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Q&A Could a humanoid species, very similar to humans, evolve arthropod eyes? If so, how would that affect them?

Specifically, arthropod eyes that are neatly in their respective sockets, much like the human eyes. Could that work?

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

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Q&A How would it be possible to fly with Talaria (winged sandals)?

The talaria is the name of the winged sandals or shoes famously worn by Hermes in Greek Mythology. If someone were to make a high tech gadget which the attached beating wings to a pair of boots, ho...

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

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Q&A Plant-Animal reproduction

I'm designing an Anthropomorphic Lu-pine. (Get it? Cuz it's technically a tree, but it looks like a werewolf.) They are mobile, omnivorous plants, slightly larger than the average person. They are ...

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

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Q&A Consequences of dark planetary rings?

I am aware of the possible consequences having a planetary ring may cause on a planet, but since I want my nights to be dark and not giant-reflective-curve-in-the-sky bright I've decided to make th...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by El Nitromante‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by El Nitromante‭

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Q&A Conditions for an Ice Covered Moon to survive around a Terrestrial Planet

In my fictional setting, the planet that people live on, called "Nearth" has one smallish very dark moon close in, and a large moon farther off with a very high albedo. Nearth is exactly the same...

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

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Q&A What is the evolutionary advantage of albinism in cave-dwelling animals?

In a story I'm writing, there is a species of extremely rare cave dwelling bird. A scientist and a plummer have to find a specimen of this bird before it goes extinct. When they finally find it, th...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Ttagmonster1345‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Ttagmonster1345‭

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Q&A How do we know that distant stars and galaxies are real?

In some universe,with physical laws the same as in ours, our world is some kind of "lab environment". Our solar system is enclosed in a balloon-like sphere with a radius of a few light-days around ...

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

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Q&A Building a planet with a primordial black hole core

I have been trying to figure out a way of explaining how an advanced society some time in the past built an artificial planet with a black hole at its core and the effects that would have on the pe...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Althaen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Althaen‭

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Q&A Would re-engineering humans to lay eggs be beneficial?

I had the idea for a group of advanced humans using technology to rework their bodies so that they lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young, just like a platypus (possibly to survive in an al...

9 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by The Literary Lord‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by The Literary Lord‭

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Q&A What materials would be useful in constructing a Space Station?

For the obvious reason of weight, our modern space stations and satellites are made out of metal or lightweight compounds to reduce cost. In a quick Google search, about $20,000 per kg is the cost,...

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

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Q&A How can I know where to point my spaceship?

Let's assume we have a working FTL drive and thus interstellar travel is possible, either by traveling at very high speeds or by instant teleportation (the two main subtypes of FTL drives in sci-fi...

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

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Q&A In an atmosphere of approximately 15 bars, can you get evaporation identical to Earths at sea level with temperatures below 35 degrees Celsius?

I have a super-earth world. The surface of the world is shallower due to extra gravity, so shorter mountain ranges and less ocean depths. The world orbits a binary star system at a distance of the ...

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

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Q&A Biological super skin

In this world human-like people have skin that is unbelievably difficult to cut through and I was wondering what biologically creatable material is flexible enough to act as skin but it also essent...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by P.Lord‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by P.Lord‭

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Q&A Are there alternative ways aliens would think and feel emotions?

Before I start, let me say that I know that what animals think and feel and whether they do it is a highly, highly debated topic. But, for this question, let us just assume that many animals think ...

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

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Q&A Minimum required technology for a species to reach space?

Ok so first of all, let's imagine a civilisation on a planet. The planet has a relatively low escape velocity, say 6 km/s and maybe an atmosphere 30% - 50% the thickness of earth's atmosphere. Now...

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

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Q&A What was the weather like in the Eocene?

I was reading this question earlier today. It asks about the characteristics of global winds in a modern-day earth with Eocene-like temperatures. I'm here to ask about other kinds of weather in the...

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

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Q&A Plausible hypothesis on why gravity might fail on earth

I've been grappling with a story for a while, involving a scenario where gravity starts to fail. The goal of the story is mostly how people react to the knowledge that the world will end. But, I al...

22 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by SEK1977‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by SEK1977‭

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Q&A Can tablelands produce a rain shadow like mountains do?

In my world I have a region of desert, bordered on the east by the steep cliffs of a tableland or plateau. The plateau slopes gradually down to the east coast of the continent, a distance comparab...

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

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Q&A Evolution: Tilting the scales of the arms race between cobras and mongooses

Often times a mongoose will prefer easier prey than a cobra. However, getting down to brass tacks, should the two fight, it's fairly axiomatic that the mongoose takes the win the majority of the ti...

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

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Q&A Anatomically Correct Succubus

The succubi are popularly represented as women with horns and bat-like wings. They feed on the vital energy in myths, but could a humanoid creature resembling a woman evolve and feed only on human ...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Seraph Myrmidon‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Seraph Myrmidon‭

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Q&A What rules govern which biomes can neighbor one another?

I'm working on a map of a single continent or large island, and I want it to have some distinct biomes. What are some simple rules to determine which biomes could possibly be near/adjacent to one a...

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

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Q&A How could an Earth-like planet develop huge pinkish-purple forests on ocean surfaces?

I'd really like to write a story taking place on an alien world that involves a totally new kingdom of life, and I'd like it to be at least somewhat realistic. The idea I have right now is a whole ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Eben Cowley‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by Eben Cowley‭

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Q&A (Porcu)pine tree needle firing system?

Info I've created a pine tree that stabs its needles into people. Here's the way I did so: Using genetic engineering, my fictional scientists inserted keratin-producing genes into a pine tree (gy...

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

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Q&A Ammonia planets

In an alien atmosphere, where methane is the main gas instead of oxygen and ammonia is the main solvent instead of water. Similar to how photosynthesis on earth plants work, by taking in carbon dio...

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

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Q&A Is there any reason to use tungsten crucibles?

So, in my setting, there are dwarves that make good steel. Shocker, I know. To refine the ore, they rely on the bloomery process like everyone else, using anthracite (when they can get it), charcoa...

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