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Men and women are genuinely different — biologically, hormonally, neurologically. But those differences are smaller and more flexible than culture admits. This microbook unpacks the real science behind sex and the brain: from immune-driven attraction to testosterone's true role, revealing why biology offers predispositions, never destiny.

Sex on the Brain: The Biological Differences 

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A volcano cooled the Earth by half a degree in the 1990s. Now companies are raising millions to repeat the feat on purpose. What no one has solved is how to do it without trading one problem for another.

Do we have the technology to cool the planet?

The Female Brain reveals how hormones shape every stage of a woman's neurological life — from the estrogen-rich circuits of infancy to the unfiltered clarity of menopause. Drawing on brain scans and clinical research, Louann Brizendine shows why women feel, love, fight, and connect the way they do — and why none of it is irrational.

The Female Brain

Understanding the science behind your decision making and behavior is a great asset in the battle to a more fulfilled life.

Psychology

The aging of the world is being read as imminent catastrophe. There's another reading underway — in labor policy, in longevity science, and in the geopolitical rebalance between aging and younger economies. This Radar travels from Tokyo to Milan, Seoul, and Africa to make sense of a civilizational transition still being written, with names, dates, and a concept worth adopting into your vocabulary: designed longevity.

Aging Isn't the Crisis. It's the Achievement.

How to keep the brain young isn't a self-help question — it's one of the most active areas of neuroscience today. Three pillars show up across nearly every study, and none of them runs through comfort.

How to Keep Your Brain Young

Test new diets, routines, workout regimens and see what best suits your body and mind

Health & Diet

More than 3 out of 4 American workers report some level of burnout. Learn to spot the warning sign before it turns into a diagnosis.

How to Spot Burnout: The Point Where Tiredness Stops Being Tiredness

A discovery in the brain's own immune cells is challenging the dominant model of anxiety treatment. This Radar breaks down the study, what it changes, and what's still worth doing while the science catches up.

What anxiety is, and what to do about it

Three dead, eight infected, thirty passengers scattered across twelve countries without contact tracing. This Radar tells the story of the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, a ship that departed Argentina in April twenty twenty-six, and answers the question that dominated headlines: could this become a pandemic? Drawing on sources including the WHO, CNN, NPR, Harvard, and STAT News, the text explains what the Andes virus is, why it is different from other strains, what happened on board, and why experts are ruling out a pandemic now while still taking the warning seriously.

Hantavirus, a new pandemic?

From Nash's game theory to the dopamine design of video games, this Radar traces the path that brought the concept of play into the classroom, explains the science behind the engagement games create, and evaluates, without romanticizing, what gamification actually solves in education and what it still can't replace.

YOUR BRAIN LOVES A GAME

See what science says about modern childhood education.

Parenting

Autism and Inclusion breaks down Autism Spectrum Disorder through the lens of practical education, showing parents and teachers how to create environments where autistic children can genuinely thrive. Drawing on psychopedagogy and methods like ABA, TEACCH, and Montessori, Eugênio Cunha delivers a compassionate, actionable guide that replaces fear and confusion with clarity, purpose, and real strategies for building independence — one small step at a time.

Autism and Inclusion

“Brief Answers to the Big Questions” is the last book written by one of the greatest minds in history, Stephen Hawking. In it, he provides the readers with personal views on some of the most intriguing questions that are troubling mankind. He also unravels future predictions about climate change, the threat of nuclear war, and the development of artificial intelligence.

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

How did we get here? See which ideas shaped the course of history, and how philosophy played a significant role in human evolution.

History & Philosophy

“The Great Influenza” by John M. Berry tells the terrifying and surprisingly little-known story of the 1918 flu pandemic, the deadliest in history. Erupting at the height of World War I in an army camp in Kansas, the pandemic killed 100 million people worldwide, five times as many as the war itself. Barry examines the reasons and the consequences, and shares the lessons (never) learned.

The Great Influenza

In “Descartes’ Error,” eminent Portuguese-American neuroscientist Antonio Damasio draws on the famous Phineas Gage affair and his personal experiences with neurological patients affected by brain damage to challenge traditional ideas about the relationship between emotions and rationality. Ultimately, he shows that, rather than being its deterrent, emotions are actually a fundamental part of rational thinking.

Descartes’ Error

In “The Brain That Changes Itself” author, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst Norman Doidge looks at new medical research on the functioning of the brain. For most of medical history it was believed that the brain was fixed, but it has now been proven that the brain continually changes itself. This has revealed new ways of dealing with stroke or anxiety patients and has even shown how blind people can regain their sight!

The Brain That Changes Itself

Personal Development

The best microbooks on Emotional Intelligence to make you overcome obstacles in your personal and professional life.

Emotional Intelligence

Daniel Goleman’s “Emotional Intelligence” summarizes research from a decade of studies and shows us why emotional intelligence (EI) is just as important for a successful life as our IQ. Contrary to the academic knowledge measured by the IQ, EI is multifaceted and has an impact on our work performance, our relationships, and our health.
Goleman argues for a shift in educational focus: he makes the case for educating our children in the art of emotional intelligence, to prevent the rise of mental health issues and crime rates.


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