Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) First-in-class narcolepsy drug oveporexton wins FDA approval; (2) Brazil's Amazon deforestation falls to lowest since 2013; (3) Tate Taylor's sprint double and a U20 relay world record in Eugene; (4) 13-year-old Zac Waters 3D-prints a custom wheelchair for a toddler.

A midweek bonus from The Morning Lift: “Superconductivity record at 151K, ambient pressure” — one of our most-loved stories, re-read for you. Originally from our May 29 episode. Hear a new lift every morning at themorninglift.org.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) FDA approves Tudriqev, a living virus that turns melanoma tumors against themselves; (2) A near-extinct Amazon language, Taushiro, gets a formal revival; (3) The surprise comeback of 2026 is the compact disc; (4) Michaela Walsh becomes first boxer to win four Commonwealth Games medals.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) A Queens basketball court that swallows 330,000 gallons of floodwater; (2) Ma Rainey's buried notes recovered a century later; (3) Quantum entanglement sent 62 km over ordinary overhead fiber; (4) A Spokane bootmaker outfitting wildfire crews for free.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) A bean-grown chewing gum stripped up to 93% of HPV from patients' saliva in lab tests; (2) Chelsea Gray won one WNBA game with back-to-back buzzer-beaters; (3) A Green Bay home-repair program drew record demand from neighbors; (4) Bison and fire are rebuilding an Illinois prairie, and the birds are returning.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) Colossal 2,500-year-old marble statue unearthed at ancient Sardis; (2) Scientists identify the brain cells that sustain motivation; (3) Compressorless hydrogen turbine runs 303 seconds and makes electricity; (4) D.C. reading pilot posts 54% more growth for students furthest behind.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) A hidden magma reservoir the size of a country is mapped beneath Tuscany; (2) A complete early Christian monastic complex is uncovered in Upper Egypt; (3) A new 3D-printing method makes tungsten carbide tools harder with less raw material; (4) Stanford names the "ruptoblast," an immune cell that explodes to kill invaders.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) A bionic eye implant that restores central vision just cleared Europe; (2) Finland's town-scale sand battery cut heating emissions 70%; (3) A Czech axewoman set two world records at the Lumberjack World Championships; (4) A 64-year-old qualified as a nurse, studying alongside his own son.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) Japan hits 90% lithium recovery from dead EV batteries; (2) Autonomous AI eye-scans deliver a verified diagnosis at the pharmacy in about a minute; (3) Why cancer cells and viruses go invisible to the immune system; (4) Two poisonous plants give up the recipe for a promising medicine.

A midweek bonus from The Morning Lift: “Sunlight-powered quantum photon pairs” — one of our most-loved stories, re-read for you. Originally from our May 20 episode. Hear a new lift every morning at themorninglift.org.