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Q&A What happens to a human who receives more information than the brain can process?

Often in films and television shows when a person's brain is 'injected' with more information than it can handle, they suffer from immense pain. What would actually happen if you did supply a huma...

11 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Beta Decay‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Beta Decay‭

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Q&A How could a same sex couple have children?

In my current work, I want same sex couples to be fully integrated in society. As it is set in a medieval fantasy world, survival of the human species relies on having children, so same sex couples...

12 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Thanie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Thanie‭

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Q&A Dumbbell planet - how would humans cross the bridge?

Note: I am aware of this question Could two planets be tidally locked to each other so close they share their atmosphere? My question is not about that. It is specifically about human travel. By...

7 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by chasly from UK‭

Question travel planets humans
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Q&A Gravity alteration as extermination tool viable?

An alien race was rubbed the wrong way by humans being humans and decided that humankind has to go. However, unlike many other science fiction stories, they do not intend to give the humans even a ...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by nullpointer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by nullpointer‭

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Q&A Physiological effects of huge anime eyes

Anime, Disney, and many, many other works feature human characters with ridiculously oversized eyes. This is usually just a stylistic choice, and had little to no effect on anything in-story or in-...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Junkey McKrat‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Junkey McKrat‭

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Q&A Calculating the weight of different sized humanoids

In my world, I have relatively robust humanoids as the focal human sub-species, and a number of other human subspecies that are more gracile in build. I wanted to work out roughly how much they wou...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Ynneadwraith‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Ynneadwraith‭

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Q&A How long can a human stand to be underground?

How long can a man survive underground without going insane? A traveler is buried under stones in a cave system. His only sources of food are mushrooms and creatures that live in the caves. Some o...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Edward Constantin‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Edward Constantin‭

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Q&A If we put humans on planets with atmospheres different from Earth's atmosphere, but still containing oxygen, would humans be able to breathe?

From Wikipedia: By volume, dry air contains 78.09% nitrogen, 20.95% oxygen, 0.93% argon, 0.039% carbon dioxide, and small amounts of other gases. For example, would humans be able to survive ...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by BuildingBetterWorlds‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by BuildingBetterWorlds‭

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Q&A Is there any advantage to have A.I. being able to experience loneliness?

Let get this straight being lonely is different from solitude, human is arguably one of the most successful animals ever to walk on two. The secret lies in social interaction, the early humans hunt...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A How do I explain that an interstellar spaceship still requires risky spacewalks?

It is the mid 22nd century A.D. Twenty men and women signed on a ten year space exploration trip to the nearest star system. There are robots to do ship maintenance and a powerful A.I. to monitor t...

28 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Optimal proportions for flying humans?

There exist humans on a world with 35% the gravity of Earth and air five times denser. These people have invented wingsuits with extensions that go past their arms and enable them to fly by flappin...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by 299 Neandertal Variants ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by 299 Neandertal Variants ‭

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Q&A Performance enhancing drugs (mostly realistic)

I have a character in my story who is immortal and heals very quickly (think Wolverine). Ignoring physical side effects (but keeping in mind psychological ones) what sorts of drugs could he take to...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by P.Lord‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by P.Lord‭

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Q&A How long could humans survive only on other humans?

A tragic event strikes the Earth, killing all living plants and animals except humans. With no other food source, humans turn to cannibalism. Assuming fresh water and oxygen is still available, how...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by JeffThompson‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by JeffThompson‭

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Q&A Could a human grow up larger by manipulating their endocrine system?

In my world there are a group of female warriors with an unusual ability: the resources of their bodies are fungible. For instance, they can make the muscles in one part of their bodies stronger a...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by rsandler‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by rsandler‭

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Q&A Could a person scuba diving take off his air tank and use it to propel himself?

So, in my story, in a prelude to an epic aquatic fight scene, my main character gets chased by a great white shark. He swims as fast as he can but he can't escape. Just to clarify, he's wearing one...

12 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by MindX‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by MindX‭

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Q&A How long can humans survive in increased gravity?

One premise of my current planet-in-progress is that certain locations in the universe are inherently tied to my PIP. For example, all the people and things that have vanished in the Bermuda Triang...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Frostfyre‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Frostfyre‭

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Q&A Is this humanoid dragon realistic the way I've imagined it?

