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Q&A How long will it take for the amount of living to exceed the dead population?

Until about 6,000 years ago, the population of the living people in the world was 4, with none dead. Then Cain murdered Able, prior to the birth of Adam and Eve's third child Seth around 3900BC. ...

posted 8y ago by James Jenkins‭

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Q&A What is the highest pressure humans can live in in comfort?

The change in pressure below the ocean is approximately $$\frac{dp}{dz}=\frac{1\text{ atm}}{10\text{ m}}$$ where $z$ is measured from the surface of the water downwards. We also have to add in the ...

posted 8y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Humans Achieve Massive Increase In Average IQs -- But How?

By definition, the average IQ score is 100. However, the above-mentioned Flynn effect states that average IQs relative to previous years' standards increases. Going by this paper, the increase in ...

posted 8y ago by Mithrandir24601‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Mithrandir24601‭

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Q&A Is it possible to build a bridge between planets?

I'm very tempted to say that no, that's not possible in practice. At least not without severely stretching the laws of physics. But like Nobody proposed, you could perhaps make it work if you are w...

posted 8y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A What would it be like to live on a rapidly rotating planet?

When will the planet break apart? A solid body will break up if the centrifugal force at a point is equal to the gravitational force. At Earth's equator, the equation becomes $$\frac{GM_{\oplus}}{...

posted 8y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Ugh, I'm stuck in an orbital spaceport. But why?

I came up with some basic ideas before posting the question: Space weather Radiation problems can severely damage a spaceship's instruments, making navigation and flight severely dangerous or imp...

posted 8y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Plausible Original Concept For High-Fidelity Apocalypse?

So I think a two prong attack. First prong is to remove all the defenses, and an easy way to do that is with EMP's. Launch nukes on SCUDS from container ships 25 miles up over the continents and...

posted 8y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A How long would human immunity last in space?

I'd suggest that they may lose at least partial immunity to a decent extent within a decade or two of leaving Earth. According to Smith et al. (2014) (explained for us laypeople here), the number ...

posted 8y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Simple non destructive spaceship liftoff engine

I'm going to take the comment you posted on the question, because it is important. The story should not be driven or build around the technology. But I have the ambition to also not just handwa...

posted 8y ago by Canina‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Canina‭

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Q&A What could make a star green?

Give it a circumstellar cloud of oxygen. Some planetary nebulae, such as NGC 6826, appear green because of ionized oxygen. Image in the public domain. Yes, this is a true-color image. I see no...

posted 8y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Which major solar system body could most realistically be artificial?

Consider a short-period comet (specifically, Comet Encke). Pros: Very short-period comets can have orbital periods of only a few years, with approaches relatively close to Earth ($\sim0.1\text{ ...

posted 7y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How does an ordinary person announce major discoveries?

Twitter. (Or Facebook, or other similar vector.) What you need is the "share" or "retweet" concept, a button that a reader uses to put your post in front of his readers, whose readers have a butt...

posted 7y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Does gravity converge in a wrap-around universe?

I can give you a Newtonian analysis of the situation, which may or may not be correct. If you want a Newtonian universe, then great. If you want a general relativistic one, you'll need something mo...

posted 7y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Gripping with radial palms

Round objects would be preferred. They'd probably hold cups from the bottom. That would change how their things would be designed more than anything else. They'd like things like stick shifts and l...

posted 7y ago by Andon‭

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Q&A Where is the best place to park your damaged spaceship, longterm?

A simple extremely high orbit, such as the aptly named Graveyard Orbit - These orbits are really high and designed so that the satellites will be there for a very, very long time. An orbit should b...

posted 7y ago by Andon‭

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Q&A How to send a message to the past using a precognizant rabbit?

You are, in essence, talking to yourself. So you need to make a set of rules that you'll follow. Let's say we have the rabbit in a long cage, and we use Morse Code to communicate with ourselves. We...

posted 7y ago by Andon‭

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Q&A How would one destroy a black hole?

So. Black holes are hard to approach. Time gets a little, shall we say, funky as you get closer. And then, of course, there's the tide. They'll tear a ship apart quicker than anything. I won't even...

posted 7y ago by Andon‭

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Q&A Could a human survive 5Gs for about two days using existing or near future technology?

Lying on their back, on a bed made of some form of comfortable and supportive material, I'd say it's likely that they could survive. The bigger problems come from laying on your back for two days:...

posted 7y ago by Andon‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Andon‭

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Q&A What does a small fusion reaction sound like?

I imagine it'd sound a lot like the sun or a star would, but it wouldn't necessarily be extremely loud. Most sound comes not from the fusion reaction, the fission reactions, burning coal, or whate...

posted 7y ago by Andon‭

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Q&A Human echolocation for spies. What sound to use?

Your own question, a prior answer, and a comment collective already give us several parameters: The human body must be able to produce the sound. The sound must not attract the notice of others. ...

posted 7y ago by cobaltduck‭

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Q&A Two or more advanced civilizations aren't even aware of each other

You need to make their anatomies, societies, means of communication, nature of technology, and other seemingly small details so radically different from each other, that even when they see each oth...

posted 7y ago by cobaltduck‭

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Q&A What effect would liquid sulfur oceans, sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere have on visibility, sound propagation and other environmental information?

How far and how well will sound travel through the sea? First, we need to figure out exactly what the sea is made out of. You've indicated that it's sulfur, but what kind of sulfur? Lopes & Wi...

posted 8y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Escaping a pair of orbiting black holes through the saddle

So . . . modeling the space near two close black holes is actually a really, really tough task. Numerical relativity is extremely challenging; a good example is the intense computations it took to ...

posted 7y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A How could a creature get off a planet without technology?

Your creature needs to accomplish two things: 1) escape velocity and 2) survive the harshness of space, all without the benefit of so much as a sharpened stick or flake of rock. This is going to b...

posted 7y ago by cobaltduck‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by cobaltduck‭

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Q&A Is a bigger planet than Earth with the same density possible?

That's no planet! Let's say that the radius is $18R_{\oplus}$, where $R_{\oplus}$ is Earth's radius. The volume will then be $$\frac{4}{3}\pi(18R_{\oplus})^3\bar{\rho}=5832\left(\frac{4}{3}\pi R_{...

posted 7y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by HDE 226868‭

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