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Question How can humans naturally develop the ability to control their mental faculties while suffering the physical effects of fear?
Fear has been a helpful trait that has kept our race alive since back in the day. It continues to be necessary for survival as a species. However, it can be just as harmful. When faced with death or severe injury, people do things that are more primal than practical. Individuals can become paralyzed ...
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almost 6 years ago
Question Why would a species require multiple inseminations in order to reproduce?
The Eldar are a psychic species with a similar body design to humanity within a galaxy-wide empire. They are far more advanced than other races, technologically and philosophically. Eldar have a strange way of reproducing, which requires multiple inseminations in order for conception to happen. A m...
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almost 6 years ago
Question How can I alter humans to allow them the ability to choose the sex of their child in the ancient world?
Research shows that some creatures in the animal kingdom manipulate the sex of their child in order to maximize the number of grandchildren. Parents in good condition, based on health, size, dominance or other traits, would invest more in producing sons, whose inherited strength and bulk could help t...
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almost 6 years ago
Question how can I ensure that the amount of jing that a person has at birth is completely random?
Spiritual energy, or jing, is a powerful substance that forms the essence of who and what we are. It is the primal energy of our life. Jing is the deep foundational energy reserves of the body and it is this energy that determines one's ultimate vitality and the quantity and quality of one's lifespan...
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almost 6 years ago
Question How can I feed an entire population on corpses?
In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war. The world has become a barren wasteland that is inhospitable to the the human race, which has been forced to take residence in hive cities. These are massive industrial metropolises that are densely populated and built deep into the Earth's c...
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almost 6 years ago
Question Can one individual be used to repopulate an entire species?
An evil scientist has engineered a plague that would kill anyone with an xy chromosome pair. This plague has systemicatically spread throughout the planet, killing all males within the population. All men on the planet, including those in utero, have been wiped out. Many have blamed the plague on G...
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almost 6 years ago
Question How can a radioactive planet kill most fetuses in utero, but not give everyone cancer?
My setting takes place on a planet that has a very high level of radiation because of reasons unknown to the population. This factor or group of factors are not man-made, but due to some change in planetary conditions. As a result, 50% - 70% of fetuses either die in miscarriage, or are stillborn. The...
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almost 6 years ago
Question How can I create a mechanism for ejaculatory control in males?
Ejaculation is the discharge of semen from the male reproductory tract, usually accompanied by orgasm. It is the final stage and natural objective of male sexual stimulation, and an essential component of natural conception. Despite this, "dry" orgasms do occasionally happen. This occurs when the fin...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can I prevent a human sacrifice from dying before a ritual is complete?
This setting takes place with medieval level technolpgy. Upon death, all souls leave the body and go directly to God to become one with its consciousness. However, there are other competing gods who wish to claim human souls for their own purposes. Souls provide gods with power and make them stronger...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can you safely extend childbearing age if menopause isn't a factor?
The chance of conceiving quickly does depend on a woman's age. Women are most fertile between the ages of 20 and 24. The average person is born with around 300,000 eggs and steadily loses them as she ages. Males go through their own form of menopause called andropause, which involves a drop in ...
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about 6 years ago
Question How could a species have naturally developed metalic looking hair?
The key idea in the concept of metallic hair color is the word "metal." Metal is shiny. Metal is iridescent. Metals come in a range of finishes from warm gold to icy silver. Metallic hair colors, at their best, are dimensional, dazzling tones that shine like platinum, and make it look more exotic. ...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can an individual that consumes the biomass of others not experience any weight gain?
An artificially created organism called a symbiote has escaped from a research facility and has infected a human host. It has given this human new abilities, including super strength, speed, durability, and a terrible sense of humor. He has also gained a craving for human flesh. This individual goes ...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can testes be housed in the body without damaging sperm?
The testicle or testis is the male reproductive gland in all animals, including you humans. It is homologous to the female ovary. The functions of the testes are to produce both sperm and androgens, primarily testosterone. Approximately 300 million sperm cells are produced daily, with mi...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can I extract pure dopamine from the body?
Through scientific shennaganins, it has been discovered that humans are the best source of producing dopamine. By injecting them with a certain manufactory substance, the body creates a high return of the chemical dopamine in the brain, up to 100 times the normal amount. This undoubtedly kills the vi...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can sharks be domesticated to become man's best friend?
I have had an ingenious idea of combining the two most dangerous creatures the world has ever seen by using my massive and titanic intellect. Mankind, the deadliest land mammal, and sharks, the most feared creature in the sea. For decades, these two species have been at odds due to Spielberg. But tog...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can a tree be used to conduct electricity?
A network is classified as two or more connected devices that share information. In this world, the inhabitants use a system of trees that operate similarly to super-computers. These trees collect and share data about the world around them, and data can also be uploaded to them. They are connected al...
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about 6 years ago
Question How could genital dentata syndrome develop as a real condition among humans?
There exists in folklore from various cultures of a condition in which rows of teeth are present in the female genitalia. The purpose of these stories, like most folktales, was to serve as a morality tale. This one was particularly geared towards males, and warned against the dangers of promiscuity w...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can a person be kept alive while being periodically drained of blood?
I have invented a large machine that allows me to create monsters out of blood. These monsters are called golems and are very powerful. My plan is to produce a large number of them to include in my army for world conquest. To accomplish this, I must acquire live humans to sacrifice to this machine. ...
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about 6 years ago
Question Anatomically correct saiyan?
A saiyan is a species that is biologically similiar to humans, except in one particular way. Every time they come back from the brink of death, their strength and speed increases. They also become more resistant to the thing that almost killed them. They love to fight, and their entire culture revolv...
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about 6 years ago
Question How can waste from the body be removed without being expelled from the anus?
Humans are savage creatures. This is indicative in the way they get rid of bodily waste. Squatting over a glorified hole in the ground or aiming their spear tip toward same hole and hoping for success is a matter best left to barbarians with no dignity or self respect. For this, you are to be pitied ...
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about 6 years ago
Question How could embryonic diapause have naturally developed in humans?
embryonic diapause is a reproductive strategy that is used by a number of mammals. In embryonic diapause, the embryo  does not immediately implant in the uterus after sexual reproduction has created the zygote, but is maintained in a state of dormancy. Little to no development takes place ...
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over 6 years ago
Question Anatomically Correct Siren?
I am interested in creating a reality based version of a creature from Greek mythology called a Siren. Sirens were believed to combine women and birds in various ways. In early Greek art, Sirens were represented as birds with large women's heads, bird feathers and scaly feet These were suppose...
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over 6 years ago
Question Why would a radioactive moon not give everyone cancer?
The moon in question is composed entirely of a radioactive substance, and showers the earth with strong radiation. It is responsible for a particular kind of cancer that causes the cells to multiply out of control fairly quickly. Over time, the victim will mutate into a shambling monstrosity that is ...
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over 6 years ago