Alexander McNamara

Online Editor, BBC Science Focus

Alexander is the Online Editor at BBC Science Focus and is the one that keeps sciencefocus.com looking shipshape and Bristol fashion. He has been toying around with news, technology and science on the internet for well over a decade, and sports a very fetching beard.

Recent articles by Alexander McNamara

Soy protein 'scaffold' gives cultured meat 'taste, aroma and texture of real meat' © Getty Images

Soy protein ‘scaffold’ gives cultured meat ‘taste, aroma and texture of real meat’

10 best popular science books coming out this month - March 2020

Science books Our pick of the 10 best popular science books coming out in March 2020

Coronavirus: social distancing could save '38.7 million lives' globally © Getty Images

Coronavirus Social distancing 'could save 38.7 million lives' globally

Commonly-used mouthwash could make saliva more acid, study finds © Getty Images

Chlorhexidine mouthwash increases mouth acidity by reducing oral microbiome

Jim Davies: How do you use your imagination? © Getty Images

Jim Davies How do you use your imagination?

Yoto player (cool gadgets)

Future Technology

17 cool gadgets: our pick of the best new tech for 2020

super fun DIY science experiments to try at home with the kids © Getty Images

Everyday science

15 super fun DIY science experiments for kids to try at home

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Netflix Streaming giant to drop streaming quality amid outbreak

Meet 'Wonderchicken', the oldest fossil of a modern bird (Dr Daniel Field from Cambridge’s Department of Earth Sciences with a 3D printed version of the Wonderchicken skull © Dr Daniel J Field/ PA)

Meet ‘Wonderchicken’, the oldest known fossil of a modern bird

New COVID-19 test gives results in just half an hour © Getty Images

Coronavirus testing New COVID-19 test gives results in just half an hour

Blood type A 'more vulnerable' to coronavirus © Getty Images

COVID-19 Blood type A ‘more vulnerable’ to coronavirus

Ancient mammoth bone circle reveals how Ice Age humans lived © Alex Pryor

Ancient mammoth bone circle reveals how Ice Age humans lived

Kevin Fong: What happened to Apollo 13? (The severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module photographed from the Lunar Module/Command Module © NASA)

Kevin Fong What happened to Apollo 13?

Eight-month-old babies able to understand basics of grammar © Getty Images

Eight-month-old babies able to understand basics of grammar

Aleks Krotoski What happens to your data when you die © Getty Images

Aleks Krotoski What happens to your data when you die?