Activity for Mary Wildfireâ€
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Is it illogical to have a species that goes through two metamorphoses and ends as an asexual being? I came up with an alien species that has the following reproductive life: They hatch out of eggs, tended by their mothers, and by the end of the first year (about two Earth years long) they are ready to mate as males. After mating they go into a metamorphosis cave; by spring they will come out as... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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In what form can data survive the longest time? Well, we went and killed ourselves off with our stupid wars. But aliens come along, find our marvelous planet and the evidence that we were here and they find some human (and other) embryos in a base on the moon - in a crater near the pole that is never exposed to sunlight, so the whole base is in a ... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |
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How much warning would a civilization have that a nearby star was about to go supernova? I want to have aliens approach the Earth looking for a new world to colonize. They come from a similar planet circling a similar star, but either their star has entered its red giant phase (how long could life survive that?) or alternatively, they're worried about a potential supernova in their neigh... (more) |
— | over 8 years ago |