https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/categories/15/tags/2308.rssNew Posts Tagged 'biochemistry' - Scientific SpeculationScientific Speculation - Codidact2020-05-29T01:39:14Zhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263467With as much scientific accuracy as possible, how would chemicals injected in one's body be removed?scriptyshakehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/527902020-05-27T22:01:20Z2020-05-29T01:39:14Z<p>I am currently writing the world, setting and characters for a project of mine called the ORION Project - a story set in a dystopian America in the near future of 2050, where the government has ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263159Entropy, enthalpy, and energy through rapid mitosisStrivshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441662020-05-14T00:30:51Z2020-05-14T20:42:18Z<p>So I'm pretty new to chemistry and all this, but my world involves superpowers, which of course involves immense energy to have the characters use these powers. However, I want to stay consisten...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274176Could an animal evolve iridescent horns that appear metallic like chrysina resplendens' chitinous exoskeletons?LukasExemplarhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/387642020-05-13T03:05:01Z2020-05-14T06:20:14Z<p>Sort of two questions here, but very related. One about whether a mammal-like animal could evolve to have a chitinous endoskeleton, I guess. Then a question of whether, if they grow horns, that ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263096Would Chemosynthetic plants have any reason to grow tall?Chickenpeep Chickenpeephttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441652020-05-11T15:55:35Z2020-05-12T15:46:21Z<p>I have a planet too far away from its sun for photosynthesis to work well, so the plants use chemosynthesis. But since they don't use sunlight, would they have any reason to grow above ground? S...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/263095Can mercury compounds be used in chemosynthesis?pg4919https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/448662020-05-11T14:36:12Z2020-05-11T22:26:17Z<p>While watching Biblaridion's Alien Biosphere series, an interesting point came up: in Biblaridion's fictional world, atmospheric hydrogen sulfide is used as an energy source for chemosynthetic b...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262075How do my plants trap so much carbon?Aezychttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442022020-04-04T23:34:36Z2020-05-10T18:31:55Z<p>The boom-bust cycle answer I took for my question:
<a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/164174/sustainability-of-regular-global-wildfires-due-to-oxygen-rich-atmosphere?r=Se...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262841Exploring a world with chiral biochemistry: chirality detectionL.Dutch - Reinstate Monicahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/400282020-05-03T08:03:30Z2020-05-08T03:45:23Z<p>Space explorers have landed on an Earth like planet and, to their surprise, the place is luscious and covered in life, to the point of resembling some earthly tropical atoll.</p>
<p>What they d...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/262163How could medical petrification work?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-04-07T23:02:57Z2020-04-08T21:34:09Z<p>So, turning people into stone. You only have to add reversibility to the mix, and it becomes the BEST paramedical tool available.</p>
<p>But, what does petrification need to accomplish to becom...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274126Relentless Super marathon?Systemhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/-12020-03-02T12:12:00Z2020-04-03T13:51:55Z<p>Humans are not the fastest mammals on the planet, but for very long distances (more than 40 kilometers) we can overtake any species living on land. Except some dogs.</p>
<p>The best runners on ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261913Werewolves and sense of smell, what is reasonable for them to accomplish with it?Demiganhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/421092020-03-30T14:40:35Z2020-04-02T19:29:13Z<p>I was thinking of a story with a Werewolf as a detective, using mostly conversational skills and his sense of smell to solve crimes similar to many of the UK types of detective stories (Morse, L...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274133Feasibility of a bone exoskeletonPesterjesthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/447392020-03-24T18:42:39Z2020-04-02T18:29:27Z<p>First time posting here but I would like to get some help with an issue I have.</p>
<p>I have a planet that has 30% more gravity than earth. I have terrestrial animals with an exoskeleton, they...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261794A sound reason for vampires to be weak to sunlight?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-24T11:23:35Z2020-03-24T17:09:00Z<p>So, vampires here are created from humans with the help of a stone mask. Now, they're supposed to be weak for two things:</p>
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<li>Prolonged exposure ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261770Alternatives to amino acidsAezychttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442022020-03-23T04:27:49Z2020-03-23T23:55:01Z<p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lYFdp.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/lYFdp.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
