Your Good News Round-Up (18/03)

There could soon be a cure for pancreatic cancer 🦠 Catch-up on this story and our other good news topics of the week 🌞

• We know there has been a lot of bad news this week. Here's some good news to lighten your weekend, just a bit.
• Pancreatic cancer could soon have a cure, after the discovery of a new molecule. The MM2i62 molecule can target and kill certain cancer cells.
• A new study has discovered that two of the world’s most common species of reef-building coral are capable of surviving climate change - as long as global warming is kept below 2 degrees.
• TikTok has launched a music distribution platform, SoundOn, where 100% of the royalties go to the music creators. SoundOn will also be free of charge and the platform will waive transaction fees.
• Humpback whales are no longer on Australia’s endangered species list. At the height of the commercial whaling industry there were 1,500 humpbacks left, now there are believed to be 40,000.
• Nature now has legal rights in Panama. The legislation recognizes the natural world as ““unique, indivisible, and self-regulating community of living beings” with its own suite of intrinsic rights.