Walls have voices

How have plant cell walls evolved?

From Their Voices: Barriers to HIV Testing among Black Men Who Have Sex with Men Remain.

BACKGROUND HIV testing continues to be a major priority for addressing the epidemic among young Black men who have sex with men (BMSM). METHODS This study explored barriers to HIV testing uptake, and recommendations for motivating HIV testing uptake among Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) aged 18 to 30. BMSM (N = 36) were recruited through flyers and social media for six focus groups. ...

Hearing voices.

On the face of it Hearing Voices is an informative and evocative BBC commissioned radio documentary, based on endangered click languages from the Kalahari Desert in Botswana. It juxtaposes recordings of some of the languages in question (both spoken and sung), followed up with translation into English, environmental field recordings that help place the listener into the location, not forgetting...

Lost voices

When a scientist dies too early in their career we miss them as a colleague and as a person and, as Eve Marder explains, we also lose the science they would have done.house died, we experienced the pain of losing a special talent too young. Joplin, Lennon and Winehouse, whether you like their music or not, were special. Each had a voice, both as a sound and as a songwriter, that was unique. Whe...

Community Radio Provides Elderly a Platform to Have Their Voices Heard in rural Macha, Zambia

The rural community of Macha, Zambia has implemented an array of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), as part of a holistic, respectful vision to inspire people in rural communities to reach their collective and individual potential. Macha is a deep-rural chiefdom, based in Zambia's Southern Province. The environment is typical resource-limited rural setting, with community member...