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Q&A A virus that can mutate a human body into having insane strength and dexterity

Im writing a story about a boy in the year 2033 that is immune to a zombie like virus (world war z like zombies) and when he is bitten instead of turning into a brain dead zombie/infected his body ...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Reaps‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Reaps‭

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

Imagine the ability to shoot long streams of hot fire like a USM2 flamethrower from the palms of your hands. or shooting them out of your feet so you can push yourself off of the floor. An answer w...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by DEMI‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by DEMI‭

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Q&A Science Fiction Fungal Disease - Spore Germination Through Coughing

So I'm working on this new novel with a fungal-like disease that is alien in nature and I have a question pertaining to spore germination. Some background - the disease is fungal-like, but not nec...

3 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Nick Quillin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Nick Quillin‭

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Q&A Novel Alien Bacteria / Fungus Causing Rapid Mutations

We've seen it throughout media before, a crazy mutation that creates zombies, rabid people, giant spiders, etc. I'm spot checking how crazy I can get with this short story I'm writing about a bacte...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by Nick Quillin‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Nick Quillin‭

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Q&A Growing a third arm

Since having (eg.) two arms is a result of evolution, how can we, considering modern technology, force embryos to grow another limb? Polymelia is known to me, but it is considered a birth defect. I...

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

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Q&A How is petrification by venom scientifically plausible?

In my book series (link here), there is a character named Rhys. Rhys is a highly mutated wasp whose mutation gave him the following benefits: His armor is immune to most of the medieval-style wea...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by The Weasel Sagas‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by The Weasel Sagas‭

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Q&A Plausible cause of a family only giving birth to females?

I had an idea about a lineage supposedly cursed so that the women only give birth to more women, but I'm thinking that some outside force purposefully mutated/altered their DNA to cause the effect ...

21 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Preg-Fan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Preg-Fan‭

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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 How do I make a new and interesting type of "Zombie" creature?

CODE DRIVER In my story, I want to have a world in the middle of a zombie apocalypse, but I also want it to feel different from any other interpretation out there. I call my monsters "Odd People" ...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by WaterFire .RTH‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by WaterFire .RTH‭

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Q&A Speed of mutations

I'm planning on setting a story on Earth where the Sun is slowly becoming a red giant. I guess with so much solar activity and probably less atmosphere and magnetic field, the surface of our Earth ...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by karmalu‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by karmalu‭

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Q&A How do you make a somatic mutation spread across all cells?

Toxic Spiders and Experiments Gone Wrong: Let's Talk About Comic Book Mutations Numerous superheroes get their powers after something mutates their cells. Perhaps it's a gamma ray, and result...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Zxyrra‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Zxyrra‭

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Q&A Fell the phylogenetic tree

A top secret organization is planning to introduce a New World Order and replaces every human being (homo sapiens sapiens) with the evolved form of sub species of homo sapiens. Meaning we are sub s...

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