Word: odorless
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...WILL THAT BE BLACK OR WHITE?" RINGS FAMILIAR FOR coffee drinkers, but don't be surprised to be asked the same question by a bartender. Blavod, a new vodka from London, remains as odorless and tasteless as its peers...
...things as valuable as a good nose. In a world without speech, it's often scent alone that tells you if a stranger is in the mood to mate or in distress, is preparing to attack or about to retreat in fear. The chemicals that carry these odorless messages are called pheromones, and while most animals produce them, the highest animals--humans--were thought to be above such crude olfactory signals...
...reasons GHB is so popular is that it is easily home-brewed in basement chemistry labs; instructions can be found in libraries or on the Internet. The drug, even in its purest form, is odorless and nearly tasteless. It can quickly depress the respiratory system, particularly when mixed with alcohol. The risk is that not enough oxygen gets to the brain, triggering both unconsciousness and loss of memory. "A substance that knocks out the victim and leaves her with amnesia makes the perfect agent for date rape," says Michael Ellis, director of the Southeast Texas Poison Center. Unfortunately...
...donations received in 1994 by the WHO office in Zagreb, for instance, were either worthless or expired. In Sudan aid workers have received contact-lens solution and appetite stimulants--a bizarre contribution to a country experiencing famine. Health workers in Rwanda are still sorting through crates of "odorless" garlic pills, ginseng extract and Tums antacids delivered during the war. A WHO pharmacist working in the Balkans says, "Staff members have risked their lives under sniper fire trying to identify medications that turn out to be useless." Since drugs sometimes arrive poorly labeled, often in a foreign language, errors do occur...
Fraction-1, a tasteless, odorless protein found in all green vegetables but in especially high concentrations in tobacco. It has a greater nutritional value than the milk protein casein and can be used to fortify cosmetics, food and soft drinks...