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Q&A Putting together a research expedition to an alien planet - what kind of scientists am I taking with me?

It's the 22nd century and we have discovered a derelict alien craft somewhere in the Oort cloud. The craft contains a star chart showing its origin on an alien planet some 30 light years away. Let'...

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

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Q&A What problem in classical physics can a computer solve that a human doing calculus cannot?

So in my setting there is a small and exclusive group of people that have access to devices that work like computers (but which are not the same as computers. They do not use semiconductors and ele...

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

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Q&A How can early people prove that their planet is a cuboid?

Imagine a cuboid planet with a thick atmosphere orbiting a star similar to our Sun. The inhabitants are as intelligent as humans and recently discovered the universal laws of gravitation and motion...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by user6760‭

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Q&A What are some difficulties in synthesizing desirable substances produced in nature?

Suppose that there is a substance that is produced in nature by an organism. This substance is rather desirable. The reason this substance is desirable can be anything: Whether it is because it is ...

4 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by user73910‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by user73910‭

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Q&A What technologies and sciences are needed to detect a star going supernova?

What technology (at minimum), devices or minimum civilization development is needed, so that an individual member of this civilization would be able to detect that some star is going supernova? My...

3 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by trejder‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by trejder‭

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Q&A How can ruler support the invention of useful things?

Good rulers support invention of useful things. But this question has two sides. Support of invention Prevention of fake inventing Basis: Many inventions arise as side-effects of searching for...

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

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Q&A Could just a brilliant idea advance science by decades, or even centuries?

Inspired by this story, I started thinking. Let's say we have a person, from the modern day, who miraculously gets a superpower: He can rewind time, but retain his own memories. He can rewind all ...

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

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Q&A Can singularity be achieved in a PC without any external information?

I am developing a highly advanced AI, but I am paranoid about creating a super-intelligence, so everything I do is in a computer not connected to anything more except the obvious electric plug and ...

14 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Malkev‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Malkev‭

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Q&A Could a species develop the tech necessary to land on their own moon without comprehending light?

Inspired by a brief comment converstaion found here. I would like to investigate the design and development of an alien species whose technological development did not include an understanding of ...

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

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Q&A Building and powering a computer in a bronze age world

A character needs to build a computer out of raw materials in a bronze age. He has a nano scale factory, so manufacturing chips and such from silicon is possible, but I'm not sure of the best way t...

8 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by AndyD273‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A Reasons why AI/mind-uploaded humans would run long-term anthropological experiments on biological humans?

I'm having a bit of trouble with this one. I'm trying to justify why a once scientifically advanced human outpost on an alien planet went the way of the Planet of the Apes and became a schizophreni...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Z. Schroeder‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Z. Schroeder‭

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Q&A How could a human and an animal swap minds?

I am writing a novel, in which the main character has their mind transferred to a wolf body, losing all thier memories in the proccess. My current explanation is that the state of every neuron in ...

1 answer  ·  posted 9y ago by Ryan Krage‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Ryan Krage‭

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Q&A What measures (and appropriate countermeasures) would be used for sensing and target acquisition in far-future space warfare?

I've never been satisfied with how this has been handled in any sci-fi story I've read, watched, etc. It always seems to get handwaved away with "we have sensor packages of various powers" and "the...

6 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by AmoebaMan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by AmoebaMan‭

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Q&A Deriving a system of scientific units

The dominant society on my conworld is at a level of technological and scientific development not unlike our own, with minor differences here and there. Scientific standards are decided by Academy...

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

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Q&A Why would a species of intelligent parthenogenetics invent males?

In this hypothetical world, evolution occurs as it should. (Not to run afoul of any genetic diversity requirements of evolution; some simple viruses have aided in the genetic shifting process). But...

14 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Ayelis‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Ayelis‭

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Q&A What scientists would go on an research expedition to an alien world?

In my story, a team of scientists are sent to an alien world similar to Earth to conduct general research on its environment, ecosystem (that is: its animal- and plant-life), and weather. It is the...

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

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Q&A Is a habitable desert planet with large fossil fuel deposits possible?

I'm working on a sci-fi Western scenario on a habitable desert planet along the lines of Tatooine from Star Wars and Arrakis from Dune. For it to be habitable there has to be water below the surfa...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by H3R3T1K‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by H3R3T1K‭

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Q&A How to explain why a human society's state of technology on another planet might be locked?

I've become interested in sci-fi / science-fantasy / weird Westerns. Building upon what I asked here I would like to be more specific and ask if there's scientifically sound ways to explain why a ...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by H3R3T1K‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by H3R3T1K‭

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Q&A Pumping blood turned into power

How could we use our own heart which pumps our blood, to potentially charge devices such as a cell phone?

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

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Rigorous Science Can haptic holograms be used to make something akin to a holodeck?

If the holograms are really advanced like the hologram of Snoke in The Force Awakens and they are haptic, which means you can feel them, can they be used to make an immersive virtual reality envior...

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

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Q&A Entry requirements for a Type n civilization

This question about genetics (not required reading) contains the phrase "science of a Type II civilization." This got me to thinking: although we intuitively know what this means, does this actual...

4 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by 2012rcampion‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by 2012rcampion‭

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Q&A Under what circumstances will magnetic levitation kill Average Joe?

After the WorldBuilding community helped Average Joe start his own microstate, Joe has become scientifically inclined, and uses his money to conduct somewhat dangerous research projects from...

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

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Q&A Towering Titans of Technological Terror

Okay, this is unrelated to my current world building in any way whatsoever, but... I have always been a huge fan of the humongous mecha genre (bonus points to anyone who actually recognized my ava...

7 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Feaurie Vladskovitz‭

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Q&A Ancient Slingshots? Ancient (Vulcanized) Rubber?

This, unsurprisingly, is also related to mermaids. Spearguns using rubber bands and the like are popular underwater weapons, so slingshots would be useful to mermaids. The problem is, these requir...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by J. Doe‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by J. Doe‭

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Q&A Why might humans abandon the surface of their planet in favor of a subterranean existence?

In a future with great scientific advancements in architecture, engineering and science (where all three work together to create solutions to many problems that city planners, architects and civil ...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Fin Gallagher‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Fin Gallagher‭

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Q&A How long does it take for science and technology to become mutually non-intelligible?

Let's consider a multi-polar world where exchanges between the differerent poles are nearly in-existant (the other sides are considered decadant, too far away and previous interactions often escala...

1 answer  ·  posted 8y ago by Auberon Vacher‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Auberon Vacher‭

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Q&A Trait-Absorbing Race

I am building a race of humans (or humanoid constructs) that have the ability to alter their DNA (or store a second set and use it selectively) as to gain superhuman (or meta-human) abilities. Is ...

2 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by HadesHerald‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by HadesHerald‭

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Q&A Would the knowledge of physics on a native aquatic planet be similar to our own?

This question was stimulated by the question How would an aquatic race develop computers?. The answers obviously were based on the aquatic civilization being earth based, but what about a totally ...

7 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by fubar50‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by fubar50‭