In this world I'm dabbling with, the dominant species is a race of six limbed humanoid with two wings on its back slightly below the shoulder blades. They are very slender ("BMI" is between 17 &amp...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by ThunderWazp‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ThunderWazp‭

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Q&A Why bother programming facial expressions for artificial intelligence if humans are bad at recognising them?

Set in the near future, robots and mankind coexist amicably due to the great technological advancement in robotics and artificial intelligence. They are everywhere and some took a human form. All o...

8 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Would human-avian hybrids be able to preen themselves with just their hands?

My winged people just have feathers on their wings, and maybe small feathers on their back between their wings (from shoulder blades to mid back). Their bodies look generally human. Here is a lin...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Nadeshka‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nadeshka‭

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Q&A How high and far could a person jump in lower gravity?

Specifically, half of Earth's gravity. Let's assume that all other factors are equal to Earth. At a glance, it seems like the answer might simply be "double", but at the same time it seems as thou...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by JustSnilloc‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by JustSnilloc‭

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Q&A What do humans have that plants need?

Among other things humans are fertiliser. Orcs are capturing humans as slave labor and fertiliser. What do human bodies produce/store that plants need to grow?

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by WorldWeaver‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by WorldWeaver‭

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Q&A Aliens selectively breed humans to be bigger. How big could they get and still look human?

Can we go from this: to this: Suppose over millennia (or as long as it takes) humans on Earth are artificially selected by aliens to be big and healthy. Is there any theoretical reason that ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A What would the psychological effects be on a child who grew up knowing they could never really get hurt?

(This question goes more in depth from a previous question.) Imagine This: The "Black Box" is a mind vault for a few humans who created it, the humans wanting to survive a nuclear war happening...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by AnnaBanana‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by AnnaBanana‭

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Q&A Would humanity survive an empty Earth suddenly populated with young children?

Scenario: An Earth that is identical to our own (for the sake of being specific let's say the environment is the same as it was in 1 BCE) The planet is uninhabited by humans (and no there aren't...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Sarah Burns‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Sarah Burns‭

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Q&A Is it harder for an intelligent octopus to live on land, or a human to live in space?

I have a race of octopodes with the same intelligence distribution as humans. I want them to "colonise" land to a similar extent as we have "colonised" space; have regular transport between the oce...

8 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Tim‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Tim‭

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Q&A One Mother + Two Fathers = Twins

In the human species, one male partner is enough for the sperm to fertilize the egg. The average cargo is just one child, half of its DNA from the mother and the other half from the father. But t...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by JohnWDailey‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by JohnWDailey‭

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Q&A Explosive joints that allow people to jump really long lengths

How does a joint need to operate and be structured in order to allow a person to do leaps of 10 meters in length with ease and without taking a long run first? Here's an example of what I'm talking...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hedwiros‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hedwiros‭

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Rigorous Science Tolerable range of surface gravities for interplanetary colonists?

Human physiology is adapted for life at 1G, but planets colonised by future humans will likely have different surface gravities. What is the range of values for surface gravity that humans can com...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Arkenstein XII‭

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Q&A Eventually, can the human race achieve omniscience?

I'm working on a story that deals with an inordinate leap into the future and was wondering what leaps and bounds in science the human race may have reached by then. So here's what I'm wondering: ...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Lord Farquaad‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Lord Farquaad‭

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Q&A Can you help me design humans that naturally grow green hair?

Is there any chemical that is biologically produced in humans, that when impregnated in hair follicles, produces green hair? If current keratin follicles cannot do that, pick another biochemical f...

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Malady‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Malady‭

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Q&A Biological healer, how does it work?

How can a species force an external body to heal itself and speed up the process without the use of magic and technology but by biological means? Sanators are creatures who can force the body of ...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Hedwiros‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Hedwiros‭

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Q&A Could this planet exist?

I've been thinking of a planet where the day/night cycle is way off to where there 30-35 hour long night period, while there are only near 8-4 hours of daylight. The local biological environment is...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Aidan Schneider‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Aidan Schneider‭

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Q&A Could a moon or planet exist with "puddles" of breathable air in deep craters?

Could a moon or planet with otherwise no atmosphere maintain gas pockets in sufficiently deep craters, and could it be habitable by humans without pressure or space suits? I found this similar que...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Professor_Hoover‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Professor_Hoover‭

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Q&A The Stone-age Limbo People - How do they hunt wild boar?

