Alexander McNamara
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Editor-in-chief at @livescience.bsky.social. Doing my very best to stick to following science people on this platform
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Submission guidelines: How to pitch to Live Science
Live Science welcomes news, analysis, explainer and feature pitches from freelancers. Here's everything you need to know about submitting a story idea to Live Science.
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Hey Bluesky, I do #science stuff @livescience.com. Unsurprisingly, I'll mostly be posting cool stuff we publish here because, well, I think you'll dig it - but i always want more. If you have an ace study you think we should cover then DM me. Here's some tips 👉 www.livescience.com/how-to-pitch...
Thing i did not expect to say today: "Do we need an opinion piece on Hitler's willy?"
November 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Thing i did not expect to say today: "Do we need an opinion piece on Hitler's willy?"
Much fun to be had discussing whether it was 'hoofed' or 'hooved' for this headline
Two extremely rare dinosaur "mummies" found in the badlands of Wyoming are the first examples of hoofed reptiles! 🦕
https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/first-ever-mummified-and-hoofed-dinosaur-discovered-in-wyoming-badlands
https://www.livescience.com/animals/dinosaurs/first-ever-mummified-and-hoofed-dinosaur-discovered-in-wyoming-badlands
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Much fun to be had discussing whether it was 'hoofed' or 'hooved' for this headline
A bleak report, but one with a tinge of optimism if we can just, you know, stop burning the planet... www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
22 of Earth's 34 'vital signs' are flashing red, new climate report reveals — but there's still time to act
Earth's systems are nearing tipping points that could plunge the planet into a "hothouse" regime — but there's still time to prevent that from happening, scientists say.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A bleak report, but one with a tinge of optimism if we can just, you know, stop burning the planet... www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
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“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
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Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
There is such a thing as 'settled science' — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you
How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
“Science is never settled” sounds reasonable—but it’s often a rhetorical trick to undermine consensus on issues like vaccines or climate change.
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
Science evolves, but some things are overwhelmingly supported by evidence.
My latest for Live Science
www.livescience.com/...
1/10
@laminda.bsky.social What a way to go... 😬 www.livescience.com/health/diagn...
Orgasm involving a kitchen whisk likely triggered person's fatal aneurysm
Doctors report an analysis of a woman's fatal aneurysm, pinpointing its likely causes after her death.
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July 9, 2025 at 11:01 AM
@laminda.bsky.social What a way to go... 😬 www.livescience.com/health/diagn...
We love original artwork on @livescience.com but we're always looking for more talented illustrators to make our special features pop. If you are an illustrator or know a great one, drop me a DM. Below are a few examples by Grace Aldrich, Nicholas Forder, Supertotto and Jack Hudson.
June 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We love original artwork on @livescience.com but we're always looking for more talented illustrators to make our special features pop. If you are an illustrator or know a great one, drop me a DM. Below are a few examples by Grace Aldrich, Nicholas Forder, Supertotto and Jack Hudson.
Want to come and join the team at Live Science? We've just launched a new UK staff writer role, so if the sound of that floats your boat, throw your oar in (will stop with the boat puns now) apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
Staff Writer, Live Science UK - Future Publishing
This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the largest, and most successful brands at Future, and work alongside a team of passionate science enthusiasts. Live Science is run by a global team of e...
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May 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Want to come and join the team at Live Science? We've just launched a new UK staff writer role, so if the sound of that floats your boat, throw your oar in (will stop with the boat puns now) apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
I love this feature by @saschapare.bsky.social (even if it is a bit bleak). Great writing, and i think it looks great www.livescience.com/planet-earth... #amoc
Atlantic ocean currents are weakening — and it could make the climate in some regions unrecognizable
A cold blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate could be weakening.
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April 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
I love this feature by @saschapare.bsky.social (even if it is a bit bleak). Great writing, and i think it looks great www.livescience.com/planet-earth... #amoc
This is one of those rare occasions I wrote something that gets published at a sensible time. Enjoy 👽 www.livescience.com/space/extrat...
Are you an alien expert, or has your brain been abducted? Take our quiz to find out
Try this aliens quiz and see how much you know about our interstellar neighbors — if there are any.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is one of those rare occasions I wrote something that gets published at a sensible time. Enjoy 👽 www.livescience.com/space/extrat...
Reposted by Alexander McNamara
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March 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Live Science will be covering @standupforscience.bsky.social irl from several locations tomorrow 🧪
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Reporting from today’s @standupforscience.bsky.social with my @livescience.com colleague @nicolanese.bsky.social! 🧪
Science at a crossroads: Dispatches from Friday's 'Stand Up for Science' rallies across the US
Our science journalists reported on the Stand Up for Science rallies held in New York City and Raleigh, North Carolina.
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March 8, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Reporting from today’s @standupforscience.bsky.social with my @livescience.com colleague @nicolanese.bsky.social! 🧪
Here's a great report by @saschapare.bsky.social on @livescience.com about some adorable woolly mice, and what they mean about bringing back woolly mammoths from beyond the grave www.livescience.com/animals/land...
Colossal creates 'woolly mouse' in new step towards mammoth de-extinction
Scientists with the company Colossal have created genetically engineered "woolly mice" with thick, golden-brown hair and fat deposits similar to those of cold-adapted woolly mammoths.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Here's a great report by @saschapare.bsky.social on @livescience.com about some adorable woolly mice, and what they mean about bringing back woolly mammoths from beyond the grave www.livescience.com/animals/land...
These are really pretty photos. Thank you @damien-pine.bsky.social for bringing them into my life 😍🛰️ www.livescience.com/space/space-...
