“Musicians have written exhilarating protest songs about everything from civil rights to apartheid. Yet no-one’s managed a popular song about what’s meant to be the most important issue of our time.” BBC’s Alex Marshall wonders why there are no great climate change songs. (Apparently he’s the one person on Earth who’s managed to get the refrain I’ll stop the world and melt with you… out of his head.)

+ NASA is hiring astronauts. Find out if you qualify. (When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up and Tweet for NASA.)

+ An Oscar for the new Rocky?

+ Samsung brings back the flip phone.