Alexander McNamara

Online Editor, BBC Science Focus

Alexander McNamara is the Online Editor at BBC Science Focus and is the one that keeps sciencefocus.com looking ship-shape and Bristol fashion. He has a very fetching beard, which is why he tweets from @AlBeardyEditor.

Recent articles by Alexander McNamara

Grab life by the… © Sarah Skinner / Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2019

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Cheeky lion pic tops 40 side-splitting photos from the animal kingdom

Xbox Series X: Microsoft unveils next-gen tower-shaped console © Xbox

Xbox Series X: Microsoft unveils next-gen vertical console

Whale size can be curbed by the availability of prey © GoldbogenLaboratory, StanfordUniversity/Duke University Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing/PA

Highly-efficient feeding means whales probably can’t grow any bigger than they already do

Cool new gadgets (ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo)

Future Technology

Cool new gadgets ASUS ZenBook Pro Duo

London parakeet 'crime map' rules out Jimi Hendrix release myth © Getty Images

Did Jimi Hendrix release parakeets onto the streets of London? Not according to new ‘crime map’ study

Rick Edwards: In The Edge of Science I’m exploring the outer reaches... people are in for some surprises!

Everyday science

Rick Edwards In The Edge of Science I’m exploring the outer reaches... people are in for some surprises!

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Greenland ice melt putting 40 million people at greater risk than previously thought

Prehistoric lice dined on feathered dinosaurs as long as 100 million years ago © Chen Wang/PA

Prehistoric lice dined on feathered dinosaurs as long as 100 million years ago

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as previously thought © Chris Marsden, University of Southampton/PA

Supermassive black holes may not be as massive as we thought

Quantum Droplet © Aleks Labuda

Everyday science

Science photography 16 incredible winners from the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2019

Gene linked to Wilms’ tumour gives hope to children with rare kidney cancer © Getty Images

Gene linked to Wilms’ tumour gives hope to children with rare kidney cancer

Plastic pollution killing more than 500,000 hermit crabs on remote islands © Getty Images

Plastic pollution killing more than 500,000 hermit crabs on remote islands

ESA 'satellite embracer' scoops up hazardous space debris (An artist’s impression of the ESA Environment Satellite © Handout/ESA/PA)

Proposed ESA ‘satellite embracer’ scoops up hazardous space debris

Pokémon woe! Playing games among causes of smartphone-related injuries © David Mirzoeff/PA

Pokémon woe! Playing games among causes of smartphone-related injuries

GPs to trial genetic testing patients to aid diagnosis © Getty Images

GPs to trial genetic testing patients to aid diagnosis