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Q&A What would be a plausible reason for a prey animal to mimic its own predator?

The saying goes "a wolf in sheep's clothing", which is a biblical idiom to refer to someone pretending to be harmless. This got me thinking about if the reverse could also be true. So I came up wit...

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

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Q&A Would people still be able to create firearms, machines and rockets as compact as modern-day firearms in a high-oxygen environment?

So me and my buddy are currently working on a story that takes place on a different earth-like planet similar to when dinosaurs like Brachiosaurus inhabit the landscape. A few differences is that t...

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

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Q&A Feasibility of tzeentch inspired species

Tzeentch, the weaver of destinies, the architect of fate, originates from the Warhammer 40K universe and is the god of knowledge, change, and evolution. However, I will take away the god like attri...

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

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Q&A Feasibility of nurgle inspired species

Nurgle comes from the Warhammer 40K universe, he is described as being the lord of plague or the god of diseases, decay, and destruction. I will, however, take away his god like attributes, and tr...

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

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Q&A Could bones (or bone-like structures) evolve from muscle tissue?

Hypothetically, if an animal such as a cephalopod were to become terrestrial, and walking gradually evolved from crawling, would hardened muscle be likely to evolve as support, with articulation to...

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

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Q&A Is it possible to have a greenhouse effect this strong and still have an atmosphere breathable by humans?

An Earth mass terran planet is orbiting a sun-like star at 2AU. I understand the limit for CO2 greenhouse effects is 1.67AU for whatever reason (giving a conventional habitable zone limit), but per...

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

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Q&A How could crystal lifeforms move and work?

I have a creature that is made of crystal. The problem is, crystal as I know it is structured in ways that don't allow for flexible movement as we are able to do. How could a lifeform made of cryst...

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

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Q&A Possible compositions of a rogue binary system?

I am attempting to construct a world that is primarily lit by light filtered through and reflected off of a crystalline moon so that, at its brightest, the planet receives about the same amount of ...

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

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Q&A How would a creature like this work?

This lifeform is a carbon based humanoid that uses ammonia instead of water, breathes chlorine gas, and its body uses the mineral olivine to toughen its skin. Its blood is blue; apparently an ammon...

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

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Q&A Question regarding plant based poison for a short story

For a story I'm writing, I'm looking for an undetectable plant based poison that if ingested in a miniscule amount, would make a ten year old boy sick: intrinsic muscle weakness, stunted growth, an...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by leslie wibberley‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by leslie wibberley‭

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Q&A Would common people in central Europe in the 15th century notice that the whole Asia disappeared?

We have earth at the beginning of the 15th century, and suddenly the biggest continent disappears. There is nothing left of it, no animals, people, lands, anything. I don't think the details of th...

19 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by TGar‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by TGar‭

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Q&A How can I create strong structures with a drone swarm?

Continuing from my previous questions about a swarm of millimetre-sized drones, I want them to be able to interlock or by some method form into strong functioning structures, like a gun or a baseba...

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

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Q&A Could life generate twice on a planet using slightly different materials?

Extremely low possibility, but if life synthesizes from scratch after life has existed on a planet for a few million years, would the two separate lineages be able to co-exist?

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Double_S‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Double_S‭

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Q&A How could an Earth-like planet support all-metal airships?

When I say all-metal airships, I'm referring to something like the above from Jakub Rozalski's artwork - the design is more akin to a naval destroyer or battleship and less like a zeppelin. We'v...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Vigilant‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Vigilant‭

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Q&A Can I make my drone swarm quieter or Silent?

I have a character that achieves an ability similar to scattering and reforming or elemental swarming by controlling millimetre sized surveillance drones to morph into different shapes or disperse ...

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

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Q&A Can reptiles evolve like primates?

I'm writing about a fictional world where reptiles evolved and became the dominant species on a planet. on this planet an extinction event never occurred and reptiles still remained the dominant sp...

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

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Q&A How can an environmentally conscious dragon avoid uneccesary damage when using his acidic breath?

So, I decided to up the ante with dragons and make them much more destructive by giving the aqua regia as the breath weapon. The problem is that the dragon in this story is a sweet and cheeky kid,...

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

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Q&A What can these negative-mass-free wormholes be used for?

There might be a way to build traversable wormholes without needing negative mass. Take a gander: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-wormholes.html Now, these wormholes have a big limitation, they can...

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

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Q&A Internal chemistry of a melon bomb

I am a giant, intelligent, fortress-like, plant-based organism, able to forge many structures, defenses and organisms from my flesh by altering my own DNA and rapidly growing new constructs wheneve...

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

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Q&A How could damage reflection work?

So, there's this guy, Null, named after his ability that allows him to send any action, a person makes, into /dev/null. Basically, he can "No, you didn't" any attack. That's okay, but then comes h...

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

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Q&A Genetic engineering for sea people (false merfolk)

What adaptations are needed for human-derived sea-dwellers? My people are not the classic half-fish, nor are they whale-tail-people - they wear ankle-length swimming skirts that bind their legs in...

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

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Q&A Could there be a being made of gas complex enough to be sentient?

Basically, could a gas stick together enough to be internally coherent, and act like animal cells? Or is there zero chance of that happening?

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

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Q&A Feasibility of Cyborg Trees?

I'm writing a thriller story about a group of explorers who traveled to a distant planet in the hopes of finding intelligent life, when the explorers arrived they discovered a planet that was full...

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

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Q&A Feasibility of leaf scorpions

Recently, I've taken a small break to establish a story bound universe, so that these questions can actually prove useful in the future Recently, humanity has discovered a vast earth-like planet,...

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

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Q&A How does a creature evolve to become invisible to night vision goggles?

I am wondering if a species might evolve to deceive human technology - in particular, a set of night vision goggles. I imagine it is either cold blooded or it has thick fur - which doesn't trap air...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by user6760‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by user6760‭