There are lots of journals out there, more than I could name in any one article, but as you get into science communication, the number of peer-reviewed publications drops considerably.

That seems odd, since communicating with the public, and therefore with the voters on policy, is so crucial to keeping science funding in place.

A group of volunteers had that same thought, so they secured some funding from the European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope group and set out to fill that gap. CAP Journal was born. CAP Journal stands for Communicating Astronomy with the Public. It's a new magazine, in print and online, and the timing is excellent.

Ahhhh, Valentine's Day. Bad food, shoddy restaurant service - and you have no choice about it. The Soviet Union had toilet paper lines but they didn't force Valentine's Day on its people. Really, anyone who is unsure what mandates accomplish only needs to look at ethanol for a modern comparison of why things suffer when you force a solution on people.

But all is not lost. There's science in love, you know, and that means there's science in Valentine's Day. Science on Valentine's Day is like cold fusion instead of ethanol. Completely wonderful. And we have it all right here.

We're creating a page just for Darwin Day posts and links so if you have written something, leave a comment or download the button and we'll include a paragraph and a link.

If you've written it here, it's linked automatically. Happy writing!

Also, just in time for Valentine's Day, Garth Sundem has an article in the BBC News on making the right decisions and will demonstrate his equations in Horizon on BBC Two at 2100GMT on Tuesday 12 February.