Tomatoes are certainly hardy plants – this is partly due to a compound which they emit, known as hexenyl butyrate (HB). Spanish scientists have now found that a spray of synthetic HB helps various crop plants to withstand both drought and bacterial infections. In a natural process called transpiration, water within a plant evaporates through tiny pores … Read More →
A woman is suing the popular cosmetics store chain Sephora, claiming she “got the herpes virus from sampling lipstick,” “without warning of the risk of getting herpes and other diseases” from trying on makeup samples at the store. Get Jeff Rossen’s new book, “Rossen to the Rescue,” here. “It’s absolutely possible,” Dr. Whitney Bowe, a dermatologist, told TODAY … Read More →