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Q&A What technologies might lead to or support "perfect recycling"

Genetically engineered recycling bacteria. Many varieties. Plus (perhaps) some new acids to help them along with harder breaking. The "natural" means of recycling for the Earth is biological deco...

posted 7y ago by Amadeus‭

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Q&A How to Effectively Collect and Recycle Space Junk?

I propose a double light web, and a (quite distant) robotic 'catcher' grid. Things in orbit move in nice predictable orbits, at least in the short term, and are only slightly affected by the gravi...

posted 7y ago by Amadeus‭

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Q&A How would a colliding binary affect its planetary system?

Basic characteristics The system you're describing here may be a contact binary, where the two stars have come close enough to actually touch. These systems may actually be stable for millions (or...

posted 7y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Can there be a planet with no dust?

So start with a planet that is mostly made of a metal with a low melting point, say lead. It's set close enough to a star that during the day the surface becomes liquid, but it also has a low rotat...

posted 8y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A What would wind currents and water cycle look like on a tidally locked planet?

So wind wise, you'd have Hadley cells that extend around the planet. Basically hot dry air on the sunward side would cause the air to heat up, rise, and make a low pressure area. Meanwhile on the f...

posted 8y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A Why would a colony need to relocate?

Keeping it on mars, one easy reason is flooding. If they are there teraforming, things start to warm up, a lot of permafrost will melt. That water has to go somewhere, and the most likely place is ...

posted 8y ago by AndyD273‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A Why would a colony need to relocate?

Here's a rare, but plausible scenario that nobody seems to have thought of yet: Meteor Strike We're already tracking all known comets and meteors in case any of them have even the slightest chanc...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by F1Krazy‭

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Q&A Energy Transfer Through Space Without Adverse Affects

There is one way that we know of that can make this happen, which is tidal energy. Jupiter's moons Ganymede and Europa both have a lot of water, as does Saturn's moon Enceladus. As they orbit thei...

posted 8y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A Why would many future interstellar spaceship designs come with a self-destruct button instead of an EMO button?

You might not want them following you home You never know what you might run into out in the deep of space. If you come across a new civilization that would pose an imminent threat to humanity, su...

posted 7y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A What is the botanic equivalent of the digestive system

It could be similar to the existing carnivorous plants that we already have on our planet. This way the plantimal could try to lure its food into its mouth and then slowly digest it. All you need...

posted 8y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Anthro Animals to Scale

I cannot find anything usable for a good comparison of a wolf and a hare the size of a human. The closest thing regarding the bite is this article about the bite force quotient, which might help yo...

posted 8y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A What plausible things might happen in a *mildly* negative-entropic environment?

The second law of thermodynamics states that global entropy of an isolated system always increases or remains constant This tells us a couple of things that are relevant here: If the system is n...

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

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Q&A What would it take for a continent to be covered in cyclical darkness?

You could have massive volcanic eruptions and regularly create a temporary volcanic winter

posted 8y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A What advantage would a species gain from birthing a child larger than itself?

If multiple of your creatures can work on the same "child" they could be faster at "giving birth". This could come in handy when you think about different seasons. Normally there is a certain time ...

posted 8y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A Difficulties of transforming from mermaid to human and vice versa?

Maybe for the "joining of legs"-part you could use a mechanism similar to velcro, which was inspired by burs, so that they are hold together. Then you could let the mermaid control if the mechanism...

posted 8y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A How would pixie to human two way communication work?

Maybe the Pixies could write on a piece of paper. For them it would be a big painting and for humans it would be a tiny note, but we would be able to read it. This kind of communication might tak...

posted 8y ago by Secespitus‭

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Q&A How would an advanced civilization have constant communication between planets?

I am going to assume that by constant, you really mean constant as opposed to instantaneous. In other words, we are still bound by the speed of light propagation delay. We are also bound by the law...

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

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Q&A Why would any interstellar starship still bother with streamline body design?

It's a combination of several factors, most of which have already been mentioned but I'll put them all together anyway, with some helpful analogies. 1. Aesthetics/Rule of Cool For this I'll use t...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭

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Q&A Ejectable heat sinks for spaceships?

Let's break this down a bit. What conditions would render disposable heat sinks necessary? As has been noted already: combat and stealth. Radiators can be damaged, and will give your ship a n...

posted 8y ago by F1Krazy‭

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Q&A Ejectable heat sinks for spaceships?

Use the vacuum to help cool the ship. Specifically, have several enclosed/mostly enclosed spaces that are transparent to IR and that is pumped to a vacuum. Use water to absorb the heat, and then sp...

posted 8y ago by AndyD273‭

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Q&A how to scientifically explain this fictional type of matter?

I'm going to run through your list of points and see what happens: Fine. Has to interact via either gravity, strong or weak Fine. $0$ charge (no electromagnetic interaction), integer spin (are bo...

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

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Q&A What would the sky look like in the SHADOW of planetary rings?

I think the result will be very similar to what happens here on this Earth during a solar eclipse. I like this quote from http://www.eclipse2017.org/2017/what_you_see.htm: You'll get the shrin...

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

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Q&A How fast can heat be carried away from a small source?

Let's imagine that the hottest part of the apparatus is the barrel, so to speak, which is cylindrical with length $l$, radius $r$ and temperature $T_b$. We can surround it with a fluid of temperatu...

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

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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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