Activity for Caleb Woodman‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Could a monomolecular blade be seen, and could it last? Recently, there have been some great questions pertaining to monomolecular blades and filaments, so I wanted to ask two very essential questions. If we can't definitively answer these, we can never make such a tool. Could you see it with the naked eye, assuming 1 molecule by 1 meter by 2 cm, made o... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	How much can we learn from a grain of sand? I've wondered about this for years. Reading one of the books in the Inheritance Cycle, I came across a stipulation. It stated that if observed enough, a grain of sand could render to the viewer the deep secrets of the universe. Of course, that's a little far fetched, if not outright preposterous. I h... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Biophage: A creature that kills all other creatures Concept: For some twisted reason, a xenocidal space-race living somewhere in our vicinity decides that nothing deserves to exist. So they make a species. Any feasible size, any kingdom. It eats everything that contains organic tissue It can survive any environment that we know life exists in on... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	A weapon to attack the Solar System Basis We are in the universe we call our own, on the planet we call Earth, in the physics-set and known reality we assume. There is no flat-out "magic" or other things along those lines, so far as we know. Concept The universe we live in is occupied by more or less powerful beings with technology... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Anatomically Correct Harpy This is a submission for the Anatomically Correct Series How would you evolve a harpy? A harpy is defined by Wikipedia as a flying creature with: Long, human hair Human faces Feathered bodies Clawed feet Bird wings and (sometimes) tail From various mythology, they appear to be able to: Fly fo... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Platformer Planet: what could cause floating land and wingless flying creatures? You have undoubtedly played them. Games with floating land and platforms, "falling out of the world", high jumping, floating and slowly revolving objects, and wingless flying enemies. Question: What natural properties of the world or technologies put in place could cause these kind of things to exi... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	Uses for quantum entangled particles? We already have them. They are the future, and they are beautiful. Quantum Entangled Particles. One spins one way. The other, another way. Unobstructed they spin, in complete opposition to each other, over infinite distances. Scary. The question What could we use them for, assuming that we could t... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	Instantly grow new limbs In a couple of games, you encounter a creature or two that regrows limbs immediately after losing them, not necessarily the same kind or aesthetic of limb. You shoot the creature, it loses an arm, it grows a horrible mutant arm, you shoot it again, it dies. TLDR: how do you make a creature, or evolv... (more)	—	almost 9 years ago
Question	—	Creatures that intentionally blow themselves up How could a creature explode itself? Why would it? We see example ideas of these all the time (Scourges, creepers, etc.) but nobody ever said how or why a creature would intentionally explode. I am not referring to intentional combustion, but explosion specifically. This would be an evolutionary p... (more)	—	about 9 years ago
Question	—	Living with a monitor, like Ender's Game? In the novel Ender's Game, all little kids are protected and closely watched via a 'monitor', a device that sees and hears through them. This happens from around age 1 to about 5 or 6. So my question is, how would being monitored 'round the clock change how people act, from ages of 3 to 12? Please do... (more)	—	about 9 years ago