A fantastic April Fools Day joke: the Norwegian energy company, Statkraft, announced that they have developed “gamma capturers” that will capture the energy generated when stars explode. This ad was broadcast on Norwegian television on the 1st of April. Take a look:

I also saw the video and website from the Google founders and Richard Branson claiming that they had a 100 year plan to settle Mars. Have a look at this: http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html