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Question How would Death Star move between systems?
Similar to the Death Star(s) depicted in Star Wars universe, my question is how do such a massive body move from its orbit around its parent planet across the stellar system or galaxy into the enemy's territory? Or perhaps its main weapon is for extreme long range target? How does it defense itself a...
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almost 9 years ago
Question Project Noah: Blue Mars
Set in the 23rd Century, space tourism has matured. The scientists gathered at a summit to discuss plans for terraforming Mars, therefore the Mars colonists living inside a temporary biosphere will have to be evacuated. The plan is called "Project Noah" using unmanned robots to capture comets and hur...
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almost 9 years ago
Question Hammerhead dragon craving for seafood
How can I explain a female adult dragon standing at 30 to 32 meters living on the peaks of a snowy mountain, will dive and swim hundreds of miles into the ocean to hunt for sperm whales and colossal squids and bring them back to its nest where its hungry young are waiting? what kinds of evolutionary ...
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almost 9 years ago
Question Can jellyfish migrate out of water?
Jellyfish is consists mostly water and they live in the ocean, I like to create a world of airborne jellyfish how can I explain the levitating mechanism and evolutionary advantage scientifically?
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almost 9 years ago
Question Can I map the location of my convenient store inside a wormhole?
Set in the distance future probably a type 3 civilization on a Kardashev scale, I plan to setup multiple chain of convenient stores at many wormholes where there are heavy traffics, how can I create such a map for tourist? A wormhole is a hypothetical link between 2 or more points in space allowed b...
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almost 9 years ago
Question Type 2 civilization orbiting twin yellow hypergiants system possible?
Imagine a world so brilliant and yet unthinkable - a habitable Earth-like planet infested with intelligent life attempting to erect a flexible Dyson sphere enveloping two yellow hypergiants. I know that a hypergiant is rare, and a twin system with a goldilocks zone around it is millions or billions o...
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almost 9 years ago
Question What if we can feel magnetic field?
Suppose human being evolved a special type of sensory organ that can detect Earth's magnetic field, beside discarding compass when hiking what else can we benefit from this extrasensory gift in the present day?
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almost 9 years ago
Question Cordoning Corrosive Ocean
Imagine the entire ocean becomes extremely corrosive due to ocean acidification over a couple of decades, all nations have agreed to erect a permanent barrier along all shorelines to seperate land and acid which is gradually eating away the beach. The acidity of the ocean on average is below 1 on the...
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almost 9 years ago
Question How to navigate without magnetism?
Suppose a team of explorers touched down on an Earth-like planet which do not generate its own magnetic field and there are always a thick layer of cloud covering the sky at all time. My question is how can they create an accurate map in such a scenario? (note there are no GPS satellites here!)
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almost 9 years ago
Question What would happen to the ocean when lowering atmospheric density?
Suppose one fine day a mischievous god decided to eradicate all air molecules on Earth in an instant, my question is what will hapen to the ocean? Please kindly disregard (omit) your concern for life in your answer the extremophiles can have the last laugh I don't really care. Kindly split your answ...
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almost 9 years ago
Question Can a planet destroy itself?
More often we have heard countless of familiar sci-fi scenario whereby the inhabitants of a dying planet faces world ending catastrophe most notable the superman origin. My question is can a planet blow itself up by any natural or artificial means? I thought of an angry super volcano but that seems l...
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almost 9 years ago
Question How can we extinguish a supernova?
Assuming in a galaxy far far away there is a Type 2 civilization (currently on the verge of making the transition to Type 3). Their scientists predicted that the star (red giant) they are orbiting is going supernova probably within a couple of years (a decade maximum), they won't be able to evacuate...
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almost 9 years ago
Question Robbing the world of 1 second
Scenario Set in modern day Antarctica, a group of very talented scientists are working on a highly confidential scientific experiment which would one day allow us to manipulate time literally. They are working deep inside an abandoned mine to develop a machine that can extract the energy of time, th...
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about 9 years ago
Question Earth with planetary ring
I imagine that if we could transform the Moon into a beautiful planetary ring around Earth, wouldn't it be spectacular! Problem is the feasibility. Are there any practical solutions? Option I think blowing up the Moon is the only viable option but wouldn't it also spell disaster for Earth, too? Wit...
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about 9 years ago
Question Can Earth become a micro Death Star?
Can we harvest the fission energy inside of Earth and produce a energy beam powerful enough to destroy Near Earth Object such as an asteroid? Is this technology probable in the next couple of centuries?
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about 9 years ago
Question To dwarf all inhabitatable objects
Scenario This is set in the future; humans already achieved Type II civilization status. Humans conquered the entire Solar System and managed to colonize Jupiter and all its moons. The next big challenge is to create an artificial living quarter that is bigger than all spacecrafts and planets. Obje...
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about 9 years ago
Question Can I cage Earth?
Given the resources available on Earth, can we erect a colossal cage to envelope the entire planet? [Conditions] must covers the entire globe in a single non breaking element. brave any kinds of weather conditions; even the perfect storm. resist all magnitudes of tremors and earthquakes. must not ...
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about 9 years ago
Question Lifeform that perspires fire
Is an alien lifeform covering itself comfortably in flames as a defense mechanism to wane off predators possible? I've heard of microbes surviving the extreme condition of outer space in complete vacuum and receiving high dosage of radiation, and a community of crustaceans thriving in hostile environ...
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about 9 years ago
Question A discriminating lightsaber?
In a type III civilization probably even type II, would have developed solid energy construct resembles force shield which acts like a semi-permeable membrane to allow friend to pass but prohibit strangers. I am imagining an advanced civilization which draws its power directly from the nearby star wo...
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about 9 years ago
Question Is it possible to harness energy from natural disasters?
Since earthquakes, typhoons, tsunami and many natural disasters were measured or calculated to release more energy than many H-bombs can produce every seconds, can we one day harness this powerful force of nature and perhaps even control it?
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about 9 years ago
Question Is triple-strands or multiple-strands DNA possible?
Before the double helix DNA was discovered by Watson and his colleague, they theorized the existence of a triple-strands DNA and its properties. Is multiple-strands DNA possible perhaps by manipulating the structure of a double helix DNA with science? Multi means more than 2
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about 9 years ago
Question How do you capture this magical critter?
[Critter's descriptions] (D1) appearance closely resembles a cat (D2) no bigger than a dog (D3) toothless (D4) strange claws to climb any surfaces (D5) powerful hind legs can sprint like a cheetah (D6) nose similar to dog (D7) ears similar to bats but it is a mute (D8) furry and black and good dive...
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about 9 years ago
Question Can an asteroid have a molten core?
Most natural satellites in our Solar System are expected to contain fission furnaces at their cores, and some of these moons do have a striking resemblance to an asteroid. I'm wondering if we could establish a colony on an asteroid and harvest the "aster-thermal" energy (if there is a proper term for...
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about 9 years ago