There is a sentence that is missing in the paragraph below. Look at the paragraph and decide where (option $1,2,3$, or 4 ) the following sentence would best fit.

Sentence: Science has officially crowned us superior to our early-rising brethren.

Paragraph: My fellow night owls, grab a strong cup of coffee and gather around:

I have great news._ (1) _. For a long time, our kind has been unfairly maligned. Stereotyped as lazy and undisciplined. Told we ought to be morning larks. Advised to go to bed early so we can wake before 5am and run a marathon before breakfast like all high-flyers seem to do. Now, however, we are having the last laugh. _ (2) _ It may be a tad more complicated than that. A study published last week, which you may have already seen while scrolling at 1am, suggests that staying up late could be good for brain power. _ (3) _ Is this study a thinly veiled PR exercise conducted by a caffeine-pill company? Nope, it's legit. _ (4) _Research led by academics at Imperial College London studied data on more than 26,000 people and found that "self declared 'night owls' generally tend to have higher cognitive scores".