Alexander McNamara

Online Editor, BBC Focus

Alexander McNamara is the Online Editor at BBC 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

10 excellent BBC podcasts to boost your brain on the bus © Getty Images

Everyday science

Science podcasts 10 excellent BBC podcasts to boost your brain

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The cool gadgets list – January 2019

Soylent: what's the UK's newest meal replacement shake all about?

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Soylent: what’s the UK’s newest meal replacement shake all about?

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The cool gadgets list – December 2018

Four ways to reduce your impact on air pollution © Getty Images

Four ways you can help tackle air pollution

Are you smart enough to be an ISS astronaut? (Tim Peake © ESA/NASA)

Are you smart enough to be an ISS astronaut?

Festival Of The Spoken nerd © Rosemary Rance

Everyday science

Who says you can’t polish a nerd?

True or Poo? by Nick Caruso and Dani Rabaiotti is available now (£9.99, Quercus)

Can you separate the truth from the poop in these animal facts?

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Made in (ancient) China: amazing inventions from the Far East

Scribit Wall-Writing Robot

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The cool gadgets list – November 2018

Professor Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist. Photographed at the Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge © Eleanor Bentall/Corbis via Getty Images

Can you solve these deviously difficult Stephen Hawking-inspired questions?

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YubiKey 5 Series: tap this way for 2FA

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Land speed records – the cars and their drivers