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Q&A Let's say a 1 ton (US) sphere of tungsten moving at 99.99% the speed of light hits earth, what happens? As specific as possible

What kind of destruction would it cause? I'm assuming it'd be rather significant, could it shatter a tectonic plate? The crust? How would the oceans fare? Would the planet be able to catch the proj...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Claiming Herald‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Claiming Herald‭

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Q&A Can giant planets in the habitable zone have rocky moons?

My question is in the context of a fictional super-Neptune that lies in the habitable zone of its host star system. Giant planets only form beyond the Frost Line of their protoplanetary disk, and...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Arkenstein XII‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Arkenstein XII‭

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Q&A A huge transparent wall permanently separates two civilisations - what can it be made of?

I'd like two medieval societies to be separated from one another by a huge vertical wall. The wall is so high that no-one has succeeded in shooting an arrow (or anything else) over it. It disappea...

18 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A Extreme adaptation: evolutionary narrative for Vantablack-like skin pigment

Premise Inhabiting my earth-like world will be humanoid beings that have a skin tone that is as dark as Vantablack. Let's assume these human-like beings share the same ancestry as humans and we ca...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Arash Howaida‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Arash Howaida‭

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Q&A An object that is gold in one specific area but becomes worthless if you leave that area?

Let us pretend there is some "sacred city" created by gods, where gold is so common that it is the standard form of currency and everyone has lots of it. But once you try to leave the city with thi...

17 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Horkrine‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Horkrine‭

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Q&A Speed of water jet driven by 300 bar

In a setting where portals can be opened between one location and another, Suppose you open a portal of area one square meter, with one end at the surface and the other end at the bottom of an oce...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by rwallace‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by rwallace‭

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Q&A Anatomically correct metalhead, part 2 - physiology

In the Land of Metal, there exists a tribe that has upheld the gospel of Manowar with such zeal that it modified their bodies. Metalheads descend from humans, and may look human at a glance. A mor...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Renan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Renan‭

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Q&A Purple plants on a planet orbiting a green star?

Before I continue, yes, green stars don't really exist visually. Although stars like the Sun are green stars, they appear white (and are known as yellow dwarfs) because it doesn't only emit green l...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Victorbrine Cassini‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Victorbrine Cassini‭

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Q&A What conditions would make having them sunken into the ground the predominant way of building large structures?

As he neared the outskirts of the city the canyons of multi-storey buildings lined with coffee- and tea-houses gave way to the large squat shapes of factories, storage-halls and other industry. ...

13 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by dot_Sp0T‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by dot_Sp0T‭

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Q&A Climate on a planet with huge tides

Tidea is a moon with an atmosphere orbiting a giant planet. Due to that, tidal forces on Tidea are enormous. I'm working on trying to understand how would the climate be on Tidea. Relevant things...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Masclins‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Masclins‭

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Q&A Aquatic aliens and the effects of acceleration in space-flight

A sentient species of water-dwelling aliens achieve space-flight. Their living quarters contain water [no free gases]. They have evolved over millions of years to regulate their buoyancy at will...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A Is it possible to survive just by absorbing food and water through your skin? Part 1

The outer layer of skin of a human is called the epidermis. It is supposed to be waterproof, however: Using any current science and substances, would it be possible for humans to survive for two m...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by chasly from UK‭

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Q&A Population Growth of an Extraterrestrial Colony

Okay, i need help here. I'm sure this question has been asked before and if it has, please refer me to it. But a story I have been working on for a while now revolves around the adventures of a col...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Noah‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Noah‭

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Q&A Could a creature like the brethren moons exist in reality?

I recently came across a game called dead space and a certain main antagonist species inside of the game. In this game you play as the main character who is trying to protect humanity from sentient...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Wither Fang136‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Wither Fang136‭

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Q&A How could carbon nanotubes help me build supertall skyscrapers?

It is the near-future. Breakthrough, mass produced carbon nanotubes have been invented and are relatively cheap. These nanotubes have the properties that we would expect, and are manufactured in 'r...

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

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Q&A What would need to happen for solarpunk technology to exist in the 1920's/30's?

Solarpunk, for those who are somehow unaware, is a subgenre similar to that of steam/cyberpunk that instead depicts a future running on advanced renewable energy-powered technology. It usually depi...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by VoydDixon‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by VoydDixon‭

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Q&A What would the night sky look like for a world on the upper plane of the galaxy, near its rim?

I would like to include a world in a story that is located on the upper plane (or bottom, doesn't matter, but call it upper for the sake of reference) of the galaxy. If you think of the galaxy as ...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by JBH‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by JBH‭

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Q&A Would structural colouring work for making hair green, blue and or grey?

Today I was thinking about how to make an elf who naturally grows blue hair. Thinking about this I came up with the idea of coloring the hair using microscopic eyes like with blue, green and gray e...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by skout‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by skout‭

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Q&A Anatomically correct succubus part 2: the diet

Instead of the whole egg laying parasitic vagina concept, which was the leading idea in the original question. Assuming the succubus is purely the whole woman like creature. Can she gain enough ...

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

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Q&A Can fiber optic cables be used to pipe sunlight into an underground bunker for growing plants?

One major problem with living underground is you lose all of that wonderful energy provided by the sun. This energy is useful for many things including growing plants for food. A window is effectiv...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Erik‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Erik‭

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Q&A Spiders In Space: How to design a space suit for an arachnid?

In my stellar empire, the sapient life of the home world are arachnids. Due to an oxygen-heavy world with certain evolutionary characteristics, spider-like beings developed intelligence and formed ...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by GuidingOlive‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by GuidingOlive‭

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Q&A Anatomically correct metalhead, part 1 - headbanging

In the Land of Metal, there exists a tribe that has upheld the gospel of Manowar with such zeal that it modified their bodies. Metalheads descend from humans, and may look human at a glance. A mor...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Renan‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Renan‭

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Q&A Macro-life, colonisation or continuation?

Larry Niven defines a macro-life civilisation as one that lives in interstellar spacecraft, independent of planetary resources and culture, full time and by implication keeps moving. This could mea...

8 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Ash‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Ash‭

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Q&A Could a woman survive on mars by wearing a tight fitting, heated shirt, heated leggings, and a full head oxygen helmet

I'm writing a story where mars with its current atmosphere is inhabited entirely by women wearing the "spacesuit" with the following features: tight fitting, heated shirt, heated leggings, ful...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Someone‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Someone‭

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Q&A Potential adaptions / features for life adapted to the level of atmospheric pressure given?

Atmospheric composition: | 2% Trace gases | 58% Nitrogen | 26% Oxygen | 11% Argon | 3% Carbon dioxide | Average surface temperature: 36 degrees Celsius Surface gravity: 1.36x Earth ...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Neuryte‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Neuryte‭