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Q&A What injury would be of little consequence to a biped but terrible for a quadruped?

Let's imagine a group of people who can turn from human to wolf at will. Wolves are quadrupeds, and humans are biped, so I guess their weight is differently shared in their body, notably when they ...

15 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Spooikypok_Dev‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Spooikypok_Dev‭

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Q&A Can you create a living vehicle fueled by organic material?

In this world, the vehicles are effectively re-engineered insects; enlarged bio-manufactured nervous systems used instead of engines; factory grown lightweight chassis / [wheels]. The fuel station ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Aloysius Anise‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Aloysius Anise‭

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Q&A Giving dragons more flight muscle

Okay, we know the type-IIb FG muscle fibers are the strongest stuff we can use. So, the only thing we can do is attach more, but how? Dragons are 180 cm tall at the shoulders with a total neck+hea...

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

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Q&A Would these structural reinforcements improve dragon wings?

So, I have devoted an unhealthy amount of my time to the dragon question, and a final solution will have to wait... for several thousand years at least. My original plan was to make them at around...

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

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Q&A Could 'robotic' prostheses be possible in the victorian era?

In my world I would like to have a cyborg-inspired veteran, but am not sure what kinds of prostheses would be possible, ideally without the use of electrics. My main concern is how the prostheses ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by A Lambent Eye‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by A Lambent Eye‭

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Q&A What kind of biological characteristic does a human being need to achieve great speeds?

In my book there is a tribe and one of the characteristics I describe is that they can achieve great speeds, something like 80km/h (50 mph) for 2 minutes approximately. How could it be?

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Caio César‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Caio César‭

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Q&A Would humans be able to derive nutrition from foodstuffs found on alien planets?

Suppose humans have developed the technology to travel between star systems. This might be some science-fiction method like warp drive, jump drive, peanut butter drive, hyperspace drive or whatever...

11 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 7: Hearing

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically sem...

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

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Q&A Dragon flight muscles

So, Mark Witton had a lengthy article on why paleontologists think the Quetzalcoatlus northropi could fly. One interesting thing about it is that Witton and Habib think the Quetzalcoatlus had a 90...

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

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Q&A How could dragons run?

You already know the drill: Dragons stand 195 centimeters at the withers, normally 2,95 meters at the top of the head when standing still They can't fly They weigh: 1179 kilograms You're not allo...

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

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Q&A Advantage of luminescent eggs?

For example, a quote from one of the Witcher 3: Blood and Wine's side quests says The eggs themselves are a sight to behold, luminescent. The man (hologram) is referring to giant centipede eg...

22 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by DeepDeadpool‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by DeepDeadpool‭

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Q&A Would wide hips be a wiser evolutionary trait for digitigrade, biped humanoids?

I was asking a deviantART.com artist why they often draw their anthros and furries with wide hips regardless of gender, and they told me this (copypasting): "I'll see if I can't whip something up ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by CA Pichowsky‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CA Pichowsky‭

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Q&A What would the size constraints on my creature be?

Context This creature right here is one of the decedents of placoderms that that transitioned from rivers to land. The got onto land during the Middle Devonian and remained isolated from all oth...

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

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Q&A Why would a biped evolve into a monoped?

Say that you have a medium-sized, bipedal, vertebrate-like creature. It no longer has the need to have arms, so they atrophied until they disappeared entirely. Now imagine an animal that shares s...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by SealBoi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by SealBoi‭

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Q&A How strong would John Carter really be on Mars?

Let us assume that in the future, there is a formerly human colony on Mars that has existed there for some centuries. The people of this world have had time to adapt to the lower gravity over at le...

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

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Q&A Biological padding?

Designing living creatures is hard, so I came up with a generalized idea to speed up the process in the future: Biological padding is a spongy structure made of spider silk and filled with either ...

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

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Q&A Are Extraterrestrial's pagoda trees plausible?

