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Was the total amount of water on earth ever significantly different?

2 answers · posted 4mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 4mo ago by Lundin‭

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Could a laser using a "light capacitor" rather than a battery work?

1 answer · posted 4mo ago by pootis‭ · last activity 4mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

weapons warfare laser

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Human elytra flying off a cliff

2 answers · posted 5mo ago by Rhea‭ · last activity 5mo ago by dsr‭

flight humanoid

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Scientific solution to bureaucracy-applied-to-humans [closed]

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · closed 4mo ago by Canina‭

politics identity human-biology computer-science libre

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If the poles ice would melt, would it be critical for human survival to try to bring it back?

1 answer · posted 5mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

climate

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The more horizontal a building (on planet earth) is, the more years it can survive a collapse?

2 answers · posted 5mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 5mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Structural-integrity-and-failure

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Could grow lights on a massive scale replace 100% of sunlight for 100% of the growing season?

2 answers · posted 5mo ago by JBH‭ · last activity 5mo ago by KalleMP‭

agriculture light

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Making a hair cream without using any lipids/oils

0 answers · posted 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭

chemsitry cosmetics

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A single beam laser treatment to both remove hair and flatten a scar

1 answer · posted 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 5mo ago by JBH‭

laser

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Digging Depressions in seafloor to create artificial islands in nearby areas

2 answers · posted 7mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 3mo ago by Pastychomper‭

sea-exploration

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Natural ways to acquire gravity and heat for a colony on earth's moon

2 answers · posted 7mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 7mo ago by JohnDoea‭

moons

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Creatine supplementation as enhancing the natural production of Carnosine and vice versa

1 answer · posted 7mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 7mo ago by Pastychomper‭

Creatine Carnosine Amino-acids Veganism

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An hair product which is both a lipid ointment and a gel

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 7mo ago by JohnDoea‭

chemistry hair-products

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How does radiotherapy destroys proximal (subcutaneous) fat cells? [closed]

0 answers · posted 8mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 6mo ago by JohnDoea‭

dermatology radiotherapy lipolysis

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Composite armor based on diamonds, could it work?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by Mr. Mistoffelees‭ · last activity 8mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

armors nanotechnology

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Could a habitable planet lit by the cosmic microwave background plausibly exist?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by celtschk‭ · last activity 8mo ago by dsr‭

planets alternate-worlds habitability

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How would utility fluids move and stay together?

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by Mr. Mistoffelees‭ · edited 8mo ago by Canina‭

nanotechnology robots hydrodynamics

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How to protect intelligent fluids from heat damage?

2 answers · posted 8mo ago by Mr. Mistoffelees‭ · edited 8mo ago by Canina‭

physics robots

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Repetitive head-hair removal and lab-grown head-hair planting

1 answer · posted 9mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 9mo ago by Pastychomper‭

dermatology

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Keratin biosynthesis and human hair straightness/smoothness

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

hair

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Is the combination of water and medical skin laser dangerous?

1 answer · posted 10mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · last activity 10mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

biology medical laser

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Is the Caspian Sea becoming smaller since the industrial revolution?

0 answers · posted 10mo ago by JohnDoea‭ · edited 10mo ago by JohnDoea‭

sea climate-change pre-industrial industrial-age

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Centripetal Burn in Orbit

1 answer · posted 12mo ago by Josh Hyatt‭ · last activity 12mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

space orbital-mechanics

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Why would a race constantly deafened by ambient noises still hear?

3 answers · posted 1y ago by DonielF‭ · last activity 12mo ago by ajekb78‭

evolution senses abilities

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Effects of not growing up?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Matthew‭ · last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

biology

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How do you establish identity when people can change their appearance at will?

3 answers · posted 1y ago by Green‭ · last activity 1y ago by Pastychomper‭

genetics identity governance

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Exploration of a 50 mile high mountain [duplicate]

0 answers · posted 1y ago by Green‭ · closed as duplicate 1y ago by Canina‭

space technology exploration

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How do I manage memetic infection while time traveling?

2 answers · posted 1y ago by Green‭

time-travel information

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What is the best apex predator to thin the zombie herds? [duplicate]

0 answers · posted 1y ago by Green‭ · closed as duplicate 1y ago by Canina‭

fauna zombies

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Why buy tech from the future?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by Green‭ · last activity 1y ago by Jordan‭

technology economy time-travel near-future

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Is it realistic to see satellites moving across the sky centuries after humans stopped space activity?

1 answer · posted 1y ago by celtschk‭ · last activity 1y ago by Green‭

space satellites

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Wings going from locomotive purposes in juveniles to sexual purposes in adults, plausible?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by caters‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Lundin‭

evolution sex species

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How do I realistically keep my large mammalian predator hidden from other pack hunters.

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Cazadorro‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Lundin‭

biology creature-design mammals abilities

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Plausibility of "multi-type transmissible animal cell tumor" to form more complex structures.

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Cazadorro‭ · last activity 11mo ago by sox‭

medical animal tumor cell

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Magnet strong enough to rip the iron out of your body feasible?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Cazadorro‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by DonielF‭

biology magnetism electromagnetism

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How to Terraform a Dead Earth

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Enfield‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Olin Lathrop‭

terraforming science-fiction alternate-earth

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Would a 200-Pound Dwarf Still Need to Wear Clothing?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Enfield‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by pnuts‭

biology adaptability humanoid alternate-earth

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Avoiding Incidental Ion Drive damage to Following Vehicles?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Cazadorro‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by dmckee‭

space-travel ion drive

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Would a huge amount of asteroids hitting Earth change its rotation speed or destroy the planet?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by hkotsubo‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭

asteroids earth

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How efficient can a Dyson sphere be?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity 1y ago by celtschk‭

physics dyson-spheres megastructures energy materials

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Competently Mobile Photosynthetic Animal?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Cazadorro‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Cazadorro‭

biology plant animal

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Is it possible to create a beam of non-relativistic neutrinos?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by dmckee‭

physics technology relativity particle-physics

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What conditions would cause an extremely dense (dark) coniferous forest to grow?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by xtal‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Olin Lathrop‭

climate forestry ecology

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Black as color of magic

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Prahara‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Aliza‭

vision colors

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Would caves in general be practical lairs for a dragon?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭

dragons

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How could the display technology of self-rewriting books work?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭

computers robots optics

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Could my leviathans exist?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by icewar1908‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by icewar1908‭

biology reality-check evolution creature-design

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Restricted Directions for an Alcubierre Drive?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by FlyingLemmingSoup‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by lsusr‭

spaceships science-fiction

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Exclusively underground creature experiencing sun-light for the first-time

3 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Prahara‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Prahara‭

biology reality-check xenobiology

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Can a Slime run?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Murray‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Murray‭

biology creature-design alternate-reality

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