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How to prevent theft in a society where everyone has hyperspace storage?
Awarded Dec 6 at 15:34
Are stainless steel railway tracks worth it?
Awarded Nov 1 at 19:22
Would the "Rods from God" satellite actually create an explosion?
Awarded Oct 16 at 9:27
How to appease the Goddess of Traffic Lights
Awarded Aug 27 at 18:10
There's no space to construct a runway. Are early planes still useful and promising technology?
Awarded Aug 25 at 13:32
How long could a person survive on nothing but water, salt, and sugar?
Awarded Aug 19 at 10:17
I'm stranded on an alien planet. How can I tell what's good to eat?
Awarded Aug 18 at 9:11
Would we notice ridiculously healthy birds?
Awarded Aug 16 at 6:31
How will our world change if all men suddenly die?
Awarded Aug 8 at 1:27
Does it make sense to build a wall to protect a city from radioactive wasteland?
Awarded Aug 3 at 21:21
What are the evolutionary benefits of mating for life, as opposed to serial monogamy?
Awarded Jul 28 at 20:08
WW1 soldier in WW2 : how would he get caught?
Awarded Jul 27 at 21:10
All this salt, and it's useless! Why?
Awarded Jul 21 at 7:10
How would you get a medieval economy to accept fiat currency?
Awarded Jul 20 at 5:08
How should a time traveler be careful if they decide to stay and make a family in the past?
Awarded Jul 18 at 11:34
If magic is programming, then what is mana supposed to be?
Awarded Jul 7 at 17:52
How do I store enormous amounts of mechanical energy?
Awarded Jun 29 at 15:36
How would humans adapt to suddenly gaining new senses?
Awarded Jun 22 at 22:43
Are there ethical ways to profit from uplifting?
Awarded Jun 16 at 20:26
How easy is it to fake being in a different social class?
Awarded Jun 14 at 15:47
Why might a civilisation of robots invent organic organisms like humans or cows?
Awarded Jun 8 at 14:21
Why don't my hover tanks fly?
Awarded May 29 at 23:47
Can too much data cause brain failure?
Awarded May 26 at 17:35
Will disallowing inheritance reduce corruption?
Awarded May 24 at 4:32
What characteristics does my deadly river need so people can't find the bodies of those who drown in it?
Awarded May 19 at 1:31
Would a satyr wear horseshoes?
Awarded May 4 at 1:49
How to stop ants from learning philosophy and taking over Belarus
Awarded May 3 at 16:47
Could a cave-in or avalanche in low gravity be dangerous?
Awarded Apr 29 at 14:50
What makes my planetary shields more practical on the surface of planets than in space?
Awarded Apr 27 at 21:42
At what technological level can a mixed-gender military not be at a disadvantage to an all-male one?
Awarded Apr 11 at 17:36
How to balance time-slowing magic?
Awarded Apr 10 at 13:20
How can I heat my buildings without fire in a low-fantasy setting?
Awarded Apr 8 at 16:31
How soon after first contact could an advanced civilization make large financial transactions on Earth?
Awarded Mar 30 at 16:46
When countries combine, how do they pick a new name?
Awarded Mar 22 at 11:19
Why is Hyperspace more hostile to computers than human brains?
Awarded Mar 22 at 9:19
What's the most likely "post democracy" form of political government?
Awarded Feb 28 at 1:42
Can a NASER be used as a weapon?
Awarded Feb 13 at 19:41
Why would a language created by humans lack both the /s/ and the /z/ consonants?
Awarded Feb 11 at 0:51
Can a civilization be reduced to the Stone age by a conventional war?
Awarded Jan 28 at 11:27
What disease affects only the non-peasants?
Awarded Jan 13 at 17:42
What's the smallest reasonable natural planet or moon with Earth-like surface gravity?
Awarded Jan 10 at 13:01
How are militaries supposed to communicate if they completely shut down wireless communication because the other side can intercept all of them?
Awarded Jan 6 at 14:16
Why is my Dark World so dark?
Awarded Dec 23, 2022 at 20:36
How would winds behave on a tidally locked planet?
Awarded Dec 16, 2022 at 21:00
Why would my species expose their brains through a glass dome?
Awarded Dec 13, 2022 at 17:46
How far in the past could a highly-trained survivalist live?
Awarded Dec 10, 2022 at 23:20
Is it viable to have a school for warriors or assassins that pits students against each other in lethal combat?
Awarded Dec 8, 2022 at 19:16
Would a radio made out of Anti matter be able to communicate with a radio made from regular matter?
Awarded Dec 7, 2022 at 17:02
Is a planet-sized magnet a good interstellar weapon?
Awarded Dec 3, 2022 at 16:11
How difficult would it be to reverse engineer a device whose function is based on unknown physics?
Awarded Nov 29, 2022 at 16:27
In a world conquered by villainous creatures, how can a church exist that condemns them in dogma?
Awarded Oct 25, 2022 at 20:36
What would an "excessively sober" dwarf look like if they need alcohol to function?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 17:41
If a patch of desert were magically displaced to the middle of a forest, what would happen to the whole forest after certain periods of time?
Awarded Oct 24, 2022 at 3:33
Would armour made of spider silk work?
Awarded Oct 10, 2022 at 7:06
Can I get away with lowering gravity so that the usual solar masses in our universe are simply planetary masses in the setting's universe?
Awarded Oct 6, 2022 at 14:55
Could crystals grow on living things?
Awarded Sep 29, 2022 at 12:50
How could the lottery and gambling work with accurate fortune tellers?
Awarded Sep 25, 2022 at 21:51
How would a medieval village protect themselves against dinosaurs?
Awarded Sep 23, 2022 at 6:05
Playing cards in zero-g
Awarded Sep 23, 2022 at 0:27
How to prevent humans from being killed by alien diseases?
Awarded Sep 22, 2022 at 21:26
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