Activity for Charon‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Lembas bread (2000 Calories per bite) In the lord of rings the elves invented an incredibly nutritious bread/biscuit, as Legolas clearly says only a small bite is just enough to satisfy the needs of an adult man for 1 day. An adult person needs about 2000 calories per day... maybe 1600-1700 for extremely skinnny and underweight people... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	feet design for sustaining massive weight and climbing What would be the most effective feet design for sustaining massive weight and also allow for the ability to climb? The organism in question has 12 limbs, 8 of which are large and strong legs that sustain the weight and give mobility. It weighs from 200 up to 400 kilograms depending on the species. ... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	Anatomically correct Ent The tree small giant creatures resembling people usually with beards are present in many fantasy stories, but that's it... it is fantasy. From a scientific viewpoint how would such creature even exist in the first place? How does it function?What does it do to stay alive?Can they evolve or is advan... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Evolution of Vampire Zombie A parasite starts its first life cycle of youth with the reproductive phase by cloning itself to infect as many people as possible without leaving any signs of its presence. After two days the parasite starts its growth phase during which it controls the brain of the victim, making it a zombie wande... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Which Jurassic plant would survive in modern days? Given the chance to bring back from the jurassic any plant, which one would be the most adapted to survive and spread in our actual environment? (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Natural blood fountains In my fictional world there are small organisms the size of a dog or smaller,some have the shape of mini-volcanoes, while some are stuck between rocks, they don't move and live in both sea and land. This organism doesn't have natural predators as not being edible, it's as hard as rock and isn't kill... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Synthethic Phytoplankton Some people created synthetic bacterial life forms to use them as fuel producers back then; it's called synthia I believe... and I don't know how it ended up. So creating life is already possible. Then say if someone wants to make an upgraded version of phytoplankton with the following changes: R... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Evolve back to human If a tribe of homo evolves into a wild animal that doesn't resemble at all a hominid, is there any chance for this animal to evolve back to the original humanoid shape through atavism/other means? Like homo>large herbivore quadruped>homo. Is it possible for this to happen in less than 1 billion o... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	universe with infinite energy In our universe infinite energy is not possible, at least given the known laws of physics. But in another universe what would allow for energy to be in the same amount as space? But how large is space, as we know our universe doesn't have magic walls that say ''hey the space ends there'' therefor... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How to evolve human/animal hands Short question, what events would induce the evolution from hands of 4 fingers and 1 thumb into hands of 2 fingers and 1 thumb like the hands of Yoda in Start wars?Would be 2 thumbs and 1 finger be better? Or more like this... cause Yoda has some really tiny hands with short fingers Between it's n... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Caste in non-Eusocial animals Why would an non-Eusocial animal have a caste of sterile individuals? Formicidae and Apoidea have sterile workers,but those outnumber the fertile drones and princesses or queens. In another animal that doesn't have queens or drones but just motile(male) and oogame(female) why would evolution suppor... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Realistic controlled illusion Using pre-industrial era technology how does an intelligent creature create the perfect illusion that reproduces vision,sound and touch sensations and make them seem perfectly ''real'' from the viewpoint of the victim ? This creature wants to make the illusion of summoning a giant red,horned demon w... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Anatomically correct Arachne In the fantasy culture it's not uncommon to find Giant spiders with the upper body of a human. There are many variants as the spider body having only 4 legs and the upper human body have 2 additional arms or scorpion-like giant stings attached on the shoulders while some other variants even include ... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How to knock down humanity? I'm looking for the perfect kind of apocalypse that not only can kill great parts of the people on Earth leaving the survivors spread in little primitive groups across the world ,but can also avoid the possibility of humanity arising again too soon. I need something that other than killing people, ... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Symbiotic anti-virus animal An organism lives and reproduces inside the body of other animals. This organism pays back its host by protecting the DNA from viruses and radiation damage in 100% of all cases. The organism itself is also immune to viruses, bacteria and parasites. Additionally, it boosts the immune system, support... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	How can my humanoid race, which can release electricity through their hands, use electricity to stun animals of any size? I designed a humanoid race with bio-electric organs along the arms which release electricity through the hand to the victims (it has to be done in direct contact). The electricity released has to be strong enough to stun the victim but cause no harm to the attacker How do I make the attacker immu... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Stealing genetic code I'm designing a creature that has found a new way to evolve directly during its life time. This method is different from having to bear incredible environmental stress or being a victim to violent radiation. This entity strives to survive by stealing the genetic code of other organisms around and u... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Planet with Titanic tectonic plate You see this little planet? Is a planet roughly the size of earth, just slightly smaller circumference by 50 kilometers and a smaller gravity of 0.8g with little variations around the world, just like on earth. Apparently there is nothing too strange about this planet, for now.... Looking closer y... (more)	—	over 8 years ago