Alien balloon

A six-year-old Colorado boy feared to have fallen to his death from a homemade helium balloon was found hiding in his garage. Falcon Heene was discovered on Thursday in the garage attic of his family's home in Fort Collins, outside Denver, roughly four hours after his brother told police he had climbed into the experimental craft and taken off. The event set US aviation officials and the Colorado National Guard on alert, rerouted planes around Denver and captivated millions of viewers as US networks followed the progress of the balloon.
At last when authorities reached the baloon, they found no one inside.
The picture shows him sitting on his family's van after the incident

Baby Genius

Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has become the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted into Mensa. Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across. He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the scale as the Stanford-Binet test cannot measure higher than 160. Oscar's father Joe (29), an IT specialist from Berkshire, said: "He is always asking questions. We knew there was something remarkable about Oscar."

Dino giants

Footprints of sauropod dinosaurs, the giant herbivores with long necks, was recently found in Plagne near Lyon in France.These footprints are the largest ever found in the world. The dinosaur footprints in Plagne are circular depressions surrounded by a fold of limestone sediment and are very large, up to 1.50 metre in total diameter, suggesting that the animals were larger than 40 tonnes and 25 metres in length. Discovered by Marie-Hel Marcaud and Patrice Landry, the footprints have been authenticated by Jean-Michel Mazin and Pierre Hantzpergue, both of the Paleoenvironnements et Paleobiosph's Laboratory. More digs will be conducted in the next few years.

DNA pigs

Legs of Spain's top Jamon Iberico now come with their own DNA certificate to prove they are the purest as well as the world's most expensive hams. Spain's top producer has enlisted the help of scientists to prove that his pigs are of the purebred Spanish variety and not crossed with lesser British or American breeds. Gourmets from across the globe are eagerly waiting for the hams, which will hit the market next month. Only 100 legs from the "prince of pigs" are available and with a starting price of 1,500 euros (£1,380) each, they have been dubbed by foodies as the "RollsRoyce of Spanish ham".

Genius baby

Oscar Wrigley, a two-year-old with the same IQ as Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking, has become the youngest boy in Britain to be accepted into Mensa. Assessors at the Gifted Children's Information Centre in Solihull said Oscar, with an IQ of at least 160, is one of the brightest children they have every come across. He has been ranked in the 99.99th percentile of the population and has been ranked off the scale as the Stanford-Binet test cannot measure higher than 160. Oscar's father Joe (29), an IT specialist from Berkshire, said: "He is always asking questions. We knew there was something remarkable about Oscar."

Korean fireworks

People in Poyongyang, North Korea were witness to a spectacular Fireworks show on friday. The show was held to commemorate the 64th founding anniversary of the Worker's Party in Korea. The party was founded on 9 October 1945.