Blue Ghost spacecraft captures rare, stunnning views of Earth eclipsing the moon
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost spacecraft took some unique photos of our home planet on its Mission 1 flight to the moon in late January and early February. The spacecraft is now in orbit around the m...
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February 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
These are really pretty photos. Thank you @damien-pine.bsky.social for bringing them into my life 😍🛰️ www.livescience.com/space/space-...
A new study adds further support to the idea that dogs domesticated themselves.
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Dogs may have domesticated themselves because they really liked snacks, model suggests
Competing theories explain how dogs came to be domesticated from wolves. Now, a new study adds further support to the idea that they domesticated themselves.
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February 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Posting this one again - it's Friday, why not 🙌
Hey Bluesky, I do #science stuff @livescience.com. Unsurprisingly, I'll mostly be posting cool stuff we publish here because, well, I think you'll dig it - but i always want more. If you have an ace study you think we should cover then DM me. Here's some tips 👉 www.livescience.com/how-to-pitch...
Submission guidelines: How to pitch to Live Science
Live Science welcomes news, analysis, explainer and feature pitches from freelancers. Here's everything you need to know about submitting a story idea to Live Science.
www.livescience.com
February 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Posting this one again - it's Friday, why not 🙌
This is a great feature on #eDNA by our Planet Earth editor Hannah Osborne. We're using a new article template, which i think looks really lush thanks to @marilynperkins.bsky.social's excellent design skills. What do you think? www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Invisible DNA lurks everywhere in the environment — and we're on the verge of decoding its secrets
Environments are littered with the DNA of the creatures that inhabit them. Analyzing it could provide a real-time view of how our planet is changing.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This is a great feature on #eDNA by our Planet Earth editor Hannah Osborne. We're using a new article template, which i think looks really lush thanks to @marilynperkins.bsky.social's excellent design skills. What do you think? www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Reposted by Alexander McNamara
Hi, BlueSky, I'm Brandon -- I edit the Space and Physics sections of LiveScience.com.
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
November 29, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Hi, BlueSky, I'm Brandon -- I edit the Space and Physics sections of LiveScience.com.
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
I'm always looking for fascinating stories about our planet, our universe, and (just covering my bases) anything that lies beyond.
Scientists and science writers, feel free to pitch me anytime (email in bio). 💜✨
Make your mind up 😂 www.livescience.com/space/astero...
NASA changes odds of the asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 yet again — but this time it's good news
NASA increased the chances of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth to 1 in 32, or 3.1%, on Tuesday, but they're now back down to 1 in 67, or 1.5%.
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February 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Make your mind up 😂 www.livescience.com/space/astero...
Reposted by Alexander McNamara
Interested in interning for @livescience.com? Applications are open! 📰🧪
The internship runs 10 weeks and is remote, tho interns can work out of our NYC office if they like. Pay is $16.50/hr for 29.5 hrs/wks (East Coast time). You'd be writing many story types across our verticals! /1
The internship runs 10 weeks and is remote, tho interns can work out of our NYC office if they like. Pay is $16.50/hr for 29.5 hrs/wks (East Coast time). You'd be writing many story types across our verticals! /1
February 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Interested in interning for @livescience.com? Applications are open! 📰🧪
The internship runs 10 weeks and is remote, tho interns can work out of our NYC office if they like. Pay is $16.50/hr for 29.5 hrs/wks (East Coast time). You'd be writing many story types across our verticals! /1
The internship runs 10 weeks and is remote, tho interns can work out of our NYC office if they like. Pay is $16.50/hr for 29.5 hrs/wks (East Coast time). You'd be writing many story types across our verticals! /1
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February 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Meanwhile, over on Instagram... www.instagram.com/reel/DF5pZGY... w/ @pandoradewan.bsky.social and @livescience.com
Squint and you might be able to see her 👀
An amateur photographer on Earth has captured an extremely rare photo of "stranded" NASA astronaut Suni Williams floating outside the International Space Station (ISS) as it passed overhead.
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'Stranded' NASA astronaut Suni Williams photographed from Earth during record-breaking spacewalk. Can you spot her?
A photographer on Earth has captured an incredible telescope image of NASA astronaut Suni Williams outside of the International Space Station, as it passed by roughly 250 miles overhead.
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February 7, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Squint and you might be able to see her 👀
So, turns out US readers don't necessarily know what 'tiddler' means... Which is why i'm now banned from doing headlines for the time being.
Researchers in China have found the remains of a cat that was so small it could have nestled in the palm of your hand.
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World's tiniest cat was a palm-sized tiddler that lived in China 300,000 years ago
Scientists identified the tiny species of cat from a fossilized jawbone, which could date back as far as 300,000 years ago.
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January 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So, turns out US readers don't necessarily know what 'tiddler' means... Which is why i'm now banned from doing headlines for the time being.
In the latest installment of 'things on Mars that looks like things that shouldn't be on Mars'...
These Martian "kidney beans" aren't safe to eat
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www.livescience.com/space/mars/g...
Giant 'kidney beans' spotted in Mars satellite images could point to signs of water and life
A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain lif...
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January 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In the latest installment of 'things on Mars that looks like things that shouldn't be on Mars'...
Still unconvinced www.livescience.com/health/food-... 🧪
Do bay leaves actually add flavor, or is it all a con?
Some say bay leaves are full of flavor, others call them a fraud.
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January 13, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Still unconvinced www.livescience.com/health/food-... 🧪
Here's the latest #sciencenews from @livescience.com this week, courtesy of @pandoradewan.bsky.social www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
Science news this week: Snowstorms, fire and Yellowstone's next eruption
Jan 11, 2025: Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.
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January 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Here's the latest #sciencenews from @livescience.com this week, courtesy of @pandoradewan.bsky.social www.livescience.com/planet-earth...