Not to go on too much about Nature Medicine, but the editors of that journal have a blog, Spoonful of Medicine, which I would recommend.
Yesterday, they put up a post about an article (particularly, its title) from an issue of PLoS Pathogens.
HMBA Releases P-TEFb from HEXIM1 and 7SK snRNA via PI3K/Akt and Activates HIV Transcription
Need I say more?
Here’s a great discussion from various Nature editors about the importance of clear writing in science. Check it out.
It’s not just life scientists who have fun with acronyms and abbreviations. Nuclear magnetic spectroscopists have been having fun for years with abbrevs as bizarre as NOESY, COSY, and SLITDRESS.
You can find out more in my Science Blog