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...legendary Italian tenor Enrico Caruso. Today, small electric trains carry visitors on a 5-km ride to Postojna's heart; from there the journey is on foot, through what British sculptor Henry Moore described as "nature's most wonderful gallery." Watch out for Proteus anguinus?the "human fish," a colorless, eyeless newtlike creature with legs and gills that's unique to Postojna. A tour of the caves costs...
Want to add some pizazz to your aquarium? A Taiwanese scientist has devised a way to make otherwise colorless fish glow neon green in the dark. Professor H.J. Tsai at National Taiwan University works this biological magic by injecting a protein extracted from jellyfish into the fertilized eggs of rice fish. He also uses a protein from coral to make fish glow a vibrant reddish pink. Opponents of genetic engineering fear that these creatures could crossbreed with wild species, creating glowing schools of Frankenfish. To keep them from spreading their shining DNA, the distributor, Taikong International, sterilizes them...
Vodka is the largest selling alcoholic drink in America, mostly because it is neutral and can therefore be mixed with anything. As Vitale says, it is an ideal way to “get your buzz.” Vodka should be odorless, colorless and tasteless. Pretty much all vodka of any price is the same, so when you see a bottle of Grey Goose with the price way jacked up above, say, Gordon’s, it’s only because of marketing. “Vodka is vodka!” says Vitale. And it has been...
...mail describes the drugs as “colorless and odorless” and encourages students who experience “nausea and vomiting, unconsciousness, dizziness, shallow or irregular breathing or heartbeat, decreased blood pressure, drowsiness, visual disturbances, confusion, gastrointestinal disturbances and/or urinary retention” to seek medical attention immediately...
...Here, Islamic prohibitions are the distant constraints of life in the colorless slums. "What do you want?" asks stylist Amin, who looks like a brawny pirate. He has two silver rings in one ear and dark eyebrows arched like two hissing cats. He picks up his cell phone and jokingly plays the part of a low-life genie: "A Russian hooker who looks like Pamela Anderson? Ecstasy? A bottle of Black Label? An AK-47, or a 40-carat diamond? It's all here?just a phone call away." In his sleek, black outfits and his silver bracelets, Amin...