Despite the ongoing gloom surrounding the world’s financial markets, experts at Davos 2016 are confident this is not a repeat of 2008. John Veihmeyer, global chairman of accounting group, KPMG, cautioned that significant risks remain, but the pessimism may be largely related to China’s economic slump. This same downturn has also been termed by one former Barclays executive as a “healthy correction”, however. The palatial ski resort environment may have something to do with this cloud of optimism in a financial world gone awfully bad.

Researchers may have discovered a ninth planet in our solar system. While not observed directly, it is believed the planet orbits Neptune and is roughly 10 times the size of Earth. A computer simulation model indicated the possibility of this planet by detecting possible gravitational effects in the area, which strongly suggests another planet.

The light sabres have only just been sheathed, but don’t expect ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII’ anytime soon. Disney has postponed the next instalment of the now-restored series to December 2017. This is a full seven months later than previously announced. With no explanation yet for the delay, the force is not going to be with anyone anytime soon.

The NFL’s Buffalo Bills have made history by hiring the first ever female coach. Kathryn Smith has just been appointed as their new head of quality control-special teams. While this is not at all close to a head coach position, Smith’s appointment is historical in that she is at least the first female head anything to make it in the NFL. Transformation may be glacial in the league, but it appears to be shifting at the Bills.