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How much can you compress information?
Awarded Mar 3, 2024 at 5:05
Can mountains form in rings?
Awarded Mar 3, 2024 at 0:26
Why could the militaristically superior dwarves who are the only ones with magic weapons be isolationist?
Awarded Feb 28, 2024 at 14:26
How would fire behave in an oxygenless atmosphere with a significant percentage of chlorine?
Awarded Feb 27, 2024 at 21:10
In a magic system where smoking live beings boosts your power, is it probable that lung cancer spreads inevitably?
Awarded Feb 26, 2024 at 20:16
How would the "Hardness vs Toughness" dynamic of gems apply if it were possible to make shields out of them?
Awarded Feb 25, 2024 at 8:27
Could dragons be cold-blooded?
Awarded Feb 19, 2024 at 19:15
Fake Legendary Sword in Stone scams, how to make them believable and unpullable in a world of magic? [closed]
Awarded Feb 14, 2024 at 14:46
The Tropic of Ice: how cold might it get in a long-lasting planetary ring shadow?
Awarded Feb 10, 2024 at 18:38
What can make a person who was not born mute go mute over a single night? [closed]
Awarded Feb 9, 2024 at 9:02
What would happen if you walked into a place where time is frozen? [closed]
Awarded Feb 9, 2024 at 5:49
Is this a plausible way for an Earth-like exomoon to have earth-like seasons?
Awarded Feb 8, 2024 at 17:31
Communism in a World With Magic [closed]
Awarded Feb 7, 2024 at 16:05
5km Portal above a Hot and Cold Climates, What happens to the weather of the area?
Awarded Feb 5, 2024 at 0:42
What is the strongest earthquake possible without wiping out all life?
Awarded Feb 3, 2024 at 16:20
What is necessary for an "Apocalypse" to actually set a civilization (e.g., humankind) back to the stone age?
Awarded Feb 2, 2024 at 9:35
Engine most likely to be available in the next 80 years to accelerate a craft at 1g for 4 weeks
Awarded Jan 31, 2024 at 17:46
What reasons might day and night be very similar on a planet
Awarded Jan 31, 2024 at 13:40
Effects of radioactivity several generations after exposure
Awarded Jan 31, 2024 at 9:11
Could a cold-cored planet be protected by a hot-cored moon?
Awarded Jan 27, 2024 at 1:05
Scottish Religion Problems [closed]
Awarded Jan 21, 2024 at 20:48
Realistic version of White and black magic
Awarded Jan 21, 2024 at 17:03
How viable are Airborne Aircraft Carriers on my alien world?
Awarded Jan 20, 2024 at 5:56
What effects to expect from 100+ generations living subterranean with constant low doses of radiation
Awarded Jan 18, 2024 at 19:27
At what approximate distance and what size should binary planets be for a day to be no more than 30-32 hours long?
Awarded Jan 18, 2024 at 10:05
Could one moon appear to always follow/lead another in the sky?
Awarded Jan 14, 2024 at 20:51
Atypical Habitable Planets - Planets Outside of Typical 'Habitable Zone' With Characteristics Still Conducive to Life
Awarded Jan 13, 2024 at 1:32
Cybernetic AIs get hacked, while sentient AGIs are immune?
Awarded Jan 11, 2024 at 18:56
Equal exchange on Ahmokea
Awarded Jan 4, 2024 at 15:48
What would happen if I fire a gun in an environment with hyper-gravity?
Awarded Jan 3, 2024 at 6:17
Is fire possible in this planet's atmosphere?
Awarded Jan 2, 2024 at 23:47
Could a planet be ejected from a system by a rogue planet? (possibly in a binary pairing)
Awarded Dec 30, 2023 at 2:11
How does "innate magical power" fit into a magic system powered by emotion and memory?
Awarded Dec 27, 2023 at 14:11
Designing ad-hoc radio relay system for people lost on alien world
Awarded Dec 25, 2023 at 12:53
Can teleportation using the reassembly of atoms preserve consciousness and therefore identity?
Awarded Dec 22, 2023 at 20:11
How many zombies does it take to cause an ice age?
Awarded Dec 18, 2023 at 22:46
What training would prepare you to colonize Alpha Centauri Cb?
Awarded Dec 16, 2023 at 16:11
What time units would a civilisation constantly travelling between planets and universes use? [duplicate]
Awarded Dec 12, 2023 at 18:30
Would it be possible for a civilization to create machines before wheels?
Awarded Dec 7, 2023 at 12:10
Bullet resistant space armor material
Awarded Dec 6, 2023 at 19:36
Can a terrestial planet have a core of metallic hydrogen?
Awarded Dec 6, 2023 at 17:42
What types of materials would be generated by a lava monster that has been cooled down rapidly?
Awarded Dec 1, 2023 at 12:20
Effect of adding a fourth kind of radioactive decay
Awarded Nov 28, 2023 at 6:58
How could entropy control go wrong? [closed]
Awarded Nov 26, 2023 at 23:02
Would a world twice the size of Earth be able to have similar weather patterns?
Awarded Nov 21, 2023 at 22:42
What would a rough estimate of the global climate of an earth be like if lit by a geosynchronous ring instead of a point source?
Awarded Nov 15, 2023 at 23:42
What considerations would have to be made for a spacecraft with minimal-to-no digital computers on board?
Awarded Nov 13, 2023 at 21:25
How far can a limited group of people advance in technology?
Awarded Nov 8, 2023 at 14:41
The Evolution of Flight by Six-Limbed Vertebrates
Awarded Nov 7, 2023 at 23:50
How would a balloon-like plant function?
Awarded Nov 7, 2023 at 23:00
How hot would daily highs get if it were always the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere?
Awarded Nov 5, 2023 at 16:30
How could i limit the number of stargates? [closed]
Awarded Nov 3, 2023 at 16:09
Can wind blow floating objects in predictable cyclical routes?
Awarded Nov 2, 2023 at 18:01
Could this hypothetical Sub-Earth support human life?
Awarded Oct 27, 2023 at 4:57
What role do chain gangs play in a technologically advanced iron mine?
Awarded Oct 22, 2023 at 21:25
How well would various forms of data storage survive in the vacuum of space?
Awarded Oct 22, 2023 at 3:33
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Awarded Oct 21, 2023 at 16:20
What would justify the use of homing pigeons in a world where sending digital messages is a viable option? [duplicate]
Awarded Oct 20, 2023 at 19:49
What could lead a large ocean on a planet's surface to recede completely only to reappear later on in a cyclical process?
Awarded Oct 18, 2023 at 19:22
What is the lowest reasonable density for a Super Earth with earthlike living conditions?
Awarded Oct 17, 2023 at 17:43
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