DUCK-ON-THAMES: PANORAMIC REPORTS ABOUT TOWN by Benson Agoha

* Floating Duck to lighten our moods, make us loosen up and laugh some more.

* DUCK ON THAMES

City Workers were reportedly confused when this giant Duck came floating through the River Thames, down to Canary Wharf. No one immediately could tell what it was all about and why it was there.

But this was reportedly launched to publicise a new £250,000 bursary designed to encourage people in the UK to have, watch it - "more fun".

According to Harriet Arkell of the MailOnline, Jackpotjoy.com's new Facebook FUNdation (www.facebook.com/jackpotjoy) was set up after research showed that Britain was suffering from a 'happiness recession', with adults laughing far less than they used to.

The scheme will grant funds and rewards to anyone who comes up with good ideas to make people laugh.

The oversized bath toy was launched by former Carry On and Eastenders actress Barbara Windsor at West India Dock on the Isle of Dogs in East London at 8.30am today.

Well, folks, let's put on our thinking caps.

* Mars' Rover Curiosity:

And for those of us keen to keep up with the expedition out there on Mars, latest report from NASA is that the robot is getting ready to test the rock drill facility - and it will do this by drilling the first rock for analysis.

But according to Mashable, while the robot gets to grips with this assignment, scientists are wracking their brains to anticipate what might happen at some point when, in its attempt to drill a rock, its bits fail to function. What will that result to? Will it be the end of the expedition?

* Leggoland: And how will you like a chance to climb a real Legoland tree - something a tall and expansive like the Big trees of Pandora in the film Avatar?

Luckily, you don't have to visit Pandora to experiment.