Feel Good Friday

“The decline of physical bookstores remains so embedded in popular culture that the man dating Anne Hathaway’s character in The Devil Wears Prada 2 laments that bookstores are “getting downsized and consolidated.” But the decline actually ended years ago, and the latest numbers from the American Booksellers Association show independent stores expanding at a pace not seen this century.”

+ “Researchers say the new drug, called VERVE-102, could be administered to patients with a one-time infusion over the course of approximately four hours instead of having patients take a daily pill or regular shots.” New drug to treat high cholesterol could be 1-time therapy. And, A New, Powerful Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Is on the Horizon.

+ Rescue divers in Laos on Friday night safely evacuated the first of five local villagers who had been trapped in a cave for more than a week by floodwaters.

+ This High Schooler Developed an A.I. Tool to Diagnose Autism and ADHD Using the Retina.

+ Paul McCartney Doesn’t Need to Make Music Anymore. He Just Loves To. (He also seems pretty good at it.)

+ Shrey Parikh, 14, wins the Scripps Spelling Bee after a nail-biting spell-off.