<p>Amino acids, the building blocks of ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261702Could spasmoneme muscles be useful for a living creature?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-03-20T12:50:33Z2020-03-20T20:24:50Z<p>I got an <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/171667/32097">interesting answer</a> to one of my questions and I would like to know some additional info.</p>
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<p>A my...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261364What chemicals or modifications are need for a biological creature to be able to develop as natural/organic suicide bomb?Li Junhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436952020-03-10T09:10:44Z2020-03-10T11:36:57Z<p>So in my world there's a creature as big as a common rodent or as big as a rabbit in size. They live in packs, usually burrowed, but occasionally come to surface to get food. The alpha male is t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/261102How could space life deal with the cold?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002020-03-02T20:41:34Z2020-03-03T02:40:05Z<p>I am workin on an ecosystem based on life within the rings of a planet. I will create creatures from single celled organisms, to algae/ lichen, plankton/worms and scales of predators leading to ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260832Atmospheric isopropyl alcoholLevhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/446552020-02-25T03:54:59Z2020-02-25T04:19:41Z<p>Could a measurable amount of isopropyl alcohol occur naturally in an otherwise reasonably earth-like atmosphere? And if so, what is the highest possible concentration that a human could survive...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/240990Would it be possible for a humanoid organism to have bones made of a crystal like quartz or diamond rather than apatite?Horikhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/422672018-04-13T05:03:05Z2020-02-22T14:08:19Z<p>Starting at the most basic of theoretical questions, is it chemically possible for these minerals to be deposited by an organic enzyme? I'm particularly interested in diamond because it's pure c...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260658Bacteria can produce sulphuric acid with pH values of <1 Could a more complex organism use them?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-02-20T18:11:42Z2020-02-21T16:52:37Z<p>Previously, I asked about the plausibility of a sulphuric acid dragon. As it turns out, the answer was right on Wikipedia, namely <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acidithiobacillus_thiooxi...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/255999Electrosynthetic AutotrophsAlgebraisthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438342019-09-15T21:03:30Z2020-02-20T09:31:18Z<p>Photosynthesis has an abysmal efficiency with regards to converting solar energy into useful fuel for a plant, and I was wondering:</p>
<p>1) If it would be possible to engineer a plant to acce...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/238527Biochemistry (mostly) Questions for Science FictionAverianhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/419102018-01-15T23:25:30Z2020-02-20T02:33:38Z<p>I'm Wyvera, a young female writer. I've been working on a science fiction project for more than a year now. This project, which I will eventually turn into a novel series, is supposed to remain ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259924Could life generate twice on a planet using slightly different materials?Double_Shttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445452020-01-29T03:16:53Z2020-02-19T23:21:00Z<p>Extremely low possibility, but if life synthesizes from scratch after life has existed on a planet for a few million years, would the two separate lineages be able to co-exist? </p>
https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260529Dinitrogen monoxide as a gaseous oxidizer for lifeAezychttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442022020-02-15T23:43:13Z2020-02-16T04:35:45Z<p>Could alien life use nitrous oxide, N2O, as its oxidizing gas, like oxygen on earth? What biochemical reactions would be needed to produce and utilise this gas? </p>
<p>I've also heard conflict...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260345Is a sulfuric acid dragon possible?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-02-10T20:17:18Z2020-02-12T19:40:56Z<p>So, aqua regia is a somewhat safe material for a living being to work with, but the problem is that it isn't metal enough.</p>
<p>Somebody suggested in an answer to another question, that drago...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260353How could genetic engineering be used to create an opposite sex clone?Sabrine Crystal Santoshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/439112020-02-11T04:35:14Z2020-02-12T15:47:26Z<p>Do you think it will become possible to create opposite sex clones in the future? A male clone from a woman or a female clone from a man?</p>
