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Q&A A human 10x faster at thinking or reacting than the quickest human; could they catch an arrow?

Let us say that someone is 10 times faster at thinking or reacting than the quickest human, assume that they can survive these feats and their muscles can perform them and their senses detect them....

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Christopher Void‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Christopher Void‭

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Q&A How Many Earth-Like Worlds Could Be Made Using Only Material From The Solar System?

Assuming that some future civilization of hyper-advanced humans, or aliens for that matter, had the technology to reshape the solar system so that there were several habitable planets the rough siz...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭

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Q&A How Many Planets Can Safely Share A Single Orbit?

Bryan Konietzko (you know, one of the guys being Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra), is working on a new project called Threadworlds, which takes place in a solar system that has 5 ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭

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Q&A What would be some differences in the environment if the sun were always at the same point in the sky?

My fantasy world consists of a flat plane, with the sun affixed to a point directly over the main continent. This sun powers down to create night conditions, and then powers up again in the morning...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by rmtcrcdl‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by rmtcrcdl‭

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Q&A Could I get some guidance on this map in progress?

BACKGROUND So I was working on a map, when I suddenly realized that despite the many helpful tutorials on this site I have very little idea what I'm doing. I thought it might be a good idea to put...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Random‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Random‭

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Q&A Boiling sea between volcanoes

In my world, there is a chain of offshore volcanoes which are the result of a smaller plate hitting a larger one. There are two to three active volcanoes. My question is: two of these volcanoes a...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by The Imperial‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by The Imperial‭

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Q&A Could our biochemistries allow us to interact in any meaningful way with alien life that was based on other biochemistries?

This question assumes that there is complex, intelligent life on some other world other than the kind found on Earth. Carl Sagan allowed that silicon and germanium might replace carbon, and ammon...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Len‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Len‭

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Q&A Creating a gas-giant based empire, how can I maximize the amount of Earth-sized habitable worlds around a gas giant?

As the title says. I need to have at least 3-5 habitable Earth-gravity worlds (preferably with atmosphere, nitrogen oxygen) as many smaller, lifeless moons as possible, and a planetary ring. (i.e. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Armok‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Armok‭

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Q&A Biochemistry of Plants harnessing heat-energy when blue-shifted light is scarce

What biochemical reactions might be employed by plants to harvest heat energy when light energy is scarce or even missing? What is the temperature range over which this biochemical reaction can wor...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Christmas Snow‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Christmas Snow‭

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Q&A What are the climatological effects to the surface of a planet where the atmosphere gives way to vaccum? (diagram included)

(Please see diagrams) This is a question regarding an area of a Rocheworld scenario that I haven't found anything on. It is suggested that the OUT side of a planet that is tidally locked with an...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Len‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Len‭

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Q&A Horned Humanoids?

Even disregarding the blatantly supernatural examples of demons and the like, some humanoid races in fantasy are depicted as having horns, or at least something similar to that, like bony protrusio...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭

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Q&A Would human-avian hybrids be able to preen themselves with just their hands?

My winged people just have feathers on their wings, and maybe small feathers on their back between their wings (from shoulder blades to mid back). Their bodies look generally human. Here is a lin...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Nadeshka‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nadeshka‭

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Q&A How could a mammal develop that has long legs but lives in a semi aquatic area?

This probably sounds fairly ridiculous- I know, but in short I've been developing a sort of future earth. It's not extraordinarily accurate, but I've been trying to at least keep the obvious in che...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by CAGIG‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by CAGIG‭

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Q&A Would combining thermoelectric cells and electronic warfare reduce chances of a ship being detected?

In the science fiction setting I'm working on, I had a thought on how to reduce the detection ranges in space. On a previous question, I suggested the idea of capital ships and other support ships ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Arvex‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Arvex‭

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Q&A Where to Keep Your Dinosaur?

Let's say I'm a secretive organization who's recently come into possession of two individuals of the genus, Giraffatitan (a sauropod similar to the more famous Brachiosaurus for those unfamiliar wi...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by TheTimeVoyager‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by TheTimeVoyager‭

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Q&A A science question for semi accurate yet fictional story idea concepts

I am working on a fictional story, but I want to have a few accurate scientifically accurate (or as close as possible) situations. Question one is: if a person falling at full terminal velocity, o...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Flamesofshadow‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Flamesofshadow‭

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Q&A Would a realistic dragon shed their skin/scales?

Dragons are often thought to have impenetrable scales. If dragons were to shed them it would obviously make them far more vulnerable for a period of time. This on the other hand would make them eas...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Wel Wyrmin‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Wel Wyrmin‭

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Q&A Justifying Short Surface Dwarves?

What would cause a short fantasy race, like dwarves, hobbits and/or goblins, to maintain their smaller size outside of the environment that produced it? I know that the exact height of these races ...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by The Literary Lord‭

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Q&A In a species of simultaneous hermaphrodites, would there be any meaningful difference between siblings of the same parents in opposite roles?

Inspired by this question: Sexual reproduction without biological sex And, to a lesser extent, this question: Would a society of simultaneous hermaphrodites have gender roles? I'm not particularl...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Aporia‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Aporia‭

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Q&A Flight within the shared atmosphere of a Rocheworld, and between the planets, with low gravity wrinkle?

In a Rocheworld scenario where two planets are tidally locked and share an atmosphere, but where both the planets are so small that their gravity is very little (as low as one of the dwarf planets ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Len‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Len‭

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Q&A To make a gas giant flammable

(Warning: do not try this at home-system) Preamble Hello humans, we need advice. Let's say we have just successfully defeated and killed a Horror From Beyond Reason who happened to be multiple t...

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

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Q&A How do I actually mine an asteroid?

Obviously, you can't just send a bunch of out-of-work Kentucky coal miners up there to give it a go. You need some sort of specialized equipment. What I want to know is: what equipment will it be? ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by kingledion‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by kingledion‭

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Q&A Can an earth-like world lack mineable iron?

This question is pretty straightforward. I would like to build an earth-like world in which humans don't have access to iron, or at least can't mine any prior to full scale industrialization. They ...

9 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Random‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Random‭

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Q&A Falling in a micro-gravity scenario?

Let's say we have a micro-gravity environment where people are staying afloat in the air because they have wings or some other means of resisting the low gravity, but then for some reason they find...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Len‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Len‭

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Q&A Plausible energy shielding?

You know what they say, the best offense is a good defense, and with the Energized Particle Shield 9000 (patent pending) you will have the ultimate defense possible! The EPS units can be scaled up ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Nick‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Nick‭

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