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Explanations Are Forever
Two Taxi Drivers, One Space Agency, and the Only Case for Fundamental Science.
Dec 7, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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The Crossing of Thresholds
The Crossing of Thresholds.
Nov 6, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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An Uncatalogued Asteroid Could Kill Hundreds of Thousands Tomorrow. Why Aren’t We Prepared?
What will it cost to do something about it right now?
Sep 29, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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The Harm in Hate Speech Laws
Why “group libel” cannot justify a hate speech exception to the First Amendment.
Sep 11, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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What is the largest asteroid humans can deflect with current technology and a six-month timeframe?
A back-of-envelope analysis of an existential hazard.
Aug 28, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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How It Started and How It’s Going: A Scientific History of the Origins of Life Research, Part 1
From "Warm Little Pond" to RNA-World
Aug 20, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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Jumping Genes: Barbara McClintock’s Rewriting of Genetics
How a Brilliant Scientist's Rejected Discovery Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Genome
May 6, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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Crossing Borders : The Promise and Paradox of America
Finding Connection in a Land of Contradictions.
May 2, 2025
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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A Non-Biological Reason for Why Information Cannot Flow from Proteins to DNA
"..the Central Dogma is a theorem of coding theory and not a fundamental biological phenomenon." - Hubert P. Yockey
Nov 8, 2024
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Venkatesh V Ranjan
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