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Posts by IndigoFenix‭

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Q&A Building a planet favorable to the evolution of intelligent life

You are a planetary engineer from a lonely species fairly high on the Kardashev scale. Although your species has wandered throughout the galaxy seeking out new life and civilizations for thousands...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by IndigoFenix‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by IndigoFenix‭

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Q&A Is it plausible to to cover a desert in self-replicating solar panels, using only the materials found in the desert?

Silicon is the main material used in both computers and solar panels. Sand is silicon. Deserts have a lot of sand and sun. This may be an oversimplified way of looking at things, but could we cr...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by IndigoFenix‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by IndigoFenix‭

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Q&A Hydrogen Dragons

Let's talk about dragons for a bit. Giant, flying, deadly predators with teeth and claws and fire and scales. Unfortunately, "giant" and "flying" don't play together nicely in physics' playground. ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by IndigoFenix‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by IndigoFenix‭

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Q&A Digestive system of the "Ultimate Omnivore"

I'm designing a creature that is supposed to be able to eat "basically anything", within the realm of plausibility for what is essentially an organic creature. Its digestive system can be as compli...

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

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Rigorous Science A predator that uses an airborne chemical to make prey not be afraid of it

There is a predator that lives in the forest. It is roughly the size of a large bear, and moves quite slowly - a person could outrun it at a light jog. Nor is it agile - although its arms and jaw...

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

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Rigorous Science A drug that allows people to survive on less food

In this near-future setting, biotechnology is slightly more advanced than our own. Genetic engineering is cheap as well, but due to an ecological disaster the environment just doesn't have enough c...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by IndigoFenix‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by IndigoFenix‭

Question biochemistry