Books by 12min Originals

An analysis of how the single-job model has eroded over seven decades. Drawing on data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Goldman Sachs, the OECD, and recent research from LendingTree and the Big Shift twenty twenty six report, this Radar traces the timeline from the nineteen fifties, when two years of salary could buy a house, to April twenty twenty six, when fifty five percent of Gen Z holds more than one job at a time. Based on a Reuters report and cross-referencing over fifteen sources, it explains why one paycheck is no longer enough.

Five true and improbable stories from World Cups that prove football is bigger than the scoreboard. From a fourteen-year-old ball boy who stole an Italian goalkeeper's notes to a parade of four million people that had to be evacuated by helicopter, this Radar twelve min gathers the most human moments from the biggest sporting event on the planet.

A long-form investigation into ADHD as one of the most underdiagnosed conditions in adulthood and what new neuroscience research is revealing about an unexpected ally... the body itself. Based on a landmark twenty twenty-six study published in PNAS with five hundred and thirty-six participants, this Radar explores how paying attention to physical sensations like breathing and heartbeat may reduce symptoms of depression and ADHD... and why exercise works through mechanisms far deeper than endorphins.

Anthropic decided not to release its most powerful cybersecurity AI model to the public. They called it Mythos, and it's capable of finding and exploiting thousands of critical vulnerabilities across the world's major systems — some hidden for decades. This Radar 12min explains what Mythos does, why the window between a flaw's disclosure and its exploitation has practically vanished, and what all of this means for companies that don't have the security budget of a Wall Street bank.

In two thousand and twenty-six, war became a content strategy. From Call of Duty-style videos posted by the White House to Lego animations produced for the Iranian government, this piece maps how memes, AI-generated images, and viral propaganda are shaping global perception of the Iran conflict... and why the real battle may now be happening in your feed.

A Swedish study of nearly one hundred thousand people, published in The Lancet Psychiatry, revealed that semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic, is associated with significant drops in depression, anxiety and substance use. In this Radar, we break down the data, the hypotheses, the risks and what it changes in practice.

Spain regularizes five hundred thousand immigrants. The United States multiplies deportations by five. Japan shrinks and doesn't know how to save itself. In this Radar 12min, the complete map of immigration in twenty twenty six, who opens the door, who shuts it, and what to do with that information.

Twenty-one hours of negotiations between the United States and Iran ended with no deal. Trump announced a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, attacked Pope Leo XIV, and posted an image of himself as Jesus. Oil hit a hundred dollars a barrel. And the ceasefire expires in nine days. This week's Radar 12min connects all the pieces and explains what they mean for your wallet, your investments, and the world you'll be navigating in the weeks ahead.

Satoshi Nakamoto created Bitcoin in 2009, accumulated over a million coins, and disappeared without a trace. Now, a New York Times investigation points to British cryptographer Adam Back as the leading suspect. In this Radar 12min, we tell the full story: from the cypherpunks to the genesis block, from the 2008 crisis to the 78-billion-dollar fortune no one has ever touched. And we explain why Satoshi's identity matters to anyone who invests, builds businesses, or wants to understand the future of money.

Five teams. Five different ways to change the history of the world's most popular sport. From Brazil in nineteen seventy, who played in the first World Cup broadcast in colour and kept the Jules Rimet Trophy forever, to Argentina in twenty twenty two, who played what many consider the greatest final ever. In this Radar twelve min, we cover what made each of these squads so special, with verified facts, little-known curiosities, and the context that the twenty twenty six World Cup will need.

The world's largest economy just opened a trade investigation against a Brazilian payment system that is free, processes over six billion transactions a month, and is used by over ninety percent of the country's adults. In this Radar twelve min, we break down how Pix became the center of a geopolitical dispute between Brazil and the United States, why Visa and Mastercard feel threatened, what Colombia has to do with it, and what it all means for the future of money.

A two-week truce halted forty days of war between the United States, Israel, and Iran, but strikes on Lebanon, the dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, and the nuclear question keep the ceasefire under constant pressure. This Radar twelve min breaks down what was agreed, where the sides disagree, and how it affects markets, prices, and daily life.

Meta invested fourteen billion dollars, built a superintelligence lab from scratch, and launched Muse Spark, its new AI model. This Radar breaks down what it does, where it beats and where it loses to OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, why Meta abandoned open source, and what changes for anyone using WhatsApp and Instagram.

A two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran has halted six weeks of war and brought immediate relief to global markets. This Radar explains how Pakistan emerged as the central mediator, why the Strait of Hormuz is the linchpin of the entire crisis, what each side gained and what remains unanswered, and which scenarios lie ahead for the economy and investments.

This is the first episode of the special Radar 12min World Cup series. A tournament with forty-eight nations is about to kick off in the same country currently at war with one of the qualified teams. As the world prepares for the largest sporting event ever held, this episode tells the story of the only player to win three World Cups, score a thousand goals, possibly help pause a civil war, and turn football into the universal language it is today. From a barefoot childhood in a small Brazilian town to Pelé's death at 82... this is the story of how one sport and one man changed the world.

In thirty-seven days of war, Iran lost its Navy, its supreme leader, and most of the infrastructure that sustained its economy. The United States is spending nearly one billion dollars a day. Gulf countries that declared war on no one are watching their refineries burn. This Radar opens the ledger from the weekend of April third and fourth and shows, country by country, how much each side has lost... in equipment, in money, and in lives.

This Radar investigates Kuse AI and its product Junior, a virtual employee that operates twenty-four hours a day inside the tools companies already use. The text analyzes how the technology works in practice, what infrastructure supports it, who is already using it, how much it costs and what economic data says about the real impact of automation on the job market.

Radar 12min turns the most relevant facts of the week into an informative chronicle, connecting the dots between events that seem unrelated. Each edition offers context, hard data and practical guidance for anyone looking to make more informed decisions about money, career and life.

The war waged by the United States and Israel against Iran reaches the one month mark with a primetime presidential address attempting to declare mission accomplished. This Radar 12min dismantles Trump's speech and shows what is happening behind the cameras... the Strait of Hormuz closed, oil above one hundred dollars, nearly two thousand civilians dead, and a global economy on the brink of a shock that no optimistic phrase can contain. Neutral analysis, verified sources and three practical scenarios to help you prepare.

First the Moon, then Mars. NASA is about to launch Artemis two, the first crewed mission around the Moon in over fifty years. But behind the historic achievement lie a problematic heat shield, ninety three billion dollars spent, a quiet race with China, and a debate over whether the investment of so much public money in space is worth it. This Radar 12min breaks down what is at stake, without filler and without jargon.

This edition of Radar 12min dives into a study published in the journal Science by Stanford researchers that measured, for the first time in a systematic way, how much AI chatbots agree with us... even when we're completely wrong. The numbers are uncomfortable, the examples are real, and the implications go far beyond a casual conversation with a bot. Find out how language model flattery may be changing the way you make decisions, resolve conflicts, and see the world.

A new Federal Reserve study and research from UCLA, Harvard and USC confirm what many suspected: legalized sports betting is measurably eroding household financial health across the United States. Across the Atlantic, the UK is seeing record demand for gambling debt services. In this Radar 12min, you will learn what the data actually says, where the industry stands, who is being hit hardest, and what both supporters and critics of the expansion have to say.

Two American juries found Meta and Google liable in less than forty eight hours for harm caused to young users of social media. The verdicts did not target the content published on the platforms but the design of the products themselves, infinite scroll, addictive algorithms, compulsive notifications. In doing so, they punched a hole through Section two thirty, the nineteen ninety six law that shielded big tech for nearly three decades. This Radar explains what happened, why it matters and what comes next in the legal battle that could reshape the internet.

The war between the United States, Israel, and Iran is not just a military conflict. It is an economic earthquake that is changing the price of everything, from diesel in Italy to cooking gas in India. This Radar maps what has already gotten more expensive, what will get more expensive next, which countries are most vulnerable to collapse, and what to do with that information before the impact reaches your life.

A single social media post moved trillions of dollars in minutes. But the strangest part was not the announcement itself... it was the billion-dollar bets that landed fifteen minutes before it. This Radar twelve min investigates the trades that anticipated Trump's Iran decision, the pattern of near-perfect bets that has been repeating for months, Iran's denial that cast everything into doubt, and what it all reveals about the limits of financial regulation when money and war collide.

The war between the United States, Israel, and Iran is redrawing the global investment map. This Radar twelve min shows how the Middle East conflict pushed oil prices to levels not seen since two thousand and twenty-two, triggered the largest capital flight from Asia since two thousand and eight, jammed the traditional safe havens, and put central banks worldwide into a holding pattern.

A single morning jog on the deck of a nuclear aircraft carrier exposed Europe's most uncomfortable truth in two thousand and twenty-six: the continent is being pulled into a war it did not choose, over a strait it cannot afford to lose.

While five hundred million people were chasing Pikachu, the company behind Pokémon GO was quietly amassing thirty billion images of the real world. Now, that database powers delivery robots that navigate sidewalks with centimeter-level precision. This Radar investigates how a mobile game became the largest visual crowdsourcing project in history, who owns that data today, and why it matters to anyone who has ever downloaded a free app.

An Austrian programmer built in one hour the software that is transforming China. OpenClaw is an open-source AI agent that does not just talk... it acts: it replies to emails, operates programs, buys tickets, and works around the clock. Millions of Chinese are "raising lobsters," local governments are offering multimillion-yuan subsidies, and a new model of one-person companies is emerging. But the security risks are real. This Radar covers both sides of the revolution.

Cuba hasn't received an oil shipment in over three months. Blackouts last twenty hours a day, hospitals are postponing surgeries, airlines have canceled flights, and more than a million Cubans have left the island since twenty twenty-one. Meanwhile, Havana is negotiating with Washington for the first time in years, opening its doors to exile investment, and releasing prisoners with Vatican mediation — while Trump talks about "taking" the island. This piece traces six decades of tension and breaks down the most critical moment Cuba has faced since the revolution.

This Radar twelve minutes examines whether the conflict between the United States, Israel, and Iran in March two thousand twenty-six marks the beginning of a Third World War. It covers the four criteria that define a world war, the actual positions of Russia and China, the concrete risks of escalation, and what to monitor in order to separate legitimate concern from unfounded panic.

This Radar twelve min explains what actually happens when oil prices surge, using the shocks of nineteen seventy-three, seventy-nine, and two thousand and eight as reference points, and connecting them to the Strait of Hormuz closure in March two thousand and twenty-six. It traces the cascade from crude oil to fuel, food, fertilizer, gas, airfares, and monetary policy, with four concrete scenarios and actionable guidance for consumers, businesses, and investors.

Reuters just published the most detailed investigation ever conducted into the identity of Banksy, the world's most famous anonymous artist. Using court records, immigration data, and interviews with insiders, reporters traced Banksy from a bombed-out village in Ukraine to a billboard arrest in Manhattan — and found a handwritten confession that settles the question once and for all. This Radar 12min breaks down the investigation, the business empire behind the art, the ethical debate around unmasking him, and what it means for collectors, creators, and anyone interested in the power of anonymity.

This week's Radar 12min dives into the Forbes 2026 Billionaires List... and what surfaces is more than a ranking of fortunes. It is a portrait of a global economy in transformation: artificial intelligence inflating net worths at unprecedented speed, a single individual worth more than the GDP of Belgium, and new entries ranging from Beyoncé to Roger Federer. In 10 minutes of reading, you understand what is behind the numbers — and what they say about the world you live in.

If you are looking for a quick (but effective) moment of reconnection with your inner self, you will find it in the next few minutes. Press play, breathe and relax!

Discover the engineering marvel that stood as the world's tallest structure for millennia! Uncover the truth about the workers who built it, the trial-and-error that led to its design, and the secret chambers that still hold mysteries today. A must-read for any lover of ancient secrets.

Step into a world of ancient splendor and solve a 2,000-year-old mystery! Were the Hanging Gardens a king's romantic gesture or a massive geographical error? Explore the evidence, from screw pumps to lost libraries, and discover where this lush paradise might actually have hidden.

Step back in time to witness the grandeur of the Temple of Artemis! From the obsessive quest of a forgotten archaeologist to the shocking acts of arson and religious zealotry that brought a Wonder to its knees, this summary reveals the incredible life and death of a marble masterpiece.

Travel back to ancient Greece to witness the awe-inspiring majesty of the Statue of Zeus. Discover how Phidias turned gold and ivory into a divine presence so powerful it moved generals to tears. Explore the origins of the Olympics and see a vanished Wonder of the World come to life!

Journey back to ancient Halicarnassus to discover the grandest tomb ever built. Explore how a queen’s profound love for her husband inspired the world’s greatest artists to create a Wonder of the World that defined architectural beauty for millennia. A must-read for fans of ancient history!

Journey back to the Hellenistic world to discover how a dream-vision created one of the Seven Wonders. From the intellectual heights of the Great Library to the 'second sun' that guided sailors, this summary reveals the lost majesty and engineering genius of the Lighthouse of Alexandria.

Step back in time to witness the rise and fall of the ancient world's most massive statue. Discover how the people of Rhodes turned the tools of war into a symbol of freedom. This gripping preview reveals the engineering secrets and tragic end of a wonder that once outshone the sun itself.

Ever wondered why we have a list of 'Seven' wonders? Travel back to the Hellenistic Age to uncover the engineering marvels and political power plays that defined antiquity. This summary explores how these iconic sights became symbols of human hubris and which one still stands today.

Feeling overwhelmed by the weight of global uncertainty? Discover practical, science-backed strategies to reclaim your peace of mind. This guide shows you how to balance information, prioritize self-care, and stay connected so you can navigate challenging times with resilience and calm.

Is the office dead? Discover why the remote work revolution is finally here and how it can transform your productivity. From cost savings to environmental impact, learn the strategies used by global leaders to build thriving virtual teams and master the future of work today.

Stay informed and stay safe. This summary breaks down the complex science of the COVID-19 pandemic, from its viral roots to life-saving prevention tips. Get the facts you need to navigate the crisis, debunk common myths, and understand the real impact of this global health emergency.