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In the world of science to see is to believe. To observe is to know. That which is tangible, which can be recorded and measured, is defined as the truth. Yet over 90 percent of the universe is completely invisible to us. Astronomers know that this dark matter exists because they observe its effect on all visible objects, but where the dark matter resides, and what it might be made of, remains a mystery.

Yves Grenier had been working on dark matter.

I remember thinking, as I glanced through the reprints, that this must somehow connect, it must be important, but the drone of the jet engines, the Merlot served with dinner, and the stress of my hasty departure from Ottawa had all taken their toll. I could no longer concentrate on anything but sleep. I closed the folder, tucked it into the pocket under my tray table, and extended my seat back the few centimetres that it was willing to go. If I was lucky I might get a few hours of cramped, stale slumber before the plane landed in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. I closed my eyes and tried to relax, but instead of falling into dreams my mind moved inexorably back to Ottawa and the gruesome image of Yves Grenier that had put me on this plane.