<p>I think it will become possible. To create a fem...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/260016What is a realistic outcome of what will happen to the body if all the flammable materials in the gut spontaneously ignite?Lars Knowleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445782020-01-31T17:28:58Z2020-02-01T11:58:33Z<p>I am writing a story where a person suffers from a medical condition where the gut produces too much of a liquid called diphosphane. Diphosphane is pyrophoric past a certain small concentration,...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259945How would a creature like this work?Chickenpeep Chickenpeephttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441652020-01-29T21:13:52Z2020-01-30T01:06:31Z<p>This lifeform is a carbon based humanoid that uses ammonia instead of water, breathes chlorine gas, and its body uses the mineral olivine to toughen its skin. Its blood is blue; apparently an am...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259898Internal chemistry of a melon bombCobbingtonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/438192020-01-28T17:07:06Z2020-01-29T14:39:01Z<p>I am a giant, intelligent, fortress-like, plant-based organism, able to forge many structures, defenses and organisms from my flesh by altering my own DNA and rapidly growing new constructs when...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259750Proofing dragons against their acidic breath weapon 2/2: Preventative measuresMephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-01-24T22:26:45Z2020-01-28T08:59:20Z<p>Previous question: <a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/166297/proofing-dragons-against-their-acidic-breath-weapon-1-2-smart-neutralizing-agen?rq=1">Proofing dragons agains...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259708How would chemosynthesis using ammonia(NH3) work?Burke Edward Hofmann Tinsleyhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445592020-01-23T20:57:55Z2020-01-23T23:04:22Z<p>On a terrestrial planet with a high amount of ammonia vapor in the atmosphere, would any organism have a strong enough incentive to develop some form of autotrophic chemosynthesis that derives e...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259664Proofing dragons against their acidic breath weapon 1/2: Smart Neutralizing AgentMephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842020-01-22T20:16:57Z2020-01-23T18:05:55Z<p>So, dragons here use aqua regia (an acid that dissolves even gold) as their breath weapon. This acid is made up of the dragon's stomach acid and some nitric acid, stored in a separate organ.</p>...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/223699How did the Booze-Rat evolve its defensive mechanism?dot_Sp0Thttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/68762016-09-29T07:36:06Z2020-01-22T01:38:35Z<blockquote>
<p><em>In a specialised organ, the Vesica Spirite, which in function and makeup resembles a cross between the Ventriculus and the Vesica Biliaris, the animal creates and stores poten...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259433How does the ecosystem of the Underdark/underground world work?TheDyingOfLighthttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/432232020-01-15T17:09:09Z2020-01-20T11:05:26Z<p>The Old Ones build continent-sized bunker complexes to protect themselves from the enemy, which followed through the cosmic ocean. The Hunter succeeded easily despite their efforts and their cor...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257616Can you replace goethite with something else in limpet teeth to decrease its density and maintain its strength?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-11-11T20:02:22Z2020-01-19T11:47:01Z<p>The limpet teeth's microscopic structure is analogous to man-made <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_materials#Fiber" rel="noreferrer">short-fiber composites</a>. Its strength depe...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274043What improvements in the human body will allow it to withstand critically low or high pressure?French Thompsonhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/444862020-01-12T17:03:59Z2020-01-14T04:53:55Z<p>My question: What is it that needs to be improved or added to the human body so that it can withstand critically (fatally) low and high (if, my genetically modified person is underwater or a ver...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/259184Substance that changes quickly from liquid/gelatinous to solid?TinyTinkerWorkshophttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/445052020-01-07T12:08:23Z2020-01-09T03:14:53Z<h2>Question: does a liquid or gelatinous substance exist that once outside a body could solidify and be hard enough to be used once as a tool?</h2>
<p>The <strong>setting</strong> is low fantasy ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/240695Creating a scientifically semi-valid super-soldier, part 4: respiratory systemDemiganhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/421092018-04-04T09:31:51Z2020-01-08T14:42:13Z<p>Previous parts here:</p>
