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How to reduce tornados in the US Great Plains?

1 answer · posted 19d ago by Aaron‭ · last activity 15d ago by Olin Lathrop‭

weather alternate-earth

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What are the Ground Effects of the South Atlantic Anomaly?

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by James McLellan‭ · edited 3mo ago by James McLellan‭

magnetism earth navigation

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PVA glue curing process

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materials

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Could a high-pressure, low oxygen atmosphere reduce fire risk while still being breathable?

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

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How can Single Vision lenses slow myopia for adults too? [closed]

0 answers · posted 3mo ago by VLDR‭ · closed 3mo ago by Canina‭

optics

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Price's Law Sanity Check

1 answer · posted 2mo ago by James McLellan‭ · last activity 21d ago by dsr‭

society economy

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Are heat waves a symptom of 'rebound effect' after climate change deceleration during COVID-19 lockdowns?

0 answers · posted 15d ago by fedorqui‭ · edited 15d ago by fedorqui‭

climate-change heat-waves

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

2 answers · posted 1y ago by JBH‭ · last activity 1y ago by KalleMP‭

agriculture light

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

2 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Lundin‭

climate water geology chemical-process ecosystem

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Making a hair cream without using any lipids/oils

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chemsitry cosmetics

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

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · edited 7mo ago by Peter Mortensen‭

chemistry hair-products

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

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by JBH‭

laser

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by celtschk‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by dsr‭

planets alternate-worlds habitability

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · last activity over 1 year ago by Pastychomper‭

dermatology

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High-Energy Exhaust Shielding for Far-Future Drive

1 answer · posted 8mo ago by Josh Hyatt‭ · last activity 4mo ago by James McLellan‭

space-travel far-future

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

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · edited 1y ago by deleted user

dermatology radiotherapy lipolysis

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

1 answer · posted 1y ago by deleted user · closed 1y ago by Canina‭

politics identity human-biology computer-science libre

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How to protect intelligent fluids from heat damage?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mr. Mistoffelees‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Canina‭

physics robots

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Keratin biosynthesis and human hair straightness/smoothness

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

hair

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

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

weapons warfare laser

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Digging Depressions in seafloor to create artificial islands in nearby areas

2 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 12mo ago by Pastychomper‭

sea-exploration

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

0 answers · posted 2y ago by caters‭ · edited 2y ago by Lundin‭

evolution sex species

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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 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

climate

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · last activity over 1 year ago by Pastychomper‭

Creatine Carnosine Amino-acids Veganism

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Human elytra flying off a cliff

2 answers · posted 1y ago by Rhea‭ · last activity 1y ago by dsr‭

flight humanoid

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

2 answers · posted 1y ago by deleted user · last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Structural-integrity-and-failure

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

3 answers · posted 2y ago by Cazadorro‭ · last activity 2y ago by Lundin‭

biology creature-design mammals abilities

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How do I manage memetic infection while time traveling?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Green‭

time-travel information

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Centripetal Burn in Orbit

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

space orbital-mechanics

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Composite armor based on diamonds, could it work?

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by Mr. Mistoffelees‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Olin Lathrop‭

armors nanotechnology

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Weather with extreme seasons

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Jack Foisy‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Jack Foisy‭

weather

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Water & Nutrient Cycle of an upside down forest

7 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Nosajimiki - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Nosajimiki - Reinstate Monica‭

water flora megastructures gas soil water-cycle

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What species will benefit most from humanity's having been here?

15 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Henry Taylor‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Henry Taylor‭

biology evolution apocalypse post-apocalypse

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Is the Caspian Sea becoming smaller since the industrial revolution?

0 answers · posted over 1 year ago by deleted user · edited over 1 year ago by deleted user

sea climate-change pre-industrial industrial-age

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A good discerning visual feature for female lizardfolk

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Mephistopheles‭

creature-design

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Can a organism control its metabolism and the heat it's generating?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Random guy‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by wizzwizz4‭

biology xenobiology

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Would it make sense to send potential human colonists on the initial manned expedition to a habitable, Earth-like planet?

5 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Space_Cadet‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Space_Cadet‭

space travel planets space-travel colonization space-colonization

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

1 answer · posted 2y ago by hkotsubo‭ · last activity 2y ago by HDE 226868‭

asteroids earth

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Would a civilization living on a planet without a moon still come up with the concept of months?

6 answers · posted over 2 years ago by galactic_analyzer‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by galactic_analyzer‭

planets society civilization time-keeping time

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Could my leviathans exist?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by icewar1908‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by icewar1908‭

biology reality-check evolution creature-design

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Detection systems and trigger mechanism in a pre-electronic world?

5 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Trismegistus‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Trismegistus‭

technology engineering detection pneumatic

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Cylindrical radiators on spacecraft?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by zertofi‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by zertofi‭

space travel reality-check spaceships space-travel ships science-fiction

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

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Green‭ · closed as duplicate almost 2 years ago by Canina‭

fauna zombies

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Adopting a new calendar for a multi-generational space journey [Generations Novel]

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Noam Josephides‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Noam Josephides‭

physics science-fiction

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Humanity is doomed because of succubi

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Kay‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Kay‭

evolution humans survival

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How would the Politburo respond to Project A119?

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Jem‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Jem‭

space alternate-history history nuclear

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If the Earth would break apart, how likely would the large debris stay in orbit?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by SKKennell‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by SKKennell‭

reality-check gravity apocalypse post-apocalypse earth science-fiction alternate-earth

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Would would occur if a person travelled from a wormhole in flat empty space, to one on Earth?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by MrKred‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by MrKred‭

space travel space-travel wormholes interstellar-travel interstellar

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How long would the St. Louis arch stand if humanity vanished from the earth, tomorrow?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by guest‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by guest‭

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How large would be the habitable area in a tidally locked planet?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Mister Onion‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Mister Onion‭

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