Goodnight Stardust
After a seven-year mission to gather comet dust, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft is finally getting some sleep. The probe jettisoned its sample return capsule on 15 January over Utah and went back to orbiting the sun. On Sunday, NASA shut down all systems on the craft except for its solar panels and receiving antenna so Stardust could be reawakened for future missions.
Hail the inhaler
People with diabetes may soon be able to abandon injections thanks to the world’s first insulin inhaler, which lets people simply squirt the drug into their mouths. Pfizer received approval to sell its Exubera…
