Liath‭

I'm currently designing a world where the inhabitants see the Aurora Borealis on an almost nightly basis almost all the way to the equator. The lights are so strong they rarely see the stars beyond...

4 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

In many science fictions we see planets which are designated by a particular terrain type. For example, Dagobah is a swamp planet, Tatooine is a desert planet, and Kamino is an ocean world. Howeve...

5 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Canina‭

TLDR You can model the effect of two moons by summing two sine waves. To do this plot each moon as a function of Time and manipulate the gravity of the moon by changing the amplitude and the orbit...

posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

Suppose we have a civilisation which is made up of many creatures sharing a single hive mind. Each creature can see, hear and remember what each other member of the species (or possibly hive) has s...

8 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Liath‭

I'm looking for a rock from which my island is constructed. It needs to be: Either created from the sea or via intense pressure/heat Capable of trapping layers of gas beneath it White(ish) I wa...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Liath‭

On Earth humanity has taken the dominant role (excluding dolphins and mice of course). We know of conflicts in pre-history where our ancestors have overtaken other species and slowly wiped them out...

5 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by Liath‭

Every species I'm aware of on earth has two sexes (with the possible exception of species which change their sexes to allow self fertilization). Is it possible for a species to evolve which could ...

18 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Liath‭

I want to have an upper atmosphere composed of a gas which is lighter than "air" so that my human occupants of a planet can harvest it and use it to fill blimps and hot air balloons. I'm planning ...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by Liath‭

I'm trying to design a food chain. For the sake of argument lets say it's based on flying creatures over a particular mountain range. Sun Plants/Fungus etc Tiny Insects Small Birds Hawks Large Ape...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 12y ago by Liath‭

In many stories we hear about people whose genetic structure is modified after they're born (Spider-man, The Fantastic 4 and practically any other superhero you care to mention). However current sc...

5 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Liath‭

Assuming the ocean is deep enough and not overcrowded is there any upper limits to the size a "sea monster" can grow? On land creatures are limited by gravity, they have to be able to generate the...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 9y ago by Liath‭

In Science Fiction we often see the protagonists exploring all sorts of strange new worlds with no apparent discomfort to the variations in gravity. What factors determine how strong the gravity w...

5 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Liath‭

There have been a number of questions focusing on mythical creatures where the logical approach to answering has been to scale up an existing animal. For example dragon's wings can be extrapolated ...

4 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by Liath‭

My world has a huge crater (4400 miles in diameter) on a world that's roughly earth equivalent (so a circumference of 25000 miles). The native population doesn't need to know how it was formed but...

6 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Liath‭

On Earth the planet's magnetic poles line up fairly well with the geographic poles. This makes things like navigation very straightforward as all compasses point to (roughly) the north pole. How...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Liath‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Liath‭