In the National Geographic mini-series Extraterrestrial or Alien Worlds, they featured a hypothetical gas giant moon called the Blue Moon. The Blue Moon orbits a binary star, has a very dense atmos...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by SealBoi‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by SealBoi‭

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Q&A Would a nictitating membrane, eyelid AND eyelashes get in each other's way in the same eye?

Or would that eye be the most well-defended from external debris and whatnot in the entire world? Cats seem to get by just fine without eyelids and a membrane but no eyelashes...likewise humans wit...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by CA Pichowsky‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CA Pichowsky‭

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Q&A What is the best body plan to allow for giant size in a terrestrial animal?

My question is rather simple; assuming optimal atmospheric and planetary conditions, what body plan would be able to support the largest plausible land animal? To split the above question into a m...

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

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 9: Temperature control

Previous questions here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically...

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

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Q&A Using science, how could an animal achieve lift/flight by using pressure?

Say for instance we had a humanoid creature. how would they achieve flight by taking in a gas then expelling it at a greater pressure from a point on their body like the feet, back, or hands?

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Jiccs‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Jiccs‭

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Q&A What would be the physiological/anatomical adaptations of a 50 metre sea serpent?

In my last question, How large could my sea serpents be?, I asked what length would be a) possible and b) necessary for a whale-eating sea serpent. My sea serpent is a constricting predator* in a c...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by SealBoi‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by SealBoi‭

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Q&A Feasability of having a voice modulator bioengineered into vocal chords?

I'm writing a story and I was wondering on the feasibilty of having a set of bio-engineered vocal chords that would have a voice modulator built in to help disguise the characters voice, would it b...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by C.Dixon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by C.Dixon‭

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Opticoid

Description An Opticoid is an alien species from the tv series Ben 10 and is named and known for having green eyes with slits all over its body except for its head where there are two large bat-li...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Amoeba‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A non muscular rapid color changing

I have this alien race of amoeba-like creatures about the size of humans with the ability to morph their shape and move by constantly making and dissolving muscles by manipulating their membrane an...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Amoeba‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A Swimming in the rain?

This question is inspired by salmon swimming up waterfalls. I am aware that it is an entirely different thing, but I felt that it was worth mentioning in understanding the question. "What would ne...

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

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Q&A Creating a Scientifically Semi-Valid Pseudo-Arthropod Primate Part 1: Pseudo-Dragonfly Wing Rib Muscles

Background As a parody of the super soldier questions and as an efficient way of organizing these questions I will now start this series of questions about Pseudo-Arthropod Primates. Questions fr...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Amoeba‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A How long would it take to transform a human into a space-ship and back?

This is not a very hard-science-fiction tale, but more about human relations and adaptability, but I still want it to sound plausible. A space faring civilisation that descend from humans uses bio...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by ThreeLifes‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by ThreeLifes‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 6: Radiation protection

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically semi-...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 3: Physical shock resistance

Part 1 here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Part 2 here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system In most movies, comics an...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 5: Heart and circulatory system

Previous parts here: Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 1: Skeleton Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 2: nervous system Creating a scientifically semi-...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Demigan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Demigan‭

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Q&A Amoeba Skeletal Structure

So I am making these giant(human sized) amoeba-like aliens and to have something this big it requires a skeleton to maintain shape and to support its body but also needs to be flexible so it can do...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Amoeba‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A Pancreas Chitin

Okay so I am making these arthropod looking humanoid mammalian species, so think of a human with armadillo armor and jointed sloth arms. And I have heard that the pancreas produces Chitin so my que...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Amoeba‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Amoeba‭

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Q&A Why are low gravity humans depicted as TALL?

I totally get why humans who have colonised a low gravity environment (Mars or an asteroid, for instance) are skinny. Muscles doing less work, square cube law, force output of a muscle proportional...

11 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by DrBob‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by DrBob‭

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Q&A What's the most plausible way to bio-engineer an underground ecosystem, without photosynthesis, to produce oxygen?

Here's the full question: What's the most plausible way to bio-engineer an underground ecosystem, without using photosynthesis, so a mine system would not need an active air exchange system? (It w...

8 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by KernelOfChaos‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by KernelOfChaos‭

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Q&A Why would a body plan with multiple eating mouths evolve?

Aside from very simple or colonial organisms, all animals on Earth have only one mouth for eating. Many organisms have multiple spiracles or even multiple anuses, but not mouths.

11 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Anonymous‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Anonymous‭

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Q&A How can perpetually-gliding lifeforms develop space travel?

Malgrovian gliders inhabit the middle layers of the atmosphere of Malgrov, a gas dwarf. They spend most of their life gliding, preying on giant balloon-like floating lifeforms. When they get olde...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by MedwedianPresident‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by MedwedianPresident‭

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Q&A How would magic controlled insects go about repairing a magical scarf?

About the Question The end questions are about the mechanics of the repair work itself for certain parts of the scarf. Everything else should be explained below. Location On one of the worlds of...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Michael Kutz‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Michael Kutz‭

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Q&A How to make selective healing?

Selective (Prioritizable) Healing What is it? It is the ability to choose which wound do you want to start healing first, or at least, which wound do you want regen faster slowering the rest of wo...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Ender Look‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Ender Look‭

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Q&A How large could a frog be?

While Prionosuchus and other large temnospondyls are definitely imposing and capable of causing mortal harm, they still adhere to a distinctly salamander-like profile. Anurans (relating to frogs...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by MN00‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by MN00‭

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Q&A Stationary eye with moving pupil, is it possible?

I am making a sci-fi web-comic set on an alien world and I thought up an idea for an eye that works much like an eye from a mammal, but instead of moving the whole eye, only the pupil moves. This i...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Jesse‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Jesse‭

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Q&A Food sources for engineered spaceborne life forms

Years ago, I was tinkering around with the idea of an engineered life form which could survive the vacuum of space and be made into a starship. I have since given up on the idea, but curiosity is s...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Arvex‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Arvex‭

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Q&A running like a girl on the moon?

The other day I was watching my 8 year old grand-daughter run on the playground. She was running like a girl - like Jackie Joiner-Kersey to be precise. It appeared that her form was perfect - that...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by DavidTrump‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by DavidTrump‭

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Q&A How to modify the human eye to see into the ultraviolet and infrared bands?

If I'm writing a sci-fi story and I wanted to include humans with modified eyesight that see into the ultraviolet and infrared bands of the electromagnetic spectrum, what would I have to change abo...

8 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Andrew‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Andrew‭

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Q&A Gripping with radial palms

How would gripping of different objects, such as rocks and sticks, work for an organism that has radially symmetrical hands, resembling starfish in shape. They have four to five digits, depending...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by ArborianSerpent‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by ArborianSerpent‭

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Q&A Effect of sustained high G enviroments on the human body?

Tau Ceti e is possibly a good candidate for colonisation as it has a yellow dwarf sun like earth. But it's mass is estimated as >4.30 ± 2.1 of earth. (See Wiki) I remember from a documentary th...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Lorry Laurence mcLarry‭

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Q&A Could a virus extend life-span?

Would it be possible for a virus to extend the average human life-span (but only by about 50-70 years max) if the infected people kept it controlled enough where it wouldn't (alternatively) kill th...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Wendigo King‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Wendigo King‭

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Q&A Ways to make an alien viral plague scientifically hard?

Aside from resorting to a grey goo-ish nanoplague that kills indiscriminately regardless of biochemistry, how might an alien virus, bacteria or other pathogen still be dangerous to humans? Could a ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Rigorous Science How big would a human have to be to have a full set of redundant organs?

I'm trying to design a realistic genetically engineered nanotech super-soldier with a full set of redundant organs. How much more interior volume and thus height/weight/muscle mass would a human bo...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Z.Schroeder‭

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Q&A Can a human being live with a continuous stream of blood instead of pulses?

For any reason, a human heart is replaced with a pump that instead of pulses provides a continuous stream of blood. It varies the pressure, as a heart does, as needed. Ignore such technical issues...

8 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Westside Tony‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Westside Tony‭