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Jeb Bush argues experience matters in Michigan

2015-05-29 16:20:36| Biotech - Topix.net

Jeb Bush is showcasing his tenure as a two-term governor and driving home the argument that firsthand experience matters more than high-flying rhetoric, as he tries to break past the crowded field of Republican presidential contenders. Visiting a Michigan plant that manufactures antidotes for medical emergencies and bioterrorism threats, Bush recalled dealing with the 2001 anthrax attack that killed five people in Boca Raton, Florida, not long after the 9/11 attacks.

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Location matters in the lowland Amazon

2015-05-25 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: You know the old saying: Location, location, location? It turns out that it applies to the Amazon rainforest, too. New work from Carnegie's Greg Asner illustrates a hidden tapestry of chemical variation across the lowland Peruvian Amazon, with plants in different areas producing an array of chemicals that changes across the region's topography. His team's work is published by Nature Geoscience. "Our findings tell us that lowland Amazon forests are far more geographically sorted than we once thought,"...

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