Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged physics

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Q&A 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

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Q&A Difference between 'AWPP' and standard quantum physics

0 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Mithrandir24601‭

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Q&A An alternative way to rotate or in this case rolltate

5 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Nanoshadow‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Matthew‭

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Q&A How efficient can a Dyson sphere be?

1 answer · posted 2y ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by celtschk‭

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

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by dmckee‭

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Q&A How fast would strange matter conversion go?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Nierninwa‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Can pion production effectively shorten the lifetime of neutrons?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭ · edited over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How could a bad random number generator explain baryon asymmetry?

3 answers · posted 7y ago by Konrad Höffner‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A What would a hard boundary mean in physics on the quantum-mechanical level?

1 answer · posted almost 7 years ago by JDługosz‭ · edited over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A What if the Planck constant was exactly zero?

3 answers · posted almost 7 years ago by Anders Gustafson‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Could there be something like the Higgs field which gives particles their energy in a similar way to how the Higgs boson gives particles their mass?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Aeroan‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Which of these changes to physics will have the least effect on Earth's biology?

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Vogon Poet‭ · edited over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How long would a planet that losses its gravity take to break up?

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Dave Driver‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by HDE 226868‭

Question physics gravity science-fiction

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Q&A How can I expand the definition and some specifics of pyrokinesis?

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

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Q&A To carry a person in its palm (like King Kong) how much pressure and at what speed would a kaiju need to apply?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Luke Duffy‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Luke Duffy‭

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Q&A Could a galaxy of Nicoll-Dyson beams hit a single target?

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

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Q&A Scources for metastable Metallic Hydrogen

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

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Q&A A clothing material or other method to slow free-fall descent down walls

23 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Delirium‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Delirium‭

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Q&A Superfluid lifeform

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

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Q&A 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

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Q&A Spacewalking in 0.3c - is it feasible? [Generations novel]

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

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Q&A A Seafloor of Ice and Rock: Ice VI / Water Boundary

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

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Q&A How deep can the oceans be while still alowing some land?

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

Question physics geology ocean astrophysics

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Q&A Intermediate Structures Along a Space Elevator

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

Question physics space-elevators

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Q&A What is the tallest mountain possible in any gravitational environment?

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

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Q&A How small and fast can a bullet go in atmosphere?

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

Question physics kinetic-weapons

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Q&A (Semi) Believable way to quickly submerge a large landmass

3 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Blue Devil‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Blue Devil‭

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Q&A Question about Kessler syndrome

4 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Dashane Du Plessis‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Dashane Du Plessis‭

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Q&A Could co-orbital planets also be double planets?

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

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Q&A Stability in Lowering a Space Elevator

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

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

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

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Q&A How could an iceberg be created quickly?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by George Brewington‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by George Brewington‭

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

1 answer · posted over 2 years ago by Li Jun‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Li Jun‭

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Q&A How could an ability to project fire from your body occur plausibly?

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

Question biology physics super-powers mutation

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Q&A Control of atmospheric conditions

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

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Q&A What might be an effective mode of transportation for Giants?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by icewar1908‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by icewar1908‭

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Q&A In what conditions could whales fly?

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

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Q&A Semi-FTL quantum communications

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

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Q&A How massive would a planet need to be to sustain negligible damage from impact with the Earth?

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

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Q&A Relativity, Time Dilation and multiple reference frames

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

Question space travel physics space-travel relativity science-fiction

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Q&A What is the science behind a wave that changes the laws of physics?

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

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Q&A Could a hypothetically big enough planet, with an earth-like atmosphere, be big enough so that you cannot see its curvature from above?

2 answers · posted over 2 years ago by D3lf‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by D3lf‭

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Q&A Feasibility of floating city-sized forests

3 answers · posted 4y ago by user199429‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by user199429‭

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Q&A What biological trait could make (certain members of) an insectoid species good at astronomy?

12 answers · posted over 2 years ago by Iroh‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Iroh‭

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Q&A What would happen to a gas giant during a supernova?

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

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Q&A Schwarzschild Metric in a universe with the same space time metric as that described in the orthogonal series, but with massive gravitons?

1 answer · posted 3y ago by Anders Gustafson‭ · last activity over 2 years ago by Anders Gustafson‭

Question space physics gravity time black-holes spacetime-dimensions alternate-reality dimensions

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Q&A Can multiple space habitats be joined by tubes?

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

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Q&A Would "land assist" technology be possible in real life?

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

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Q&A How long to become a habitable planet

0 answers · posted over 2 years ago by user72655‭

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Q&A How would a bird's flight change entering the zero gravity axis of an O'neil cylinder?

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

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