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Posts by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A What kind of Apocalypse might make a planet unrecognizable within a few centuries?

Bobby, a human space traveler from Theta, and has been in space for a couple of centuries. He's been kept alive either through his own biology or some feat of technology. Having no contact with his...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A What kind of Ice Age would cause an apocalypse?

It's 2070, global warming is a terrifying reality. Coastal cities such as New York and Shanghai has already fallen to rising sea levels and extreme weather. In an effort to stem and perhaps counter...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A How long would it take for an independent group of space settlers to take over a planet?

I see a lot of media describing large space colonies, and am curious as to how they got there. I'll admit, I'm mostly inspired by Interstellar here. So here's the scenario: A group of 600 settlers...

6 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 7y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A How to efficiently protect a city from constant snowstorms?

Sort of an extension of With minimal terraforming, what features/structures would need to be built to protect a 25mi radius city from wind? but with some more items to consider. For whatever re...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A If humans could photosynthesize, what would our clothing look like?

So we humans get big into genetic modification and figure out how to make ourselves photosynthesize through our skin, and somehow it generates enough energy to be worth our while. Obviously we'd st...

5 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A Can a habitable world exist that would orbit in and out of a nebula?

Not an astronomer (obviously), but had a curious question. Is it possible to have a planet such that: Its star is right on the edge of a nebula The planet happen to be in the goldilocks zone and ...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Jim Wu‭

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Q&A Biological Reactor through Genetic modification?

As all of you know, humans eat for energy. While being able to maintain homeostasis is great, it's also human to want more. Maybe we want stronger muscles, or the ability to breath fire, or even to...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Jim Wu‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Jim Wu‭