Activity for Dubukay
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How can I make raindrops bigger? I've got an intelligent humanoid species living on a planet very similar to Earth's. However, on this planet, rainstorms are more frequent and slightly... different. Each raindrop is at least an inch in diameter, making rainstorms more intense and creating some interesting design problems for the inh... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Can I arrange my stars in a tetrahedron? Inspired by this question: Consider a trinary star system, in which the three stars are arranged in an xy plane and all revolving the same direction, equidistant from each other. The inward pull of gravity is balanced by the centrifugal force, establishing an orbit about a common barycentre. Now... (more) |
— | almost 6 years ago |
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Would a flying superhuman leave a contrail behind? I'm writing a speculative fiction story that includes superhumans, and I'm trying to get some of the specifics nailed down. Several of my superhumans have the typical powers of flight, usually able to break the sound barrier but not exceeding Mach 5. They'll fly everywhere from ground level to about ... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Why isn't my superhuman always hungry? I'm writing a speculative fiction story that includes superhumans. The focus is on individual characters and their daily lives, and I'm trying to maintain some consistency by not throwing all the laws of physics out the window. However, this creates some problems in the daily life of these individual... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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How can I ensure my Evil Tower is always stormy? It's been a good year for me as an Evil Overlord. Lots of princess kidnapping turned into sizable ransoms, several of my Doomsday Devices were sold for high prices at auction, and my Minions have been working harder than ever. In fact, I'd like to think I'm moving up the Evil Overlord ladder. To cap... (more) |
— | about 6 years ago |
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Can I use a trebuchet to launch satellites into space from a lunar colony? I've got a lunar colony that struggles to obtain resources, so they're looking for ways to launch satellites into orbit without using up a bunch of rocket fuel. One plucky engineer has suggested that trebuchets are the way to go, pointing out that the lack of a lunar atmosphere and the reduced grav... (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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A 40km alien saucer is floating 1km above central Africa for a long time. What are the effects on the rainforest below? Earlier this year, a second alien saucer came to Earth and stopped 1 kilometer above the central African nation of Wakanda. The Wakandans are fine with this and refuse to let anyone investigate or do anything about it, so it appears it'll be there for a while (at least 20 years). However, Wakanda i... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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How broken would my jPhone be if I traveled back in time 24 hours? I have a character who ends up jumping backwards in time by 24 hours. Essentially nothing else changes, but the character has their jPhone in their pocket at the time of the jump. How functional should I expect this piece of modern tech to be after the time warp? I assume that many applications will... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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What could cause sugary rain? In a world very similar to ours, rain has a high concentration of simple carbohydrates in it, enough to sustain life on the surface. After some rainfall, this sugary rainwater is left behind and some organisms consume it while it's still dissolved. Other organisms wait for the water to evaporate and ... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |