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Question Planet with large areas of shadow
I wonder if there is a stable star-moon-planet system where a specific area of the planet would be permanently covered by shadow. I'm not looking for a common tidally locked planet with a roughly 50% dark zone. This is the desired order of preference for my world: Most of the planet has a tradition...
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about 8 years ago
Question Earth-like planet with a very hot ocean?
I wonder if it would be scientifically possible, and what would be the explanation for an Earth-like planet with average surface temperature of 14°C, but a very hot ocean, like 80-90° C, covering 2/3 of the planet. And how come the continental and air temperature remains stable with this hot ocea...
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about 8 years ago
Question Earth with small humans
In an alternate Earth (or even in a pos-exctintion future), suppose intelligent but primitive humanoids 1/10 the size of humans inhabit the planet. They don't coexist with current humans or have access to any previous technology. How difficult would be to these small humanoids to achieve an equivale...
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over 8 years ago
Question An armor that deflects any physical forces against it
Suppose you are given an armor that has this curious property: as soon as a force is applied into it, the force vector is changed by 180°. If you throw a rock against it, the corresponding energy would not be absorbed by the armor, but reflected with the same amount of energy it currently has. 1) W...
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over 8 years ago
Question Rare and long-lived humans
I would like some rare humans (1 in 10 million) to have a mutation that increases their lifetime by a factor of three. In other words, these rare humans could live for 240 years on average. But I also need to have one of these constraints: This mutation is not transferable to their children; or T...
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almost 9 years ago