Activity for MoholyNagy‭

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Question	—	What would society be like if sex couldn't be told apart until puberty? Gender roles have been historically assigned at birth. As soon as parents establish the sex of their children, they are molded into certain social categories. But what if humans didn't display sexual characteristics until adolescence? My story is set on a fictional world very similar to ours in the ... (more)	—	about 6 years ago
Question	—	Is this model possible? Fast axial precession + tidal locking I'm working on a story set in a planet of permanent dusk/dawn, and with a dark side that never sees the light of sun. I know that a planet tidally locked to its star would (roughly) look like this, but I also want a day and night cycle. For this cycle the only idea I came up with is that this plane... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	The effects of gravitational pull in a solar system with a pendulum Sun Imagine a world whose sun is swinging like a pendulum above a flat surface. This is a sketch of the diagram. A complete cycle lasts twenty-four (24) hours (from an end to the other and back again to the start point). The pendulum deviates one degree in each cycle, so after 360 days it would finis... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	What would the star chart be like if earth had a ring? Recently, I've seen those pictures showing what Earth would be like if it had rings, and that made me wonder, what would the sky map be like? This ring would appear as a fixed object (pretty much as stars) so I'd like to know how could this be represented on a two-dimensional map. What do you guys ... (more)	—	over 7 years ago