Scientific Speculation - Posts tagged light

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

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

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Q&A What would this nebula look like from a planet?

3 answers · posted over 5 years ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How can I safely brighten my secondary star?

5 answers · posted 6y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How do seasons work in a binary system (planet orbits one star, not both)?

5 answers · posted 6y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · edited over 1 year ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Would a sapient being sensitive to polarized light be able to see the angle of polarization in a photograph?

7 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user2352714‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user2352714‭

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Q&A Would it be possible for humans to fly with mechanical wings?

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

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Q&A Is radar better than visible light in deep space?

8 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Willk‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Willk‭

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Q&A What is the best form of powered vehicular flight within a McKendree habitat?

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

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Q&A An Earth with a permanent winter state with drastically reduced temperature, dark skies and mass extinctions

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

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Q&A how big does my creature's organ need to blind or stun predator of all size?

4 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user3556983‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user3556983‭

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Q&A Harnessing energy directly from the sun via quantum tunneling

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Strivs‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Strivs‭

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Q&A Science of Green Lantern and solid light constructs

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

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Q&A What FTL models are appropriate given my constraints?

5 answers · posted over 1 year ago by John O‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by John O‭

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Q&A Would a life-bearing Earth-like world with 3g average gravity produce more or fewer flying creatures than Earth?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by James Grossmann‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by James Grossmann‭

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Q&A How can a "magic" mirror flash blind people?

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

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

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by user6760‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user6760‭

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

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

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Q&A Can we safe FTL from paradoxes by using a Multiverse?

5 answers · posted over 1 year ago by mart‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by mart‭

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Q&A How to build a wormhole for FTL communication? [more Engineering than Physics question]

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Rodolfo Penteado‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Rodolfo Penteado‭

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Q&A A dragon, a gryphon and a tengu are flying toghether. How can they actually communicate?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭

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Q&A Can a "boneless" flying creature exist?

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

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Q&A How can my Mage Light spell work?

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

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Q&A How can a dragon take off to the air silently?

12 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user6760‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user6760‭

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Q&A Why would a bird have split wings?

7 answers · posted over 2 years ago by A Lambent Eye‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by A Lambent Eye‭

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Q&A How to explain a planet around a K-Type star with Orange/Red/Purple plants?

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

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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 1 year ago by RandySavage‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by RandySavage‭

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Q&A Mesas of hard(solid) light

1 answer · posted 2y ago by Firelocke‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Firelocke‭

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Q&A Humans surviving on surface without Sun

2 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Adrian Zhang‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Adrian Zhang‭

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Q&A Could you fly a Boeing 747 on Venus?

4 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Navigating a sea of sulfur hexafluoride

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

Question science-based flight light gas vehicles

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Q&A Aerodynamics of propeller vs screw/fin based aerial propulsion

1 answer · posted over 1 year ago by user72590‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user72590‭

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Q&A What would the view from a spaceship traveling through inter-galactic space look like?

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

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Q&A Would cold-blooded dragon be suitable for flying?

2 answers · posted over 1 year ago by user6760‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by user6760‭

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Q&A How would a Dyson Swarm transmit energy to the Earth?

5 answers · posted over 1 year ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by CYCLOPSCORE‭

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Q&A Scientific explanation for summoned creatures

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

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Q&A Could powered exoskeletons enable humans to fly?

7 answers · posted over 3 years ago by Ajnatorix Zersolar‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Ajnatorix Zersolar‭

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Q&A Does gliding flight give any advantages to dragons in combat?

7 answers · posted over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Mephistopheles‭

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Q&A Could you make Bat wings shaped like the different kinds of Bird wings?

6 answers · posted almost 4 years ago by Lot-Of-Malarkey‭ · last activity over 1 year ago by Lot-Of-Malarkey‭

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Q&A Would it be possilble to light the dark side of a tidally locked planet using fiber optics from the right side?

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

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Q&A Optimal posture for hexapodal dragon while flying?

3 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Mephistopheles‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Mephistopheles‭

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Q&A Would this dragon-rider combo be physically plausible?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Cas‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Cas‭

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Q&A Could a person safely walk around with exposed skin under the sunlight of a red dwarf when it's not flaring?

2 answers · posted almost 3 years ago by Vorterox‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Vorterox‭

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Q&A What colour would a flat world's sky be?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Haem‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Haem‭

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Q&A Can a horse-sized flying creature grab and carry a human's weight while flying?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Li Jun‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Li Jun‭

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Q&A How fast would a civilization with FTL spread out?

10 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by Jonas‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Jonas‭

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Q&A Does living without access to sunlight for extended periods have known physical or psychological effects on humans?

6 answers · posted 7y ago by Monica Cellio‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Lightning striking full plate "” what's the damage to the wearer?

2 answers · posted over 6 years ago by Mourdos‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Mourdos‭

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Q&A Can an Io-like world exist in such conditions to allow this character to fly?

2 answers · posted almost 2 years ago by CAE Jones‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A How can a being that can create electric attacks use targeted lightning storm strikes?

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

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Q&A How bright is the night with 18-22 AU distant star?

1 answer · posted almost 2 years ago by Failus Maximus‭ · last activity almost 2 years ago by Failus Maximus‭

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