What better way to round off the week than with a collection of short, positive news stories?

Freewheelin'
Bob Dylan’s second album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan showed that he wasn’t just another exciting artist to watch, he was a fantastic songwriter. The star’s first release, a self-titled affair, was largely composed of covers, but it was his second project that revealed what a talent he truly was - and, remarkably, it has debuted in the UK charts this week, more than 60 years after it was first released. All thanks to James Mangold’s new movie: A Complete Unknown.
Breast Cancer News
A phase 3 clinical trial led by Australia’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Center (Peter Mac) has shown that adding a targeted immunotherapy drug to chemotherapy dramatically improved - almost doubled - the cure rate for patients with the most common kind of breast cancer. The findings suggest adopting a new treatment paradigm for the disease.

How Much?
Super Bowl ads - the Holy Grail of Madison Avenue - have hit a record price of over $8 million for a 30-second spot. That's $1m more than last year. The Super Bowl is the most-watched TV event in the US, with last year notching 123.4 million viewers - the most ever for a US broadcast. In an increasingly fractured media landscape, having a commercial during the Big Game will likely continue to go up in price. In case you didn't know, this year's event on 9 February at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans is between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles.

Cash in The Loft?
Simon Smith was cleaning out his late father’s attic when he stumbled upon a plastic bag full of papers. When he looked inside, he was shocked to find letters, drawings and manuscripts that had once belonged to author A.A. Milne, the creator of Winnie-the-Pooh. Now, after “capturing the imagination of the publishing world,” the rare documents have found new homes in the United States and the United Kingdom, says Will Farmer, director of Fieldings Auctioneers. They have been sold for £95,000 (more than $118,000) by Fieldings Auctioneers.
By The Numbers
84%: The percentage of the Inflation Reduction Act funds earmarked for clean energy projects that will not be able to be rescinded by the Trump administration, says Reuters.
68.5%: The female completion rate for primary school in sub-Saharan Africa, up from 48.5 percent in 2000 and nearing the completion rate for boys (71.3 percent), says World Bank.
139: The current number of non-white US Congress members, a near-doubling since 2005.
32 weeks: A Spanish court has ruled that a single mother is entitled to the same amount of parental leave as a couple would be entitled to - 32 weeks - "on the grounds that all babies should be treated the same, regardless of the composition of their families."

Can it be Done?
Washington-based fusion energy company Helion just raised US$425 million in fresh funding for its bid to be the first to produce usable electricity through nuclear fusion. The firm's latest round takes the total investment into Helion over the $1 billion line, and it's aiming to begin delivering clean power from a single fusion 50-MW plant to Microsoft by 2028. It remains to be seen if that will be enough to get Helion system's up and running within its deadline - but it would be amazing if it did. The firm has taken on the gargantuan task of efficiently and affordably generating zero-carbon electricity, and signed a legally binding agreement to face financial penalties if it fails to supply Microsoft with electricity within three years.
"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed."
Mahatma Gandhi
On This Day

31 January 1924: Einar Landvik, Nordic skier from Norway, competes in the first-ever Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France.
Today's Articles
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Mood Boosting Video
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