chasly from UK‭

In 2015 we can rewind the TV, our CCTV footage and, if we wear an action cam, our latest adventure. However if we walk down the street and something happens we didn't quite catch, the annoying fact...

5 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  edited 6y ago by Canina‭

In its heyday Earth was a great interplanetary trading post on account of its low gravity moon which was used as a warehouse for all kinds of goods. The Moon was covered almost entirely in large w...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by chasly from UK‭

A large (compared to Earth life) species of creatures live in space. They gain energy from interstellar dust and starlight. How they do this is a separate question so not relevant here. However the...

17 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by chasly from UK‭

Take-off in a craft with rockets allows a gentle acceleration that doesn't kill the occupants. Given that the Moon has no atmosphere: Is there any current technology that would allow safe takeoff ...

4 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by chasly from UK‭

The outer layer of skin of a human is called the epidermis. It is supposed to be waterproof, however: Using any current science and substances, would it be possible for humans to survive for two m...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by chasly from UK‭

A sentient species of water-dwelling aliens achieve space-flight. Their living quarters contain water [no free gases]. They have evolved over millions of years to regulate their buoyancy at will...

7 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by chasly from UK‭

Everything on Earth and in the Solar system is as we know it. However it is discovered that we live in a small but unbounded universe. That is to say if we travel far enough in a straight line we w...

4 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by chasly from UK‭

There is a cold planet (maybe a moon of a gas giant) far out in a solar system. It has a solid core and the surface is a thick layer of ice. Because of nuclear fission in the planet's core it is w...

3 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by chasly from UK‭

The Doctor's TARDIS is larger on the inside than on the outside. How can this be achieved? The conventional answer is that The TARDIS is dimensionally transcendental ... the interior exists i...

6 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by James McLellan‭

In the near future on our own planet of Earth, an odd plague has descended from space. It affects glass. Any glass whether natural or man-made turns into powder. The chemical elements are the same...

2 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by chasly from UK‭

Note: I am aware of this question Could two planets be tidally locked to each other so close they share their atmosphere? My question is not about that. It is specifically about human travel. By...

7 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by chasly from UK‭

The universe is in a long, slow decline to darkness Sorry folks but it's true, read the article! Here's a much edited-down version: The universe is cooling down, its stars pumping out about h...

14 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by chasly from UK‭

It is difficult to find statistics for the ratio of Lego men and women in the general population but from a non-scientific survey, I get the impression that Lego men vastly outnumber Lego women. Ye...

9 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by chasly from UK‭

Researchers create a sonic tractor beam By Hanae Armitage 27 October 2015 1:00 pm Using a simple set of loudspeakers, scientists have figured out a way to levitate and rotate object...

7 answers  ·  posted 11y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 11y ago by chasly from UK‭

Popular science fiction is full of examples of people and objects being shrunk down to the size of insects or smaller. Let us assume that everything is shrunk. Thus an animal would still contain t...

3 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by chasly from UK‭  ·  last activity 8y ago by chasly from UK‭