So you’re a scientist and you say Twitter is totally useless to you?  Look at this article in Mashable – they list “15 Twitter Accounts for Incredible Science Facts.”

http://mashable.com/2013/11/06/twitter-science-facts/?utm_cid=mash-prod-email-topstories&utm_emailalert=daily&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily

Yes, they’re a little more like factoids, but it’s real information, not just folks listing what they had for breakfast, and the folks doing the Twittering are people like Neal deGrasse Tyson, Chris Hadfield, Carl Zimmer, NSF, Bill Nye and the Science Channel. What more could you want for interesting sources – and interesting information?