Show Freaks and Oddities In hi n Science N News YS eo H Critics of t modern modem civilization who complain that U everything goes more rapidly now than it used to o arc are wrong in one important particular if a suggestion suggestion sug- sug estion made in the pages o of Nature leading British scientific weekly is correct The startling idea is advanced that the speed of light is gradually dimin- dimin shing Previously scientific thought has regarded the he speed of light as one of ot the most constant things in n this changing world C Results of a 21 year 21 ear e experiment l in the prevention or of f goiter golter in human beings by feeding foods high in Iodine odine content have been made public The scientist originally planned to make his prophylactic experIments experiments experiments ments on babies but had to abandon the project ct when he found he would have to adopt the babies legally in order to to complete the GOITER experiments He then continued REDUCED the work with two families one beBY beBY beY be- be BY Y IODINE Ing used as s the control and the other as the prophylactic family At the beginning of ot the experiment they were all alt living in ina ina a rous region One of ot the women had a goiter jolter but this was reduced b by feeding her foods high in iodine The goiter became so small as to be non- non evident The two families have lived in the Great lakes goiter belt since 1917 JF Hotter airplane engines that will save weight E- E U reduce drag decrease fuel consumption and simpI sim- sim pI y controls arc are a coming comins development in aviation a These advantages are to be gained by the use of high coolants Both evaporative cooling which has las been tested experimentally during the past two years ears on automobile and aircraft engines and the use of f high boiling point liquids have been considered |