Kiwi forensic researcher Niki Osborne keeps fielding calls from American media. "What about the bloodstain pattern analysis in that series The Staircase?" they ask. We're the first New Zealand media ...

To capture tiny flecks of comet dust whizzing through space, NASA scientists on the 1999 Stardust mission turned to silica aerogel. Aerogel’s fine, glassy skeleton brought cosmic particles traveling ...