The Limbo People (who are hominids with intelligence somewhere between chimpanzees and humans) have long survived by hunting wild boar. They use spears with wooden hafts and flint tips. They are a ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A How would a cave civilisation survive underground?

All I know so far is, they're a developed culture of humans who live in cave networks underground, made fit for life. They speak their own language, and they have some contact with outsiders, with ...

9 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Lou‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Lou‭

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Q&A Designing the Scipmylo - The Low-jump

This is a follow-up to The running-backwards Olympics The designer of the backwards Olympics (aka The Scipmylo) is making good progress but there are some difficulties with the Low-jump. To be a ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A The running-backwards Olympics

In a future world that is obsessed by not repeating the so-called errors of their fathers, there is a backwards Olympics, or Scipmylo. All the usual disciplines are featured in reverse where it is...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A What would happen to a human body subjected to extreme water pressure?

First of all, I tried to look if this wasn't answered before. Found this and this but neither is exactly what I need. Some Context There's this race of humanoid fish people. They live in cities b...

8 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Magus‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Magus‭

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Q&A Could a human-plant hybrid exist?

Is it theoretically possible to genetically alter humans so that they could live off solar energy like plants? What biological and physiological changes would have to be made?

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Bryan McClure‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Bryan McClure‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Nekos

I am new at this site, but I've been creating a fantasy story for a while. Now, I'm stuck. I would really like cat people (neko) in my story, but there is a problem! you can't just stick cat ears o...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Onix‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Onix‭

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Q&A How would industrial civilizations contacting each other for the first time protect themselves from diseases?

In a world big enough for human civilizations as knowledgeable about medicine as ours to develop without contacting each other, how could they initiate that contact without exposing each other to p...

8 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Gattaract‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Gattaract‭

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Q&A What Muscles in the Human Body Could Produce a Flight Stroke?

I have an idea for a story where humans on a low g planet with a dense atmosphere wear artificial wings to fly. I know that muscles they would use to produce a flight stroke would be in the upper b...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by 299 Neandertal Variants ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by 299 Neandertal Variants ‭

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Rigorous Science Would one atom of antimatter be lethal if annihilated inside the brain?

I am dealing with a dystopian story that tries to come up with some kind of total surveillence or control from higher authorities. The authorities threaten to kill those who disobey them by simply...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Sebastian‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Sebastian‭

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Q&A What would happen if the oxygen levels decreased by 15 percent?

How would the human body be affected if the oxygen levels on Earth suddenly decreased by 15 percent? This is instant. Not over time. How would we adapt? Would some people die and some not?

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by CrazySlayaNinjaBear‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CrazySlayaNinjaBear‭

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Q&A What is the earliest age an actual baby can use his vocal chords to speak?

I am making a reincarnation novel with all of the protagonist's memories intact from the previous life. So what is the time when the protagonist can actually communicate through speaking?

9 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Harbinger‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Harbinger‭

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Q&A How Useful Is Super Strength (for punching)?

Comics are full of superheros with super strength. These heroes punch through walls, lift and throw tanks, and wrestle with buildings. But that's superhero physics. The fact is that without leve...

5 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Dan Smolinske‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Dan Smolinske‭

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Q&A How to accurately detect children with super strength?

We are in a world very similar to ours. But, one day, 1% of the children that are turning 10 are gaining super strength (this is an ongoing process : from that date, all the children under 10 may p...

16 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by motezazer‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by motezazer‭

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Q&A Human Shoulder Motion & Powered Flight

I have an idea for a story where human live on world with low gravity and a dense atmosphere. These humans have developed artificial wings that are attached to their arms so they can fly. Since the...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by 299 Neandertal Variants ‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by 299 Neandertal Variants ‭

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Q&A Does the body keep growing or maturing in any way past adulthood?

(Edited for clarification) The general popular conception of how aging works is that your body grows and develops, reaching completion at some point in your late twenties or early thirties, and th...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jason Clyde‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Jason Clyde‭

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Q&A Scientific/biological basis of someone with unlimited willpower?

Meet Greg. Greg was born with pretty average genetics. It seems like he was destined to have average intelligence, average strength, and be average at everything. There was one particularly though:...

13 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by PyRulez‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by PyRulez‭