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The scare in Britain over infections across species by prions was badly handled. Whether the research community can do more to prevent future public crises of confidence needs to be examined in the light of the past influence of interested parties.
A sensitive radar in New Zealand has for the first time detected the faint meteors produced by interstellar dust grains hitting the Earth. It even points to nearby, young stars as being among the sources.
