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.

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Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) Global hunger falls below 8% for the first time since the pandemic; (2) Micronesia's internet access jumps twentyfold after its telecom monopoly ends; (3) Heat pumps are on the verge of becoming America's default home HVAC; (4) An Atlanta dad's weekly library trip grew into the 'Library Dads'.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) Laser scans reveal a lost Amazon civilization of up to three million people; (2) Australia's citizen 'Bug Hunt' passes one million observations and catches invasions early; (3) The American oystercatcher climbs back while other shorebirds fall; (4) Oakland opens a free library that lends sports gear so no kid is priced out.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) California ran more than half of May on solar, a world first; (2) New cobalt-aluminum metal is up to 10 times stronger than steel and still bends; (3) Lindon Victor wins a record third straight Commonwealth decathlon gold; (4) FDA approves centanafadine, first new-class ADHD drug in decades.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) Anna Moesch swims the fastest 100 free in American history; (2) A forgotten Yale fossil turns out to be a new Triassic predator; (3) Galápagos giant daisies are caught evolving new species live; (4) The Ghent Altarpiece sheds five centuries of overpaint.

Four positive stories to start your morning: (1) Greece win the Water Polo World Cup, their first-ever global title; (2) WHO reports global road deaths fell 21% since 2011 despite a billion more vehicles; (3) A brush-on liquid stops toddler cavities without the drill; (4) First atmosphere confirmed on a rocky planet in a star's habitable zone.