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Black holes as explosives
Awarded May 6 at 16:26
Almost no precipitation in summer, huge amount of precipitation in winter? (dry summer / snowy winter)
Awarded May 2 at 9:49
Does my character need to be resistant to extreme temperatures in order for him to safely use superpowers?
Awarded Apr 30 at 14:07
What are the implications of a time-locked transfiguration magic system for transforming living beings?
Awarded Apr 30 at 9:42
could a sound wave or ultrasonic boom be harnessed as a form of flight
Awarded Apr 29 at 14:34
How to produce steel in space?
Awarded Apr 29 at 9:06
What Type of Star and How many would I need to sustain 7 planets in a habitable zone [closed]
Awarded Apr 29 at 1:28
How would a humanity lacking in sexual dimorphism form a patriarchy?
Awarded Apr 27 at 14:32
What would the currents of a Europa-like moon look like?
Awarded Apr 24 at 20:53
How might humans from an alternate universe secretly take over the world? [closed]
Awarded Apr 23 at 3:46
R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - Living inside stretched spacetime
Awarded Apr 22 at 22:48
How long would venusian surface rocks take to cool if earth's atmosphere were introduced?
Awarded Apr 17 at 7:26
4 Species in the Solar System at the same time? [closed]
Awarded Apr 15 at 13:22
Does time dilation affect the date when arriving at a destination?
Awarded Apr 11 at 22:50
What is acceptable as currency in sci-fi setting with aliens, ftl, and abundant resources and no centralized government?
Awarded Apr 8 at 17:05
How would the human body react to increased oxygen levels and low gravity?
Awarded Apr 5 at 7:27
The junta deliberately chose a new radically ideologically different minister. Is there a precedent? [closed]
Awarded Apr 4 at 14:45
Why would magic users be prone to reproductive disorders (or intersex conditions, in rare cases)?
Awarded Mar 31 at 17:57
Evolutionary reason for conception to occur only if a female orgasms during mating?
Awarded Mar 24 at 22:26
Unintended Consequences of a Cryptocurrency Based off of Radioactive Decay
Awarded Mar 24 at 18:55
How long can large bronze water pipes last?
Awarded Mar 23 at 10:33
would matter being converted to energy be effected by entropy? [closed]
Awarded Mar 21 at 18:00
What is electricity's effects when moving through time speeds? [closed]
Awarded Mar 14 at 17:34
Why would an intelligent species take over a century to mature?
Awarded Mar 11 at 17:47
How would a planet with variable gravity zones affect human habitation and infrastructure? [closed]
Awarded Mar 11 at 8:07
On the tidal heating of a moon. What is the second Love number?
Awarded Mar 9 at 22:08
How cold might it get below an enormous floating island?
Awarded Mar 8 at 2:37
Is there a natural, or even supernatural way to have a planet lose colors?
Awarded Mar 4 at 22:02
Could humans develop like we did on an earth-like planet that is 88% water? [closed]
Awarded Mar 4 at 13:56
Perpetualish Motion Machine
Awarded Feb 23 at 23:42
Could Earth plants survive on a planet that orbits a K-Type Star? [closed]
Awarded Feb 22 at 3:58
Plausible explanation for an alien parasitoid what reproduces by passing DNA information through light-waves? (James Kakalio’s “Miracle Exception”)
Awarded Feb 20 at 17:07
Can a mercurian mass exomoon and or planet support earth like life?
Awarded Feb 20 at 11:06
Theoretically, in an apocalypse scenario what is the best way to amputate an infected arm?
Awarded Feb 18 at 15:54
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Awarded Feb 17 at 17:55
a world without bone
Awarded Feb 13 at 13:48
Could a race of humanoids metabolize something other than oxygen?
Awarded Feb 12 at 18:31
Estimating the maximum fertility rate of a human population with a form of sequential female to male hermaphroditism
Awarded Feb 10 at 22:50
"Scientific" explanation for Fairy doors (from one planet to another)
Awarded Feb 9 at 14:51
What is the maximum speed at which an unprotected human can travel (alive) in atmosphere?
Awarded Feb 8 at 8:05
Why would a near future, interstellar empire still have military units/divisions using ‘antique’ weapons (Cavalry, bolt-action rifles, long bayonets)?
Awarded Feb 5 at 11:36
What keeps a spacefaring race with teleportation technology from being able to instantly obliterate any planetary settlement?
Awarded Jan 31 at 18:46
What specialisations are needed to restart civilisation?
Awarded Jan 31 at 14:33
Unexpectedly short star lifespan
Awarded Jan 30 at 11:48
Teleportation network concept [closed]
Awarded Jan 28 at 16:09
What would be a potential way to completely wipe all humans from Earth while still rendering it somewhat habitable? [duplicate]
Awarded Jan 27 at 13:16
Orbital Ring/Space Elevator
Awarded Jan 23 at 23:55
What can a bear superhero use as a projectile?
Awarded Jan 23 at 17:40
Climate Correction gone awry
Awarded Jan 23 at 16:00
How do i realistically portray an ancient race losing their history/ failed to archive it? [closed]
Awarded Jan 16 at 7:05
How to do dental surgery on a T-Rex tooth?
Awarded Jan 14 at 13:53
How could a tropical saltwater lake, turned to freshwater, become salty again?
Awarded Jan 14 at 1:17
Plausibility of creature design: complex organisms on surface of Europa?
Awarded Jan 13 at 16:18
How could an Alcubierre/Warp Drive work in my science-fantasy story?
Awarded Jan 13 at 0:53
How big would a bird have to be to carry a human if gravity were halved?
Awarded Jan 10 at 7:04
Metallurgy in a Sulfur-Rich Atmosphere
Awarded Jan 9 at 13:38
Perpetual War in hostile environment [closed]
Awarded Jan 6 at 1:59
A superhuman character only damaged by a nuclear blast’s fireball. What other modern or near future weapon could damage them?
Awarded Jan 2 at 11:27
Is there an evolutionary advantage to polycoria?
Awarded Dec 31, 2024 at 6:06
Pheromones in humans as indicators of desire of mating and how to identify them in the bloodstream / plasma / marrow
Awarded Dec 29, 2024 at 19:30
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