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Q&A What is the maximum equilibrium temperature that a mammal could evolve to tolerate?

Mammals live in some fairly extreme environments, but the most heat-tolerant ones all seem to cheat: e.g., they dig burrows to stay cool during the day and come out at night, avoiding the heat, or ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Logan R. Kearsley‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Logan R. Kearsley‭

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Q&A Appropriate Material for a Red Moon

I have some ideas regarding this, but thought I would check to see what you guys can come up with, as I found some of the ideas here often trump mine in originality and/or plausibility. So, I hav...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Blue Devil‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Blue Devil‭

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Q&A Noble Gas Ionization by Enzymes

I am simply wondering if an organism could possess an enzyme that could ionize a noble gas such as argon, krypton, or xenon. I was thinking that the organism could obtain energy through light or ma...

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

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Q&A Why would a blind creature evolve display features?

I'm thinking of a predatory creature that lives deep inside large caves. Because this environment is so dark, the creature's eyes have disappeared through evolution since the creature relies on ech...

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

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Q&A Moving mountains

In our world, mountains generally only move up (while forming) or down (while eroding or sinking). Otherwise they follow the tectonic plates they happen to be on. In island chains like the Hawaiian...

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

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Q&A Can my planet have a very thin atmosphere only at the poles?

While thinking about Starfish Prime's answer to the question Algae using UV light from auroras for photosynthesis, I considered the possibility of an alternate Earth which has a normal, Earth-like ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by HDE 226868‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by HDE 226868‭

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Q&A Earth Has Four Seasons Lasting Years. Is This Too Much?

In this alternate Earth, the axial tilt is still leaning to the extent of the temperate and polar zones having four seasons--spring, summer, autumn and winter. The one key difference is that each ...

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

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Q&A Would it be possible to have a GMO that produces chocolate?

I am inspired by some people who apparently believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows. I know that for sweet, delicious chocolate to come into existence, we need to do things to cocoa. Ferment ...

7 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Renan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Renan‭

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Q&A how plausible is this method of humans breathing fire?

My method of breathing fire involves humans stomachs producing ethane or methane and them holding a lit flame near their faces and just breathing out of burping . Fire breathing in this is mo...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by neo flare‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by neo flare‭

Question biology culture fire
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Q&A How best to use wormholes for spaceflight?

The goal is to get from Earth to the Outer Solar System, preferably the Kuiper Belt, as quickly as practical, with a crew of about 12, and a not-set-in-stone dry mass around 30 tons. The character...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by CAE Jones‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by CAE Jones‭

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Q&A Fire Producing Organism

I was hypothesizing an organism that could create it's own fire with the use of a flamethrower-like organ. I was thinking that this animal has a oxygen-free organ that hold diethylzinc and when the...

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

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Q&A Venusian Adaptations

Recently I've been imagining living on a terraformed Venus in a distant future. I've a pretty good idea of how this can be done, having gone through many articles on how to terraform venus, so my q...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Benjamin Wandio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Benjamin Wandio‭

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Q&A Can a microorganism reproduce so fast that it can be used as weapon?

I've seen almost the same question here, but it was like Can a microorganism reproduce so fast, to be used as fuel?. Then, I was inspired and new question came up. Does some real microorganism in s...

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

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Q&A Symbiotic barnacles for underwater respiration

My world has two races of mammalian mermen, one of which are somewhat monstrous and I'll call them "Abyssals" in this thread. I really want the Abyssals to 'breathe' underwater, as well as being ab...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Maddock Emerson‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Maddock Emerson‭

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Q&A Can this planet in a binary star system exist?

In a certain star system, Star B orbits Star A. Planet C lies in between the two stars and also orbits Star A. Planet C and Star B share an orbital period, and are at roughly the same places in tha...

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

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Q&A Effects of slightly lower gravity?

If a planet were to have a gravitational acceleration of .7g, how different would it be from walking on earth, assuming this is not someone born outside of earth. Would it be a slight bounce in you...

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

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Q&A 'Horseshoes' for Deer?

Would a "working deer" living in cities with hard paved or cobbled stone ground need "deershoes"? The deer are mainly used for light work: no heavy lifting or pulling. Would unchanged deer feet an...

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

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Q&A How Close Can We Build Solar Collectors to the Sun?

Say you've got a space-faring civilization that needs a LOT of power. Sure, fusion is a thing, but there's really not that much helium-3 to be found in our solar system, and it's hard to get. So ...

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

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Q&A what the aquatic creature need in order to live or survive in my acid water?

inspire by xenomorph acid blood from alien movies. so the water either rivers, lakes, and oceans in my world or some of the regions is highly acidic because some of the dirt or stone minerals cont...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Li Jun‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Li Jun‭

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Q&A If we brought ancient germs to the present

If germs from the past was brought to the present/future on a person (or by some other means of transportation) and we have immunity to its descendants, like the modern germs for example, would we ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by yo76yo‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by yo76yo‭

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Q&A Alternative to Magnesium's Role in Photosynthesis

It is a known fact that magnesium is a very important part of photosynthesis and chlorophyll. I have looked everywhere to try to find out this question but I have never really gotten a solid answer...

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

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Q&A Number of Fingers for a Math Oriented Race

Form follows function, or that's how the saying goes. Which isn't true for some things. That is to say, a large reason why humans use a base 10 numbering system is because we have 10 fingers, not t...

19 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Halfthawed‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Halfthawed‭

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Q&A What effect cold climate could have on reptilean demi-humans?

In this world, there are reptilean demi-humans (like lizardmen and lamia) which are appearance wise half-human half-reptile, they live in coexistence with humans and other types of demi-humans. The...

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

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Q&A How could a self contained organic body propel itself in space

How could an organic, plant-like, intelligent organism move around space? Assuming that the body is inside a small meteoroid and that outside of the meteoroid is covered in tessellating leaves to...

13 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by meaninglessname‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by meaninglessname‭

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Q&A Could a microorganism reproduce so fast that it can be used as a sustainable "burnable" fuel source?

[Repost to condense question down] For a science fiction world of mine I am considering using a type of microscopic organism that is able to generate energy as it goes through its lifecycle, a life...

8 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by SentiCarter‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by SentiCarter‭