , website=Online Journalism Awards {{Cite web , title=Websites and Mobile Sites Science 2008 , url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2008/websites-and-mobile-sites/general-websites-and-mobile-sites/science/154233/livescience , access-date=Jan 11, 2023 , website=The Webby Awards {{Cite web , title=Websites and Mobile Sites Science 2010 , url=https://winners.webbyawards.com/2010/websites-and-mobile-sites/general-websites-and-mobile-sites/science/141628/livescience , access-date=Jan 11, 2023 , website=The Webby Awards {{Cite web , date=Nov 9, 2021 , title=The Top 10 Websites to Get Your Daily Dose of Science , url=https://www.makeuseof.com/top-websites-daily-dose-science/ , access-date=Jan 11, 2023 , website=Make Use Of

External links

* {{Official website, https://www.livescience.com/ {{Future plc Future plc 2004 establishments in the United States American science websites Magazines established in 2004 Science and technology magazines published in the United States