Activity for Johnny
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How heavy would a Naga be? Those statues will be pretty darn heavy... but what about a flesh-and-blood naga? The torso of a human connected to a snake's body? I've seen some pretty extreme estimates on their weight... DnD thinks a 12 foot naga would weigh about 1500 pounds. Let's do this So, let's work some parameters for ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Could usable TNT be manufactured in the American Civil War? Around the American Civil War period, TNT and nitroglycerin were discovered. This made me wonder... what if a more effective recipe for TNT was developed, and efforts were made to manufacture it? This question has two parts to it. What are the likelihoods of discovering the recipe for usably pure... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Radiation shielding in the blood? I wanted a creature that produces something in its blood to protect itself from SEP (solar energetic particles) and GCR (galactic cosmic rays). The skin of the creature is normally sufficient protection, but the world has radiation bursts which can penetrate this layer, and necessitate a second line ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Could plants absorb ice dust from the soil? I was wondering if plants could absorb fine ice dust mixed into the soil. That is, without a thick layer of snow on the ground, but with traces of ice in the soil. As an extension of this, I wonder about a plant's ability to make use of such grains of ice, melting them into water and using them. I ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Biological Rebreather? Would it be possible, through genetic engineering or on some alien world, to have a creature with a biological rebreather? That is, a method of recycling the oxygen in a closed circuit, so as to maximize its usage and the time you can "hold your breath". Another example would be oxygen recycling in s... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Plant that produces a lot of vegetable oil? Wondering about a source of vegetable oil for my goblins. Something that produces nuts, perhaps? An underground nut-bush? Or something that produces a lot of seeds, the same way dandelions do? Or could we get a plant which produces fat/oil, and the whole crop could be crushed for it (like fatty turni... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Room-Temperature Animal Remember the Xenomorphs from aliens, how they didn't show up in heat vision? I was wondering how you could recreate that effect biologically... a creature which doesn't pop-up on IR (at least, not obviously), because its surface temperature is about equal to its surroundings. It may not always be in... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |