Show p Freaks and Oddities In hi Science News N W Eros the tabloid planet that has recently re been beenE E- E U paying one of its rare neighborly visits to the earth spins nearly five times as fast as our planet The earliest observation was made in 1898 at the time of oC the first close approach of the planet after Its s discovery elj S I 1 Ice from the north and what wh t brings it down Into the navigated waters of oC the North Atlantic will bethe be bethe bethe the subject of a scientific research program lasting throughout the coming summer under the auspices of the thc United States coast guard A Norwegian scientist scientist scientist Olav Mosby has been sent out on the coast coastguard coastguard coastguard guard essel vessel General Greene to work among the floes as they drift down the thc currents off oC the northeast coast of Newfoundland I I a If IC you ou see a serious young oung man Industriously hammering hammering ham ham- hammering mering a piece of pipe and listening listening- to it through a regulation Ph physicians physician's stethoscope dont don't be alarmed For the familiar double listening device used by your our doctor in inspecting your chest and heart heartis is now a testing instrument to det detect ct flaws in hi welds of pipes and other metal objects As welding has replaced riveting in Joining pieces of oC metal together engineers have hare felt the need nero of a simple test to assure as assure assure as- as sure them that the fusion of the metal has been ac accomplished ac- ac without leaving dangerous weaknesses American complaints of unwelcome animal gifts gUts from Crom Europe such as the English sparrow and the starling are arc returned with interest in the central countries where the introduced American muskrat has become a pest of the first order Valuable in 1 his native land as a sour source of fur the muskrat Isa is isa a a. nuisance in Bohemia and parts of Germany be because because because be- be I cause of oC his inordinate multiplication an and his activities achy achy- ties In burrowing Into river and canal banks A veritable vent vent- able war of extermination official and unofficial Is waged against him In Bavaria active efforts efforts' have retarded the ance ad of ot th th muskrat In one year were reported as killed there |