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According to theory, neutron stars are formed during the cataclysmic processes that occur in a supernova. They consist entirely of neutrons densely packed into dim spheres that are about ten miles in diameter and weigh more than 10 billion lbs. per cubic inch. Astrophysicist Gold believes that a neutron star has an in credibly intense magnetic field that traps ionized gases expelled from the supernova. As the star and its magnetic field spin, the outmost of the trapped gases are whirled at almost the speed of light until they break away, producing an intense beam of radio waves-the regularly...
...Sign of Letup. Natural gas has been piped from the gulf since 1937, and estimates are that the area harbors some 79 trillion cubic feet of gas or about one-fourth of the total U.S. reserves. The pipelaying splurge began sometime last year when natural-gas companies, who form the nation's sixth largest industry, found demand outpacing supply. Then came a fillip from the Federal Power Commission in Washington. Ruling that the gas companies should bring the Louisiana deposits ashore individually, the FPC scotched the plans of a large group of 30 oil companies headed by Shell...
...Japanese companies, including such big trading firms as Mitsui and Mitsubishi, will be allowed to sell $30 million worth of consumer goods to Russian settlers in Siberia. As repayment of the loan and to cover its interest, the Russians over a five-year period will ship 8,020,000 cubic feet of timber to Japan. With housing chronically short in Japan and with U.S. West Coast suppliers restricting sales of logs to the Japanese to protect domestic plywood sources, the Siberian timber agreement is a coup...
...Japanese estimate that Siberia contains at least 5 billion tons of iron ore, 20 billion cubic meters of natural gas, limitless hydroelectric power, and eminently marketable amounts of pelts from sable, lynx and big Siberian bears. "We have a destiny in Siberia," says Yoshinari Kawai, 82, a canny Japanese bulldozer manufacturer who led the timber negotiations and now heads the Japanese consortium. "Happily, that destiny will be equally profitable to us Japanese and the Russian people...
Streamlined it isn't. "It looks," observed the London Daily Sketch, "like a motorized greenhouse without the tomatoes." But never mind. The Cubicar, an almost perfectly cubic car manufactured by Britain's Universal Power Drives Ltd., could well become the commuter car of the future. In the age of the traffic jam, when both road space and parking space are at a premium, the 6-ft.-4-in.-long Cubicar is a fascinating concept. With a top speed of 55 m.p.h., it gets about 24 miles to the gallon. It can seat five adults in comfort...