Executives in Zurich, Geneva and Sydney are the best paid in the world after taxes, according to a survey by Swiss bank UBS - but Auckland workers are not flourishing to the same extent.

CERN's director general believes that if the Higgs boson exists, the Large Hadron Collider will prove it by the end of 2012.

Old name brought back for new model.

Jaguar will take the covers off a new sedan at the Geneva motor show next week.

The human nose contains roughly 400 olfactory receptors, but no two people have the same sense of smell.

Sir Edmund Hillary's widow is selling the watch her late husband was given after climbing Mt Everest in 1953.

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa has paid tribute to Dame Joan Sutherland, who died in Switzerland on Sunday.

Forget the Large Hadron Collider, Cern's scientists have their hearts set on a new, $9.48 billion, 31km Linear Collider.

CERN plans a 12-month shutdown to repair a design flaw that could break apart world's most expensive scientific experiment - the Large Hadron Collider

The world may be emerging from a recession, but it's still the automotive silly season, with the Detroit Motor Show just over and Geneva in the wings.