Activity for akaioi‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Effect of destroying the Antarctic Circumpolar Current? The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is a current which endlessly circles around Antarctica. (Deets: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AntarcticCircumpolarCurrent ) The key factors I want to highlight are: This current isolates A. from warm waters which might otherwise melt those huge ice shelves There... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Psychological effects of non head-based killing techniques Wait ... what? Basically, this: Most land predators on Earth use their mouths to kill their prey. That is, they have to stick their precious, irreplaceable heads into harm's way every time they want a meal. I speculate that this has an effect on how ... tentative predators can be. Again, wait ..... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Is pregnancy in zero-g a barrier to long term space living? I'd like to have a community of humans live indefinitely in space habitats (think space stations supporting mining operations in the asteroid belt). The technology would be "day after tomorrow"-level; no anti-gravity, no effector fields, or the like. So, my problem is that I'd like to have happy ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Can the Iceworld civilization feed itself? I have a world which is (nearly) a single-biome planet; it is mostly covered in shallow, ice-choked seas. There are few continents, but many archipelagos. Think northern Canada or Alaska as this planet's tropics. Iceworld was not always this way. It used to be much warmer. In part to give somber... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	What happens when aliens vaporize the Panama Canal? On January 1, 2018 angry aliens decide to show humanity just who's boss. So they vaporize an area of land 1 mile deep and 10 wide, centered around the Panama Canal. Some preliminary facts that we know: The Pacific side is 20 feet higher than the Atlantic, due to the pressure of a current. I anti... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How can I get enough food into my underground empire? I'd like to have a large underground world. Imagine the "Underdark" which will be familiar with DnD folks. A huge network of large and small caverns connected by winding passageways. The occasional vast underground lake. I would like for this subterranean world to be populated with wicked denizen... (more)	—	over 6 years ago