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General Q&A about worldbuilding and other speculative developments that can be extrapolated from science.

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The Serina Series: Episode I: Cats

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭JohnWDailey‭

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Do dead human bodies have a particular smell?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭user2352714‭

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I'm formulating a planet that has silver dust on its surface, and ideally has rivers of mercury flowing on it, possible? Human survival not necessary

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭RJ0001‭

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What would a house, designed to accomodate a dragon, look like?

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Mephistopheles‭

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Could a centaur eat something that is poisonous to humans but not horses?

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭AshaC33‭

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Giant planet renders one side of its moon deadly, the 'shadow side' habitable. How?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭N. Bleac‭

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How Would I Believably Wipe Out an Entire Planet's Population and Culture Without Destroying Said Planet?

5 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭The Weasel Sagas‭

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Life develops on a moon left in darkness?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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How would three small moons, rather than one large one, effect an earth-like planet?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Puck‭

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How can a "magic" mirror flash blind people?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Mephistopheles‭

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Technological "dungeon" designed to last for millennia

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Bogdan 705‭

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A Mammal with Electrical Defenses

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭user3556983‭

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Would serial killers be a thing In a world where duels to the death are perfectly legal?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Jordy McCroquette‭

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Can cherenkov effect be used for telling how fast FTL spaceship moves?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭user6760‭

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If Earth had a smaller second moon, what would the sky look like?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭RobotPQ30‭

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Language that cannot be divided into words?

20 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭lirtosiast‭

science-based aliens language
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I need a spacecraft to be pulled into the sun's gravity!

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭zengun309‭

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Could ocean and wind currents form on a tidally heated body

0 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Samantha Clark‭

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can spacecraft heat be 'vented' with entangled particles?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Daikael‭

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Where can you find berries that eat people from the inside out?

4 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Clockwork Parzival‭

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What is the minimum and maximum gravity level that nearly all humans can sustain over a 5 year period?

4 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭galactic_analyzer‭

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Evolution of flying skulls?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭bio‭

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A tiny fire-breather

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭user3556983‭

biology dragons zoology
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What would happen if a black person used genetic modification to turn off the MC1R gene?

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Sabrine Crystal Santos‭

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Adjusting to the Sound of a Waterfall

5 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Halfthawed‭

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Werewolves and sense of smell, what is reasonable for them to accomplish with it?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Demigan‭

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Hematophagic Organism Body Size

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Thalassan‭

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How could Ice Spikes naturally occur?

4 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭DigiAB‭

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Possibly of achieving prolonged immortality

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭RotNDecay‭

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So, how do I put the extra muscle, needed for flight, into a large flying creatures like dragons?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Mephistopheles‭

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What's the largest a canine could realistically get?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭icewar1908‭

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What aquatic life would utterly deplete the soil of a specific nutrient?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭user72058‭

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How do I calculate the total time dilation experienced by an accelerating ship?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Starsong67‭

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How/why could dragons develop six limbs?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Puck‭

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How can elves prevent specialization among their species?

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Incognito‭

biology society xenobiology
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Building an interstellar starship during transit

5 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Adam Reynolds‭

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Could my Triclops exist?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭icewar1908‭

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Effect of Prolonged Egg Diapause on Species

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Thalassan‭

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Could a red tree exist?

6 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭RotNDecay‭

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Could Long, Dense Walls of "Megamangroves" Deflect The Deadliest of Storms?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭JohnWDailey‭

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Time reversal by the means of lightspeed

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭El El‭

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Can we safe FTL from paradoxes by using a Multiverse?

5 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭mart‭

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What conditions would be necessary to have all of the world's mainland animals be subjected to island gigantism?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Niobium_Sage‭

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Stability in Lowering a Space Elevator

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Rusty‭

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What technologies could be made with the manipulation of quarks?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Shawn‭

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Is it theoreticaly possible to phase shift between alternate universe and/or realities?

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Hewholooksskyward‭

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How could an iceberg be created quickly?

2 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭George Brewington‭

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Methods for melting metals in space

3 answers  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Daikael‭

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Can an animal develop a facial disk through muscle and bone alone?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭ProjectApex‭

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How big does a pelican type creature need to be to carry a grown up human inside its mouth and still fly?

1 answer  ·  last activity 6 months ago by ‭Li Jun‭

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