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Q&A How far can civilization go without inventing the calendar?

While only counting seasons and years, but not weeks or months, how far can human civilization progress? Can they reach the middle ages? Or is the invention of the calendar such a cornerstone of ...

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

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Q&A Boneless Humanoid - Is it possible?

In my story there is a humanoid alien race, that looks almost exactly like humans, but as you might have guessed, are boneless. Just to be clear, I'm not interested in reasons why they would evolv...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Bogdan 705‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Bogdan 705‭

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Q&A Evolutionary reasons for humanoid species to develop third eye

I have a humanoid species that developed a third eye in their forehead and was wondering what could be the reason they evolved this way or what advantages it would bring?

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

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Q&A Storing 200TJ of Electricity for rapid discharge

Here's the problem I'm having. I need a solution for the following situation. I have a sci-fi starship drive that needs 140TJ of energy every 6 hours. I have a Fusion Reactor that can produce 200T...

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

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Q&A What would be evolutionary reasons for a humanoid species to develop multiple arms?

I have a species that is humanoid but has two sets of arms and I was wondering what reasons there could be for why they evolved that way?

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

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Q&A Other than tentacles and jointed digits, what methods of holding items are there that provide similar dexterity?

I'm trying to envision a creature that is highly dexterous, and adept at using tools, but every time I try to think of a possible grasping appendage, the only two I come up with are either tentacle...

12 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by tox123‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by tox123‭

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Q&A Which part of the universe would make celestial navigation most difficult for a planet?

Premise I envisage a world of would-be navigators with roughly Bronze Age technology, sailing on ships to explore their planet. In contrast to our history of navigation where we "cracked the code"...

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

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Q&A Is the evolution of my aliens realistic?

So, I have thought about the evolution of my aliens and how they could evolve things like lactation but still retain their reptilian characteristics. Here is my best thought about it so far: Evol...

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

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Q&A Mass Human Cloning - Could it be feasible?

Exactly what the title says : Could mass human cloning be feasible? I have a two criteria : Clones must come out as adult Cloning process must take a maximum of 3 months Optional : Clones must...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Bogdan 705‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Bogdan 705‭

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Q&A How could humanoids master forge fire without using vegetal materials?

I'm building a fantasy world with a humanoid species (basically, "elves") which refuses to use dead wood. Context They don't use dead wood because they don't want to. Consider that trees are sac...

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

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Q&A Can Mars work as a wildlife sanctuary for animals?

Suppose humanity manages to terraform Mars: we give it a magnetic field, an atmosphere, then Mars gains oceans, lakes and rivers and we plant forests there. So now Mars looks like another Earth a...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by John Michailidis‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by John Michailidis‭

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Q&A Planet-sized creatures floating in breathable system-wide atmosphere

In the future, we created a Dyson Swarm. Each node (which I'd like to call a Gigalga) is an asteroid-sized, biotechnological, space-adapted, sentient plant that speaks the same evolved language as...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Kyle Zabala‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Kyle Zabala‭

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Q&A Would a nictitating membrane, eyelid AND eyelashes get in each other's way in the same eye?

Or would that eye be the most well-defended from external debris and whatnot in the entire world? Cats seem to get by just fine without eyelids and a membrane but no eyelashes...likewise humans wit...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by CA Pichowsky‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by CA Pichowsky‭

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Q&A Hiding a handful of immortals on a Generation Ship?

I have a handful of immortals that have spent the last 6000 years stuck on planet Earth. They really, want to get out of here. They missed their chance back in Egypt before The Fall of the Pharaohs...

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

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Q&A How would giant penguins affect the arctic/Antarctic ecosystem?

So, I was reading about the Colossus Penguin and was wondering how adding them to my world might affect the arctic ecosystem in my world? Obviously, they would need to eat a lot of fish, squid, and...

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

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Q&A Ammonia planet- atmosphere

On my previously asked question about the biochemistry of life on my ammonia. it leads me to my next question to ask. First things first, the life on this planet is boron based. They breathe me...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Wither Fang136‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Wither Fang136‭

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Q&A How high could a Lego tower be?

I just won the national lottery! I am a billionaire, and can do whatever I want with my money! Tv interviewer asks me what would I do with this money. Then, come the Idea. I remember this guy whe...

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

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Q&A Could a habitable planet with lower gravity have a thick atmosphere?

I'm designing a habitable earth-like planet that has oceans, forests and life. Now this planet is a bit larger in diameter than earth but its mass and therefore its gravity is a bit lower. This low...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by John Michailidis‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by John Michailidis‭

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Q&A Controlling Physical States By Changing Molecule Density

I'm developing a world where certain people have affinity to modify/control certain aspects of the material plane. In the early stages I'd included the good old "element control" premise, but as I ...

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

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Q&A Could a planet, tidally locked with the sun, have molten rock on the side that faces the sun?

I am designing a solar system, with the first planet located very close to the parent star. This planet has become tidally locked to the star. Is it possible for to have a molten lava ocean on the ...

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

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Q&A Batteries and resource restrictions

I've prefigured a specific setting as being middling in technological progress when compared with its neighbors. This setting does not have access to hydrocarbons, has severe cultural and politica...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by user49466‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by user49466‭

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Q&A How to evolve fully terrestrial sharks, 100 million years in the future?

This is part of the same world I am making that this question I once asked is set in: How to evolve a reptile into a wyvern, 100 million years in the future? I might call these questions related ...

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

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Q&A Peeping at Antipodes: How long would it take to peek around the sun using modern technology?

Assuming humanity was suddenly highly motivated to do it, how long would it take a probe launched from Earth to get into a position to record and broadcast images of the position in the opposite or...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by The Nate‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by The Nate‭

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Q&A How fast would a Martian space elevator travel?

READ EDITS I am writing a passage about the main character of my book travelling up a space elevator to the spaceport that rests in geostationary orbit above Mars. This means that the elevator wou...

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

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Q&A Could the genetic makeup of two parents theoretically combine just right to make a superhuman, or at least semi-superhuman child?

Basically I want my character to have only gotten their powers through the luck of two parents with the right genes mixing. Technically, given enough time and enough generations of breeding, couldn...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Chris Culver‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Chris Culver‭