Activity for Malady
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A non-technological, repeating, phenomenon in the sky, holding its position in the sky for hours Is this physically possible? A non-technological phenomenon visible in the same position of the sky, for 18 hours of a day using the other 6 to do whatever, rise and set, just be impossible to see, it doesn't matter. What matters is the 18 hours of constant position in the sky, on a repeating cycle... (more) |
— | over 5 years ago |
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How would I evolve horns on humans? How would I change the evolution of humans to result in horns on humans as a result of reproductive fitness, instead of social fitness. Meaning, NEITHER "Horns are sexy", or some strange infection. Note: https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/a/14907/6812 A predatory creature with claws and la... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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Would it be possible for a planet to form so it has all of the landmass in only one hemisphere? Would it be possible for a planet to form so it has all of the landmass in only one hemisphere? By landmass, I mean all landmass that is above sea level. And human-habitability is encouraged... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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Carbon-based life planet with a plenitude of infinite energy crystals. Could it exist? Carbon-based life planet with a plenitude of infinite energy crystals. Could it exist? Somehow, when my planet cooled down, there were crystals that output a fixed amount of electromagnetic radiation for a crystal of a given size, and the size to power ratio is proportional. The crystals constant ra... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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How do I create a societal collapse with ruins, while the tech can make Ridiculously Human Military Androids? How do I create a societal collapse with ruins, survivors, and the weaponry is back to pre-gunpowder technology (swords, shields, bows, etc.), while the Pre-Collapse tech can make Ridiculously Human Military Androids? A few Androids survived the Collapse and can maintain buildings and stuff, but the... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How to justify evolving pointy ears that stick out from your head, on a humanoid How to justify evolving pointy ears that stick out from your head, on a humanoid. Like this: They can either start from the usual round-eared human(oids) with ears close to their heads, or have a different evolutionary path than humans, but in the end, they must end up being basically "humans, b... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Can humans live on an Earth-like planet where the only difference is that the surface is ~50% water, instead of the ~75% of now? Can humans live on an Earth-like planet where the only difference is that the surface is 50% water, instead of the 75% of now? That is, paleolithic humans... And the new land area hosts the same ratio of biomes that currently exist on Earth, or whatever it needs to produce a human-livable climate. ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Is it possible for a human-habitable, rotating planet to have an encircling bridge of human-walkable matter that connects both poles? Imagine a strip of land that divided the world in two, by encircling the globe, connecting the poles. I want this belt to form naturally and be a constant feature, at least for over 5000 years. Any ideas on what could produce this situation? (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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In a Full-Body VR MMORPG, how I would force confidence? If we had Full-Body Immersion MMORPGs, how would morale-boosting and morale-lowering skills work for players? By that, I mean, how would the game forcibly make players more or less confident, even if their out-of-game personality would not fit their avatar's confidence level? Like a coward playing t... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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What can be determined about an Earth-like planet, just by looking at a map? I have a fictional map for an Earth-like planet, with Renaissance-era humanoid populations. Also, Luna, that is, the exact same moon that we had, pre-Space-Race, is orbiting the planet. My map just has landmasses on it. No elevation markings, no forest markings, no desert markings... nothing but: T... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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A city where it doesn't rain in the day, for a month, and can farm on the outskirts I'm trying to figure out if a certain city, with these characteristics, is possible, geographically: Assume the city's the size of Renaissance London... With Renaissance London technology Doesn't precipitate (rain or snow) in the daytime, for about one and a half months. Has farms outside the city ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Can you get modern levels of health care, with no steam engines and no electricity? Can you get modern levels of health care, with no electric technology and no steam technology? Both electricity and steam are possible. Physics is the same as real life. Like... No Cavities No Acne Antibiotics But, what I'm mainly going for, is to justify my villagers of such a society to look ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How to define the Classical Elements, Scientifically, as ranges of a single property? How do I define the Classical Elements with Science so that it agrees with science? According to a single property of a substance. So, no Fire = Energy, Water = Liquid, Earth = Solid, Air = Gas... as I'm quite sure that Energy is not a state of matter... For example, Specific Gravity ranges ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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What if every animal as large as, or larger than, a horse, went extinct during the last Ice Age? Inspired by this comment: What if every animal as large as, or larger than, a ice-age vintage horse, except for those that are acclimated to cold climates, went extinct during the last Ice Age? Ice Age I'm talking about, which killed off the American horses Size is quantified in terms of body mass... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Earth where all of Equidae went extinct via Ice Age... - Effects Assuming that all Equidae went extinct at around the same time as the American Equidae on OTL (Original TimeLine) Earth, 8000 BCE, and in the same way, via Ice Age... What would have changed for early human civilization? Info on horse extinction in Americas (OTL): Here This question should be diff... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Horses went extinct, people domesticated something else. - What is it and what would change? Assuming that horses went extinct early in history, what would replace the horse, and how would the change in domesticated animal affect the development of the first civilizations? Info on horse extinction in Americas (OTL) Note that this question will be followed up with another one based around e... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Larger moon = Larger Tides = No oceanic ships? In an Earth-like world with a moon as large as this: Would the larger tides discourage oceanic shipping? (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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Can you help me design humans that naturally grow green hair? Is there any chemical that is biologically produced in humans, that when impregnated in hair follicles, produces green hair? If current keratin follicles cannot do that, pick another biochemical for hair follicles and try again... I assume that making new proteins, like Chlorophyll, is harder than ... (more) |
— | over 9 years ago |
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How many deaths can be caused by a Coronal Mass Ejection (Solar Flare)? Where should I shoot a solar flare that is at least as strong as the solar flare(s) in 2012 for the most death? What else would happen? And how much death, in percentage of world population, would the solar flare cause? That can also include the preceding flares that ""plowed the road" for the super... (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |