Activity for Mason Wheelerâ€
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A radar-invisible stealth car? It's common knowledge that one of the things that makes stealth aircraft so stealthy is that the body is covered in a skin of special material that interferes with radar. Would it be theoretically possible (for a more-or-less reality-based superhero concept) to create a "stealth car" based on the sa... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Structural materials on a Martian colony There's plenty of iron oxide available on the surface of Mars--that's why it's called the Red Planet. So colonists would have no trouble getting ahold of iron for building stuff. The problem is, iron's a lousy structural material. It bends too easily and it corrodes too easily. (Particularly on Ma... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How realistic is the power generation depicted in The Legend of Korra? Early on in the cartoon The Legend of Korra, we're shown one of the main characters working at his job. He works in a power plant, where he and his coworkers spend all day using Bending (essentially elemental magic) to conjure up lightning bolts and throw them at some sort of machine, to produce elec... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |