Activity for Fred the John‭

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Question	—	If Earth was tidally locked to the sun, where on the surface would the climate be mildest or most hospitable? This is specifically about the climate, and where on the planet it would be mildest. Imagine Earth, rotating at the usual distance from the sun. Except, it is tidally locked to the sun; a so-called "Eyeball Planet". One spot on the earth is always directly facing the sun; lets call this the "Day Po... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	How would large animals and large plants adapt to frequent hurricane weather? In a large varied environment where strong winds are the norm and every few weeks or so a huge hurricane sweeps through, how would large land animals (horse- to elephant-sized) evolve to cope? I understand palm trees to be well adapted to hurricanes; roots that anchor them into the ground, strong bu... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	What is the range of lava/magma viscosity on exoplanets; what conditions would have the least viscous lava lakes? On planets of have different temperatures, conditions and chemical makeup of the lava/magma, what would be the least viscous lava around? (Relevant to an earlier question - What would an efficient swimming creature in magma be like?) (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	How large could atmosphere-preserving balloon-organisms be on an alien moon? Ceraon is a moon with advanced megafauna and flora. The moon is pretty small, so gravity is only about one fifth of that on earth. Much of the life-preserving atmosphere is retained through a great number of sedentary organisms that form translucent biodome-esque "atmospheric balloons", allowing ot... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	How would eyes, pupils and camouflage evolve if the sun was stationary near the horizon? Basically I'm considering the physiology of eyes and camouflage might look like on an eyeball planet; tidally locked to the sun so the sun is stationary in the sky. At any point on the habitable twilight-zone the sun would therefore be stationary somewhere near the horizon. The eyes might also be sli... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	What would an efficient swimming creature in magma be like? This question is specifically about the mechanics of an alien creature swimming in highly viscous magma, the unlikeliness of life surviving at magma temperatures etc isn't relevant. Just imagine it's extremely thick mud if it helps. :) My research so far: Swimming in syrup is as easy as water: Unl... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	What would be a reasonable amount of time needed for some arthropod to evolve into megafauna, given the right evolutionary pressures? Roughly how long would arthropods have to evolve before they could reach sizes analogous to current day megafauna (like today's mammals)? Assume an alternate earth where tetrapods never colonized land. To solve the problem with large arthropods, assume these megafaunal former-arthropods evolve ... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago
Question	—	How long would it take for cooperating insects to transport a grape-sized rock from Finland to South Africa, in an efficient way? The rock is spherical. All arthropods are included. They have no time limit and are "programmed" to cooperate, but lack intelligence. While there is no time limit, the insects do this transportation in the most efficient way possible. (Assume the most efficient method you can think of.) While this qu... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago