When we think about plants, do not normally imagine them “speaking” to each other. But they communicate—in many different ways. More than a century ago, the eminent biologist Charles Darwin suggested that plants have brain-like structure at their root tips! In this case, Darwin’s root-brain hypothesis was wrong, but more modern research shows can communicate. They speak with other as well anima...

address inclusive education and, increasingly, distance education is seen as a flexible and appropriately inclusive way to deliver such courses. In this article a team of colleagues, Kieron Sheehy, Jonathan Rix, Melanie Nind and Katy Simmons, discusses the development of an Open University course, E243 Inclusive Education: Learning from Each Other, which was launched in February 2004. The team ...

As the United Nations and the world recognize the global importance of noncommunicable disease, with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease at the forefront,1 it is an opportune time to declare the commitment of Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes to serve as a resource to the international community and as a welcoming venue for international content. In the interest of collabo...