Posts by Cyn
It's a food intolerance Whether a true allergy (histamine mediated reaction using IgE, IgG, IgA, etc), a metabolic issue (lactose intolerance, celiac disease, etc), or a reaction without a known c...
San Nicolas Island San Nicolas Island is part of the Channel Islands of California. The weather is lovely year round (some rain but no extremes of temperature). (By Lencer - own work, used:Googl...
Run tests via in vitro fertilization Use multiple women at multiple fertility clinics to make sure the process works in at least a few of them. You can use any woman who is just about to ovulate ...
Give them prehensile feet 4 fingers on each of two hands. 4 toes on each of two feet. The feet don't even have to be fully prehensile. Just usable enough that they'd think to count them. After ...
Saliva is a nice clean DNA sample. Ditto cheek cells. You don't need anything more complex to get. Since these are on the inside of the body, they won't have other DNA from touching things. You...
The bioluminescence can be a vestige of when the creature's ancestors lived in very dim caves or caves (or other spaces) that were dark part of the time while they were awake. While they still had...
Starfish Prime's answer is very good, but there are a couple elements to the analogy that wouldn't be present in your circumstance. While SP is aware it's an imperfect analogy, I want to directly ...
Because of sea monsters/treacherous tides/other impassable conditions, the castaways are unable to safely leave (they might have tried and been turned back). There is a way out but only the villag...
Question: Would a modern-day teen, trained in using the north star for directions when camping/hiking, notice a difference in how the "north star" (Polaris) works when transported suddenly to 1350 ...
A good choice is a Mediterranean climate. A Mediterranean climate or dry summer climate is characterized by dry summers and mild, wet winters. The climate receives its name from the Mediter...
The short answer is: Yes with magic, no without magic. Wouldn't you rather have a magical bowl that is always full with fresh nutritious food, perfectly matched to the species that approaches it? ...
Losing two liters of blood in and of itself is life-threatening but would not necessarily cause someone's death (assuming this is an adult human or someone with a similar blood volume). Exsangu...
It's not the same as "smelling" it, and as far as I can find, there are no studies testing this ability, but there are countless stories about cats (and sometimes dogs) who saved their human famili...
A meteor strike. Meteor Crater formed in a fraction of a second as 175 million tons of limestone and bedrock were uplifted, forming the mile-wide crater rim in the formerly flat terrain. ...
Very plausible. One example is the Feather River of California. The West Branch and Middle Fork combine at the top of Lake Oroville, which is a long skinny lake running north/south. At the botto...
Firefly lanterns are a thing. Even children can do it! Put any males that arrive into your lantern. At least 40 fireflies per lantern should give you plenty of light. Release them, unharmed,...
No, it's not possible. A true allergy is mediated by histamine (released by the mast cells) and involves an "immune system-mediated adverse reaction to food proteins." (Or to non-food proteins in...
FOOD As others have mentioned, food isn't an issue. You have fish and you have seaweed. You can farm fish and also do things like grow oysters on strings. Some vertical farms on the boats could...
The impractical part is that you would need to grow an entire human being (or all the pieces of one in a single unit) just to get one organ. A patient in need of an organ would either be put in...
One approach is to look at shoes used by people with upper-limb amputations or who were born with missing upper limbs. While your characters are not human and may or may not have partial or full u...
You will likely have an easier time if you pick a Slavic language that uses a Roman alphabet. Like Czech or Slovak (which are very similar to each other). Then you don't have to deal with the unkno...
I'm going to address the pricing model. The hourly rate workers get in India is much lower than minimum wage in the United States. But it varies a lot depending on skillset. Here you need worker...
Breath that causes disease Though the source says "venomous," you do not specify the "disease." What about breath that causes vomiting? If it smells like human vomit that does cause a lot of peop...
Cigarette butts are composed of tobacco (which is usually highly treated and contains toxic additives), wrapping paper, and cellulose-acetate filters. The amount of each will vary depending on bra...
Build that fence! Most estimates state that a family of 4 needs 2 acres of land to be self-sufficient. That's the upper limit I've seen (with a couple exceptions). It's a lot more efficient when...
