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Rigorous Science What is required for advanced lungs to filter dangerous chemicals (so to speak, to carry out the detoxification process) and then use oxygen?

What is required for advanced lungs to filter dangerous chemicals (so to speak, to carry out the detoxification process) and then use oxygen? (It is advisable to take into account the above record,...

2 answers  ·  posted 4y ago by French Thompson‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by French Thompson‭

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Rigorous Science Could a monomolecular blade be seen, and could it last?

Recently, there have been some great questions pertaining to monomolecular blades and filaments, so I wanted to ask two very essential questions. If we can't definitively answer these, we can never...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Caleb Woodman‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Caleb Woodman‭

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Rigorous Science Can a sounds frequency stun?

This is in reference to Could an organism have evolved to kill its prey by shouting at it? However, most answers here speak towards the brute force side of the equation, measure by it's decibel le...

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

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Rigorous Science How big can the Parachute cities be?

Nobody knows where the big Blue is. Some people say it's a dream. Some people say it's the space between the worlds, where all the things that fall through the cracks end up. The occasional rains o...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Joe Bloggs‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Joe Bloggs‭

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Rigorous Science Is it (practically) possible to determine the stellar coordinates of a planet from a photograph of the night sky?

For my story, I need to know the following: I have a (long exposure) analog (as in "not digital") picture of the night sky taken on a random planet somewhere in the Milky Way galaxy. I know it i...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by mg30rg‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by mg30rg‭

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Rigorous Science On feasibility of rotating space colonies

Would a spoked, rotating torus work as a method of colonizing space? If so, how feasible would it be? As in, what would be the cost, where would we get the materials for it, how fast does it have t...

5 answers  ·  posted 9y ago by Jetscooters‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Jetscooters‭

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