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Starshot fails--do we know why?
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Why would chemical weapons never be used in a science-fiction setting?
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Would a barbed sword be off-balance/practical
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Anatomically Correct: Space Plankton
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Could a habitable planet form with no major bodies of water?
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What can cause (military) rank DEflation instead of rank INflation
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Will water extracted/farmed/distilled from poisonous clouds be (more) potable if 'strong alcohol' was mixed in?
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How to not get blood on you in close-quarters combat?
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Impacting an Asteroid into the South Pole
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What advantages would horns present in humans? [closed]
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How to ensure my giants remain undiscovered in the modern day?
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How can a human have both a cat-like flexible spine and maintain stability?
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Are gamma rays always harmful?
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Would a higher altitude make solar power 'more effective'?
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How could I conceal a constantly-changing plot of land?
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Depth Charges against Surface Vessels
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How can my superhero avoid burning off his shoes?
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How would martial arts be different for a winged race?
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What is the smallest yet lethal meteorite which can reach the surface of Earth? [closed]
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How can I mass produce steel without coal?
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What would the effects be if all power grids connected to nuclear reactors abruptly suffered catastrophic failure?
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Creating a Classical civilization
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How could technological development be significantly accelerated without a major war?
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Repurposing A Cargo Ship In A Post-Apocalyptic World
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How does a government that has a 'cash-for-kills' bounty system avoid recreating the 'Great Hanoi Rat Massacre'?
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How humid does it have to be for flamethrowers to start experiencing problems?
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Would a ship using a warp drive for propulsion experience G-Forces while accelerating?
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How to convincingly erase a population's memory?
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What martial art style would most suit an unarmed 'support' character?
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How would someone with electric superpowers make a railgun?
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Asteroid Impact Details = Impact winter? how long & how severe?
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How many members of a species would be required to prevent inbreeding? [duplicate]
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Necessary atmospheric conditions for humans to survive on other planets [closed]
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How Long Would It Take For A Car To Erode Near-Seamlessly Into The Environment?
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How fast could a bird-like human fly under optimal conditions?
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Strictly speaking, what is a tax/levy/charge on bounties called?
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How deep could "dwarves" dig their mines with pseudo-medieval technology?
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ancient preservative method for animal fur and skin to help as artifact display?
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Theoretical possibilities of flight-capable life, before land animals
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How to reconcile vitalism with science within a fantasy universe?
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Acute Radiation Poisoning on Io
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Could a group of humans evolve to need less of a specific nutrient after a few thousand years?
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How would a plant disconnected from the ground get nitrogen?
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Could a human-sized mammal evolve to run faster than a person can aim and shoot them at close range?
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R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn - Living inside stretched spacetime
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How big would the wings of my dragons have to be in order to fly? [duplicate]
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What difficulties would arise from a female only earth?
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What do airships look like in the 1800s?
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Anatomically Correct Enderman [closed]
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What color should my planet's skies be?
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What can cause a phalanx/shieldwall to drift left-wards
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Could a society develop modern computers (circa 2020s) without having invented or needing the internet?
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Moons in Binary Orbit
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Can opposite-chirality organisms coexist on a Klein bottle world without unstoppable disease?
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Is it effective for a dragon to have a bat-like wing structure with feathers?
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Viability of laser cooling a person (trying to create a freeze ray)?
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Why has the law of equivalent exchange failed to create a proper homunculus?
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How to stop a genetically enhanced army from becoming a state within a state?
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Can Dusty Plasma radiators protect against lasers?
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What would be the color of this ammonia ocean?
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