Okay it may only have been for 24 hours, and the result of a combination of high winds and faults at the nuclear power stations; but for a day wind power outstripped nuclear power production in the UK.

In other news, the record for Tractor Beams has been broken.

So between futuristic power generation, advances in nuclear fusion, tractor beams and self-driving car speed records. It’s fricking Star Trek 😀

• Wind farms outstrip nuclear power for 24 hours
• First talks between students and officials in HK
• North Korea frees American Jeffrey Fowle
• Vietnam frees blogger Nguyen Van Hai
• Girl unhurt as facade collapses at Donetsk stadium
• Dr. Mukwege wins Sakharov prize
• Remains of Lancastrian WWI Soldier to be reburied in military cemetary
• Role for Y chromosome in fighting cancer and prolonging life
• Scientists break tractor beam record
• Audi claims self-driving speed record
• Chelsea in record Champions League Win