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Q&A Locating rogue planet in deep space based on astronomical observations from its surface?

Assume that you have a Rogue Planet hurtling through deep space. Somehow, an alien civilization from, say, 1,000 ly away acquires astronomical data from this planet. This data is in the form of h...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by ak7‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by ak7‭

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Q&A What would happen to the world if all lightning stopped?

Imagine you have a weather-controlling device that you use to eliminate all lightning strikes. They're just too dangerous. What happens to the earth? Does lightning serve a necessary purpose to ...

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

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Q&A Would a medieval world use the word "trail" to describe a foot path?

I'm in the process of naming some routes and roads in my medieval fantasy themed world, and I want to specify routes that could only be managed on foot. I'm tempted to say trails, but since every b...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Graffiti Child‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Graffiti Child‭

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Q&A How can a salty ocean be turned purple?

On my Conworld, the oceans are purple. This is mostly for aesthetic purposes and my current explanation is an abundance of cyanobacteria. I'm not sure that this explains it correctly, so what could...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Greenie E. - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A Can a Robotic Eyeball Be Created that Perfectly Replicates Human Vision?

In my world, a "perfect" robotic eyeball has been created. This eyeball is electronic, but it emulates a human eye perfectly. This does not necessarily mean that it has millions of synthetic cones...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by overlord - Reinstate Monica‭

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Q&A How to improve the speed of ancient mariners

My world is set in ancient times on a planet similar to Earth, but with a different civilization and different geography (and lots of canals). I need to find a way of giving the inhabitants better ...

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

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Q&A Another Giant Tree Attempt

I want to propose a new method for tree growth to exceed the max of 120 or 130 meters restricted by Earth's gravity. I propose for the tree to rely very little on its base or roots. The living part...

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

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Q&A Would a flying, human sized species from a planet smaller than Earth be stronger, as strong or weaker than humans?

I'm working on a sci fi story where one of the species has batlike wings and comes from a moon around the size of Titan with roughly the same atmospheric pressure as Earth. Initially, I thought the...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Wayward Astronaut‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Wayward Astronaut‭

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Q&A How can primitive human species create an underwater civilization and adapt to their marine environment?

Hopefully this isn't two separate questions - I do feel like they are interconnected enough that they can be counted as one. I'm wondering if it would be possible for primitive human ancestors. Le...

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

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Q&A How to protect oneself against strong magnetic fields?

Spacecraft in my Scifi setting use strong magnetic fields for many purposes. Fusion containment, magnetic nozzles, gauss guns, magnetic fields as pusher-plates for nuclear pulsed propulsion and def...

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

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Q&A What is a realistic useful life of a calcium carbonate pulse jet deflagration chamber?

My jet-propelled squid uses a scavenged shell for its pulse jet deflagration chamber, I am trying to determine how often he'll have to replace it. Including the shell it's a 5 kg animal using a ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Vogon Poet‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Vogon Poet‭

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Q&A Would time dilation alter apparent mass observed from outside time dilation zone?

A familiar scenario in scifi: a bubble of space is isolated artificially from the outside world by means of time dilation: time inside the bubble moves more slowly than time outside it. Assume that...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Christmas Snow‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Christmas Snow‭

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Q&A What would a life-form be like if it's antimatter-based

I've been thinking of the idea of creating and adding an alien species that's antimatter-based (being from a universe where antimatter became the majority instead of "normal matter"). However, I'm...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Caveknight32‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Caveknight32‭

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Q&A Could echolocated images be used for a language?

So I have this underwater echolocation using species. I'm wondering if they could have a language partly based on recreating sounds from returning echolocation waves to 'talk' images at each other....

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

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Q&A Humans plus Hemocyanin

How would human appearance be different from what it is now if our circulatory system used Hemocyanin for oxygen transport instead of Hemoglobin? Limitations, restrictions, additional details, etc...

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

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Q&A How to mine a star?

Things like Dyson spheres need a whole lot of raw material, which is rather difficult to come by, since the elements needed for good structural steel are scattered fairly thinly into the universe u...

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

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Q&A What kind of planet environment could best host aliens like *Battle: Los Angeles*?

If I want a home for aliens like those which invaded in Battle:Los Angeles, what would be the best fitting features? The aliens: Burn water for fuel (assume they are using deuterium for fusion) ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Vogon Poet‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Vogon Poet‭

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Q&A What would be the most practical way to use a dragon's scales as armor?

I'm working on a roleplaying game in a medieval fantasy setting with a focus on crafting and I am having trouble visualizing how armor made from scales of creatures would be assembled; both for art...

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

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Q&A Symbiotic fungus causing rapid mutations within the human body

A group of scientists discover a heretofore unknown species of fungus. unbeknownst to them, let's say it is of extraterrestrial origin but it operates very much like certain fungi on Earth (e.g. op...

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

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Q&A What physiological tools would a humanoid need to generate ultra-low frequencies?

I'm interested that some ULF (ultra-low frequencies, especially the 17 HZ zone) can cause humans to experience sensations of fear, trembling, or even claims of seeing ghostly apparitions. What an i...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Jarrison_93‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Jarrison_93‭

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Q&A What would happens if global warming cause enough atmosphere loss?

What would happens if due to increased volume and reduced density, the global warming cause consistent loss into space of certain gases of atmosphere? What would we observe?

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

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Q&A Mirror to the past

Are there any holes in the following reasoning? Black holes form gravitational lenses. So they bend light. Is it possible for an observer to see his own past image as a result of light bending aro...

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

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Q&A What element, if any, would justify mining stars (financially)?

Alright so in my sci-fi a prominent corporation dominated by the Borlak species (Mantis-like Hexapods). The Borlak make their money by mining "dead systems", solar systems without any habitable pla...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Celestial Dragon Emperor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Celestial Dragon Emperor‭

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Q&A Hidden specks will blow up the world if overheated: how bad a thing is this?

I'd encourage you to take about 4 min to read the whole post. Multiple masses of parabanic acid appear at random around the world (but see Context and constraints), displacing any matter in their ...

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

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Q&A Can insects evolve their basic anatomy to grow in size?

In my fantasy world, there are several species - both sapient and non-sapient. They all originally evolved from a group of insects that, after millions of years of isolation and no competition, hav...

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