Activity for thanbyâ€
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How could sentient stars work? I'm considering making one "creature" that is encountered in a story a sentient star in an alternate universe. I hope to hand-wave a little of the more complicated stuff by saying "this universe's constants are different", but the problem is I don't even know where to start when making a star sentien... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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The case of the sexist plant Let's say we have a species of plant, that, for whatever reason, only wants to be pollenated by female pollinators. Maybe this gives some advantage to the plant and/or pollinator. Why would a plant only want to be pollenated by a specific sex? How would it tell the difference? Bonus question: How w... (more) |
— | almost 5 years ago |
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Would intelligent life evolve any other body plan than humanoid? Disclaimer: This question uses some liberal wording to get key ideas across. It's not meant to be academically rigorous, so please try to focus on the ideas and not the exact definitions of the terms used. If you need clarification on something or have suggestions to make the wording clearer I'll be ... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |