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Posts by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A Weather patterns in an ice age

Specifically, I'm referring to an ice age that covers most of the Northern and parts of the Southern Hemisphere. Long after it began, how would weather in regions along the Equator and Southern Hem...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A Can a space-faring robot still function over a billion years?

This short story, which I've already written, is set in the FAR, FAR FUTURE, where a robotic space probe is exploring as much of the known universe as it can, despite its AI not knowing if its crea...

11 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A Weather and climate during the next Ice Age

I have a short story series, it is set thousands of years in the future during the next ice age. Humanity and their governments reside along the equator and in parts of the Southern Hemisphere. B...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A Types of life on a planet in a sun-synchronous orbit?

Basically, a sun-synchronous orbit is where one side of an object is always facing a star as it revolves around it (much like our Moon is, which is where the phrase 'dark side of the moon' originat...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A How would a receding sea level affect cities along Asian & Australian coastlines?

To make a long story short, the previous ice age resulted in not just massive glaciers and building snow from appearing, but larger landmass as well due to most of the water being frozen from the c...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 6y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A Assassin's bullet with mercury

This is something I have been wondering: if an assassin wanted to kill their target with a bullet from a sniper rifle, can they dip it in liquid mercury so even if the bullet itself doesn't kill th...

10 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A How long to recover from muscle atrophy?

For context, I'm currently working on a short story series centered on a young man living in a dystopian America. This U.S. government keeps its 'undesirables' in medically-induced comas (long stor...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A How can an American town keep itself secret and isolated?

A town dating back to the late 1880s in northern Wisconsin has a dark secret that must be kept hidden by as few people as possible. How can this town keep itself isolated and off of maps during the...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭

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Q&A How could Antarctica become its own independent country?

In the "Legend" trilogy and its sequel "Rebel", author Marie Lu envisioned a far future where Antarctica is a superpower decades after the United States splintered into two separate countries. The ...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Nathan Hopp‭