Scientists herald a new frontier in physics

Preparations for a dramatic follow-up to the discovery of the “God particle” will be taking place at the Large Hadron Collider throughout 2014.

Singer Katie Melua enjoyed the high life with a picnic in the sky during a skydive from 13,000 ft above the earth.

In an underground bunker in Switzerland scientists are edging closer to finding a particle that is fundamental to our understanding of physics, writes Martin Rees

Scientists are expected to reveal “significant progress” in the search for the so-called “God particle” today, but will not be able to say whether it exists or not, they said.