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You could imagine arranging the brain lobes like the segments of an orange. The spinal chord could depart from the center, with the brain lobes arranged vertically in the skull. There would need to...

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Safely stored in the cold caves under a glacier in the North pass, lie the dart tips made by a rod of white Phosphorus covered by a layer of Gallium, the latter in the shape of a harpoon tip. The g...

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ROBOTS! Why send a bunch of under-evolved meatbags to understand a machine, when you can send the most advanced machine available to understand its alien counterpart? If not, then two distinct te...

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The two humanoid lifeforms are two mental states inhabiting the same bodies. The switch is triggered, for instance, by the day/night cycle, or it follows a seasonal pattern. All the planet is simul...

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As long as the astronaut has a map of the sky from Earth where stellar bodies are grouped by distance (like on onion peels), then geometry suggests that there must be at least one point, or more li...

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Q: Can a genome be partially sequenced along with trial and error to develop plants that will survive in low pressure? No. The genome can be partially sequenced manually given enough reagents, tim...

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Let me add two more options: Option 1: Progeria, or the "good" farnesol deficiency Real-world Progeria is a disease causing accelerated aging. Affected individuals typically live to their teens, ...

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I'd suggest the simplest and cheapest of them all: gravity. Recall that gravity pull is zero only at infinite distances. For convenience of the story, the drone will always be under the gravity pu...

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To create a complete new biochemistry, we are going to make carbon-carbon bonds obsolete. Carbon-carbon bonds are the backbone of our carbon-based life. To make them obsolete, we will force life to...

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Sparkling Pele's hair Tiny tinfoil confetti! How about we keep the ability to start fires artificially, but make enough changes so that fires do not start naturally? There are two main causes tha...

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Nitrous oxide A.k.a. the laughing gas. It is a colorless, with an almost unnoticeable metallic taste. Some WB users may know it as a mild anesthetic, for instance in dentistry. Exposure to nitro...

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Of course! Accumulators Accumulators are easier to produce. Volta's battery design could be complemented by a manual worker hot-swapping batteries to the electric engine, just in the same way in ...

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Possibly one would refer to the most common thing/action that happens during the 24h cycles. For instance, sleepies, from sleeping wakies, from waking up waits, from the fact that you need to wa...

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There are some places on Earth that have an unusually high frequency of lightnings. For instance, Venezuela. The explanation, in this case, consists in moisty air locked by mountain ridges, and the...

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Hyperthyroidism It is a pathological condition caused by over-activity of the thyroid gland. The symptoms include Weight loss, sometimes significant, may occur despite a good appetite. There is ...

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