Frostfyre
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See all 38 »In all honesty, probably the same way people select their partners now: partly by appearances, but ultimately by psychology or for financial reasons. Let's face it, your concept of the physically ...
posted 11y ago by Frostfyre
This question is partly a nod to the current fortnightly challenge. In many fantasy settings and resources, there are creatures capable of, or described as, breathing lightning. How might a creatu...
1 answer · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 9y ago by Frostfyre
I'd like to tip my hat to this week's fortnightly challenge with this question by revisiting an old one. I asked a question about the Science behind a naturally invisible creature a while ago. At ...
2 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 11y ago by Frostfyre
I'd like to tip my hat to this week's fortnightly challenge with this question by revisiting an old one. I asked a question about the Science behind a naturally invisible creature a while ago. At ...
3 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 11y ago by Frostfyre
Is there any combination of factors that would allow the average human to walk on a cloud without the aid of magic or technology? If so, could buildings and cities be constructed on clouds in those...
7 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 9y ago by Frostfyre
In Dungeons and Dragons lore, there exists a construct called the cosmos used to define a variety of planes of existence. One of these is the Material Plane, on which our normal reality is found. ...
3 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 11y ago by Frostfyre
The basis of known life on Earth is water, clear and simple. But what about forms of life on other worlds? Not every world in the universe is as hospitable as the Earth. Suppose a planet had an av...
4 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 11y ago by Frostfyre
In this question, we were provided a look at what would happen if a human-like species was capable of moving faster than the speed of sound. The consequences of such a modification seem rather disa...
4 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 8y ago by Frostfyre
Suppose we have a planet whose atmosphere has roughly the same gaseous proportions as Earth, but helium replaces nitrogen, and has a strong hydrogen presence in the upper atmosphere; has a gravitat...
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Suppose we have a planetary system in orbit around a Class O hypergiant star of 225 solar masses (larger than all but R136a1, the largest star we currently know of), 32,000 times as bright as our s...
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What physical attributes of atmosphere and flora could cause clouds to form on a regular basis below the canopy of a forest between one-fourth and one-half the height of the forest, without impacti...
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According to this Reddit conversation, the detritus around a planet tends to form into a single plane located around the equator given enough time. How long does this process take? Suppose a planet...
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Some time ago, I did a back-of-the-envelope calculation about magnetism, electricity, and graphene. I was (and still am) curious about developing a "deflector shield" based in known and viable scie...
2 answers · posted 11y ago by Frostfyre · last activity 11y ago by Frostfyre
After being told about hemianopsia (visual neglect) in an answer to another question, I started wondering if I could apply the same idea to artificial applications, such as securing information or ...
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Suppose there's a vault secured with a numeric code and a biometric sensor. What technologies and methods could be used to open the vault if a character isn't registered on the system? Here are a ...
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