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Posts by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A What would Earth's Land look like in the year 3000? would there be any significant changes at all in 1000 years?

I've tried researching this question myself, but the only data I can find is over huge timescales, like situations where the continents have reformed back into a Neo-Pangea. I'm not looking for an...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A How much darker could the sun get without killing off the plants necessary for the production of oxygen?

So essentially in my story, aliens put something around the sun that doesn't stop all the light from it hitting Earth, but only some of it, effectively dimming the light without outright extinguish...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A Everything alive in the world dies this instant. Without bacteria to decompose anything, what happens to the remains? What does this look like?

So when I say everything, I mean everything. Humans, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, all dead. If the bacteria and other detritovores and decomposers can't decompose anything since they themselve...

11 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A With access to near-future technology, what is the largest amount of healthy children a mother could give birth to in her lifetime?

Essentially for my story my Evil Empire needs a constant and huge amount of new population to conscript for their armies. The way they accomplish this is by forcing every female member of society (...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A Could a huge pole that's moved back and forth be a method of FTL communication?

Here's the plan for the proposed system of FTL communication. A huge pole made of the strongest solid in existence (or whatever solid would work best for this scenario, if no solid exists that wo...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A On an Ice Planet orbiting a Black Hole, could Jungles live in Geothermal Pockets?

The Rygyphae are a species that lives in the geothermal pockets, areas heated by volcanic activity. The rest of the planet is nothing but frozen ice and rock, but these pockets are lush jungles ful...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A Can visible light be blocked while still allowing for light for plants to survive to pass through?

What I'm thinking for this question is that some kind of filter is put around the sun by aliens that prevents some kinds of solar energy from passing through but allows other types. Like if it sto...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A What pockets should Spider-man use?

Before we get into the question, I'd just like to say that this isn't specifically for Spider-man, but more of a general "character who moves around a lot and finds themselves upside-down quite oft...

7 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A How much would unbreakable bones help with fall damage?

If a subspecies of human had bones that were made of an almost unbreakable material (let's just ignore any adverse effects this might have) how much would these bones help them to survive falls? ...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭

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Q&A If a human had metal bones that were completely inflexible, would this cause any ill effects?

I've got a subspecies of human, Homo Volantes, that has been designed to live both in zero-G and in surface gravity. Several adaptations have been made, one of them including the replacement of fra...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Sydney Sleeper‭