Well, that was a meme and a half - #scientistlyrics and #boffinsongs, thanks everyone for joining in and making it so much fun. There were some brilliant efforts and in the end it was, as is inevitable on the net, "Rickrolled" by @bmljenny at which point I felt obliged to stop, although a few more came trickling in subsequently. I've compiled those that I caught yesterday (although there are many others under the #boffinsongs tag that came in after we started the meme on Sunday). If ... Read on and comment...

After the initial inspiration from @harpistkat, I'm trying to take this to another level. The meme now is simply to shoehorn a scientist's name into a song title or lyric, if you tweet about it please use the hashtag #scientistlyrics and let's see how silly we can make this: Supertramp: "Geiger little bit of your love to me" Bowie: "We Pasteur-long the stair..." Marilyn Monroe: "I Volta be loved by you..." Nat King Cole: "The Moore I see you..." Eddie and the Hotrods: "Darwin-y thing you wanna ... Read on and comment...

Just spotted the scientific Valentine's meme on Kat Arney's facebook page and simply had to join in. Kat kicked it off with "I'm Sagan all my love for you" from Ironic Sans So, I chipped in with: Millie Jackson: "I know he's a Feynman..." Toy Dolls: "I'm feeling Randi" Diamond and Streisand: "You don't Singh me love songs..." Jackie Wilson: " Rees petite, the finest..." Stylistics: "Einstein in love with you..." Roxette: "Newturn me on..." ZZ Top: "Every girl's crazy for a Sharpless man" Any more...? Doesn't really have to be in ... Read on and comment...

According to the BBC, leading stem cell researchers (Robin Lovell-Badge, NIMR and Austin Smith, Wellcome/U Cambridge) have apparently complained in an open letter to the editors of scientific journals* that their work is being stifled by a small group of elite scientists vetoing high-quality research using the anonymous peer review system. (*If anyone can find a link for this letter, I'd be grateful.) They claim that it is being done to deliberately to stifle the research of competitors. Missing a placement of one's research paper in ... Read on and comment...