GENEVA. The Large Hadron Collider is to close for a year to repair mistakes made in construction. It is the latest in a series of setbacks to hit the atom smasher that scientists hope will re-create the Big Bang and pinpoint the Higgs boson, the so-called"God particle".

Despite an amputated finger and a 'split atom', Troy Bayliss will miss biking when he retires.

IT WENT off with a bang - but only a figurative one.

IT HAS been heralded as a monumental creation that will reveal the fundamental nature of the universe, but also as a doomsday machine that could destroy the planet.

The dashing hero of the series is pushed aside in this finale. Breaking Dawn By Stephenie Meyer Atom, 753pp, $29.95