Posts by AndyD273
Did a little reading and I think what you're looking for is the corona effect. This is caused when the voltage is high enough to cause ionization in the air surrounding the line, which is caused "...
Assuming there is a possibility that the inhabitants had full molecular nanotechnology, it could be an underwater version of a utility fog. Basically lots of little 12 sided nano machines, with ...
It's deactivated Grey goo, Smartdust, Programmable matter, Computronium, or something like that. Basically trillions of nano machines that at some point in the past ate the planet and converted i...
Mining on the moon would remove some mass, but I don't think you'd notice. First mining on the moon probably won't involve strip mining and hauling all of the material away. Instead rock will be du...
One of the moons is the size of Earth's moon, and has a semi-major axis of around 413,277 km. This gives it 12 orbits a year. The moons orbit is such that it is full while it is in the constellatio...
So the first question. If the microbe doesn't have to exist on Earth already, then there is no reason for it to not be possible. Just say that this super microbe does exist, and when combined with ...
If you mean to grow on the outside of the building, like a climbing vine, I think the answer is probably yes. Oxygen is one of the limiting factors, but the bigger one is heat, since a frozen plan...
Most vertibrate life on earth follows a 4 limb body plan (in this instance, the wings are two limbs and the legs are the other two). There are a number of mythical creatures with 6 limbs; Pegasus, ...
The Common Swamp Anemone Like its cousin the sea anemone, it is more animal than plant. The "bark" is a rough leathery skin, with lots of folds and wrinkles just like a swamp cypress. It's flesh h...
It might be for the same reason that someone with a home, good job, and family, might feel superior to someone who lives in the ghetto. Earth is the birthplace of humanity, but in this future it...
Since it is specifically for one set of wires, and carbon monoxide is caused by burning, then this set of wires could have a coating that is slowly burning when the power is on. It could be an insu...
There are (at least) four species that we know of that actually photosynthesize for energy Sea Slugs borrow genes from the algae that they eat through horizontal genetic transfer, and incorporate ...
Unpredictable weather with lots of microbursts, wind shear, tornados, and other unfavorable winds. Wind shear is one of the most dangerous things for an aircraft. Thankfully they are generally r...
You might not want them following you home You never know what you might run into out in the deep of space. If you come across a new civilization that would pose an imminent threat to humanity, su...
Cut a road into the canyon walls. In order to build stuff on Mars, they are going to need a lot of heavy earth moving equipment. Simply start digging/mining along the edge of the canyon, and mak...
Maybe if the magic/technology let them move the orbit out a ways during the red giant phase, and then in much closer as it became a white dwarf
I think it depends on what orbit it is at. For instance if it is at a low orbit and spun up to create artificial gravity, then once the ring is broken the remaining pieces will fly away by their ow...
Every problem is also an opportunity. Getting resources into space is expensive. Mining asteroids is cheaper, but still not cheap since you have to get the resources from the asteroid belt, resourc...
In the book He Drank and Saw the Spider, a poison is talked about in a metaphorical way: A person can be poisoned by putting a specific kind of spider into their cup, but the poison only works if ...
A lot of these answers talk about how colors and shapes can mean different things based on region. But if it's a standard schema across all robots, then that doesn't matter as much, because people...
So having a man made island that can sink and float isn't hard by having buyancy chambers like a submarine, and having force fields to keep the water at bay could keep it dry and habitable even whe...
Late answer, just found this article: Nasa Proposes Magnetic Shield For Mars The important bit from the article: Ask scientists why Mars is cold and dead and they'll usually point to the dea...
Couple possibilities: Photonic Matter - It is possible to take photons (light), which are massless, and bind them together so they behave as if they have mass. It may even be possible to arrange t...
I think if the planet had an atmosphere that was very thick to keep heat in at ground level, heavy in hydrogen and helium, with a very strong magnetic field to keep solar rays from knocking them aw...
The planet could have wildly inconsistent gravity. Gravity on Earth is non uniform, though it's hard to tell because of the variations are slight. But if this planet had a large super dense mas...
