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    The Physics of Climate Change: Understanding the Science – Book Summary

    The Physics of Climate Change: Understanding the Science – Book Summary

    Lesson Summaries24 May 2025

    Introduction In The Physics of Climate Change, renowned physicist Lawrence M. Krauss presents a clear and accessible exploration of the scientific principles underlying climate change.

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    This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How Hormonal Contraceptives Affect Women’s Brains, Moods, and Lives – Book Summary

    This Is Your Brain on Birth Control: How Hormonal Contraceptives Affect Women’s Brains, Moods, and Lives – Book Summary

    Lesson Summaries24 May 202524 May 2025

    Introduction: A Silent Influence on the Female Mind Since its introduction in the 1960s, hormonal birth control has revolutionized reproductive freedom for women. Millions rely

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    Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are – Book Summary

    Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are – Book Summary

    Lesson Summaries23 May 202524 May 2025

    What if your personality, intelligence, and mental health were largely written in your DNA? In his provocative and deeply researched book Blueprint: How DNA Makes

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    Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human – A Deep Dive Into Richard Wrangham’s Evolutionary Thesis – Book Summary

    Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human – A Deep Dive Into Richard Wrangham’s Evolutionary Thesis – Book Summary

    Lesson Summaries18 May 202524 May 2025

    Cooking is so embedded in our daily routines that we rarely think of it as revolutionary. But according to anthropologist Richard Wrangham, cooking didn’t just

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    Heart Disease: Lipids vs. Inflammation — The Two Competing Hypotheses

    Heart Disease: Lipids vs. Inflammation — The Two Competing Hypotheses

    Lesson Summaries18 May 202524 May 2025

    Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet experts are still debating its root cause. While nearly everyone agrees that diet and lifestyle

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    Nuclear Energy: A History of Innovation, Efficiency, and Lessons Learned

    Nuclear Energy: A History of Innovation, Efficiency, and Lessons Learned

    Lesson Summaries13 May 202524 May 2025

    From the discovery of nuclear fission in the 1930s to today’s cutting-edge reactor designs, nuclear energy has followed a complex path—marked by groundbreaking innovation, remarkable

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    What Doesn’t Kill Us: 10 Lessons on Embracing the Power of Cold Exposure and Controlled Breathing

    What Doesn’t Kill Us: 10 Lessons on Embracing the Power of Cold Exposure and Controlled Breathing

    Lesson Summaries1 May 20231 May 2023

    In our everyday lives, we tend to avoid discomfort and opt for convenience. However, in the book “What Doesn’t Kill Us” by Scott Carney, he

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    Altered Traits: How Meditation Transforms Us at the Deepest Level

    Altered Traits: How Meditation Transforms Us at the Deepest Level

    Lesson Summaries27 April 202318 May 2025

    Introduction: Meditation Beyond the Moment Meditation is no longer just a spiritual or mystical practice—it has become a subject of rigorous scientific study. In Altered

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    Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

    Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain

    Lesson Summaries26 April 202323 May 2025

    By Dr. John J. Ratey with Eric Hagerman Introduction: Why Exercise Is Not Just for the Body In Spark, Harvard psychiatrist Dr. John J. Ratey

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    Gödel, Escher, Bach: 10 Lessons on Creativity, Intelligence, and Consciousness

    Gödel, Escher, Bach: 10 Lessons on Creativity, Intelligence, and Consciousness

    Lesson Summaries25 April 202327 April 2023

    Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter that explores the relationship between mathematics, art, and music. The

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