<p><a href="https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/106292/creating-a-scientificly-semi-valid-super-soldier-part-1-skeleton">Creating a scientificly semi-vali...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/274017Food Production ...IN SPACE!Englishman Bobhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/418052020-01-01T03:28:35Z2020-01-01T11:22:36Z<p>One of the basic requirements for life is effectively food. One of the basic requirements of engineering is that we lift off with as little mass as possible. If we choose to explore the solar s...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258996Which of these options is more achievable for a biological creature?RandySavagehttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/443002019-12-31T17:27:08Z2019-12-31T19:15:39Z<p>I have an alien species similar to a caterpillar, the original idea was that the creature could eat different materials, digest them then combined with a very sticky liquid created in its body, ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258730Substance that counteracts one poison but accelerates/exacerbates the effect of another?A Y Mullionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/444612019-12-22T13:40:49Z2019-12-25T07:56:53Z<p>Is there an example of substances interacting with each other in the following way?</p>
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<li>A is a lethal substance, killing within minutes to hours when orally ingested;</li>
<li>anti-A i...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258721if there was a dragon that spits pyrophoric liquids like a spitting cobrauser3556983https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/444592019-12-22T07:47:57Z2019-12-24T05:59:22Z<p>Ok, to be honest, I don't believe about dragons having a special bladder or organ that stores up gas (especially methane) and having flint-like teeth or whatnot, or even having six limbs.</p>
<...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/257813Could a carbon based lifeform use the mineral olivine in its structure? Why would it?Chickenpeep Chickenpeephttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/441652019-11-18T17:54:26Z2019-12-23T18:40:14Z<p>Have a creature from a dream. It's a carbon based humanoid creature partly made of the mineral olivine. Could there be any reason it might contain this mineral? Perhaps a show of health - the mo...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258718How strong, resistant and fast can a (humanoid) living being be?Invasorhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/435662019-12-22T03:17:52Z2019-12-22T18:12:12Z<p>How fast could run a humanoid being, how much damage could resist, how much weight could lift, how strong could hit, under the indicated evolutionary conditions? is there a limit? I have always ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258600Alcohol-based organisms?Greenie E. - Reinstate Monicahttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/436042019-12-15T18:37:01Z2019-12-17T12:24:46Z<p>Would it be possible to have an organism to be based on alcohol, rather than water? Complexity does not matter, but a complex organism would be favourable. their environment would be in oceans o...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258495How to make a microbe that can eat metal and breathe hydrogen?DandelionStephhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/444352019-12-11T14:30:45Z2019-12-13T05:44:45Z<p>I made an organism called the <a href="https://sagan4.miraheze.org/wiki/Skarlix" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Skarlix</a> for a art/xenobiology project called Sagan 4.</p>
<p>The Skarlix is a euka...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/244737Boron based life- bloodWither Fang136https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/427712018-08-13T19:07:25Z2019-12-13T03:56:57Z<p>I've been working on the anatomy of my boron based life using alternative biochemistry. But I've recently came across a problem that I can't solve on my own. In oxygen breathing life on earth, t...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258222How to transform a cells energy source into explosivesjustthisonequestionhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/442692019-12-03T15:24:58Z2019-12-03T20:03:25Z<p>I'm basically searching for an ATP that can be used to supply cells and also have its energy extracted efficiently into a basic form of explosive material (the stronger the better) without a lot...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/258154Realistic "Titan hardening" for living creatures: what's the hardest substance a biological process can produce?Mephistopheleshttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/35842019-11-30T17:46:04Z2019-12-01T14:45:36Z<p>SPOILERS FOR ATTACK ON TITAN, READ AT YOUR OWN RISK... </p>
<p>Hardening, or Titan hardening is an ability posessed by certain types of titans in the anime <em>Attack on Titan</em>. Since the ...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/273948Neodymium magnets as nanoparticles bonded with atmospheric amide to create a magnetic 'air curtain'?Systemhttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/-12019-11-19T18:44:13Z2019-11-21T15:51:08Z<p>Amide bonds are extremely stable and their half-life for hydrolysis in neutral aqueous solution is estimated to be seven years. Amides bind to metal ions through the carbonyl oxygen.</p>
<p>Neo...https://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/posts/246549Which are the poisons which make a person do things they wouldn't ordinarily do?S. Sethihttps://scientific-speculation.codidact.com/users/429932018-10-06T11:10:57Z2019-11-10T10:48:44Z<p>I have read unlimited news in which a person has knowingly laced the food items of a person with something to make him mad to fulfill an ill purpose like succession of property, frustration due ...