Worldbuilding

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What would the effects of a space based laser weapon system capable of tracking and destroying any projectile posing a threat to human life?
Awarded 22 hours ago
Assuming other variables are good, could earth plants survive the light intensity on the surface of Mercury?
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What types of materials would be generated by a lava monster that has been cooled down rapidly?
Awarded 2 days ago
How much of a small, isolated, civilization's culture would survive a magical cataclysm?
Awarded 2 days ago
How does "innate magical power" fit into a magic system powered by emotion and memory?
Awarded Nov 29 at 16:11
Are Liquid Brains Possible or Viable?
Awarded Nov 28 at 8:04
Feline rider's position: reclining, seated or Prone?
Awarded Nov 27 at 0:17
How could entropy control go wrong? [closed]
Awarded Nov 26 at 19:12
Advantages of locations in the solar system for a space station [closed]
Awarded Nov 26 at 1:35
How much clothing could one cut through with a chainsaw before it stalled, the chain broke, or some other disastrous thing happened? [closed]
Awarded Nov 24 at 7:27
What would a mountain and desert made out of diamond, glass, or a see-through fantasy material look like?
Awarded Nov 22 at 21:27
Is it possible to use rail guns or mass drivers as some kind of anti orbital weapon?
Awarded Nov 22 at 2:15
Would a world twice the size of Earth be able to have similar weather patterns?
Awarded Nov 21 at 10:09
How would future humans be able to evolve large heads? [closed]
Awarded Nov 20 at 20:17
How would you get a ship out of a gravity well?
Awarded Nov 20 at 7:43
How long would it take humans to notice a civilization on Venus?
Awarded Nov 19 at 22:55
Dragon's body proportion: eye size to body length [closed]
Awarded Nov 16 at 13:26
A man wants to create a bomb shelter in a small cave on his land, but there's no visible water source, except a dripping wall. What to do?
Awarded Nov 16 at 3:26
Would it be possible to make a brass/wind instrument with a jet engine as the source of airflow?
Awarded Nov 15 at 23:27
What considerations would have to be made for a spacecraft with minimal-to-no digital computers on board?
Awarded Nov 13 at 20:26
How would a planet's surface be younger than the planet itself? [closed]
Awarded Nov 13 at 19:25
How might the surface of a tectonically active planet appear without a global ocean?
Awarded Nov 13 at 9:50
How would a naga swim underwater? [closed]
Awarded Nov 13 at 6:05
How might a science-fiction world's technology advance faster than our own? [closed]
Awarded Nov 12 at 2:07
Could a creature which evolved in space using sunlight and gas for energy and propulsion, glide in our atmosphere?
Awarded Nov 11 at 6:58
How to increase the structural integrity of comets (for the purpose of moving them)?
Awarded Nov 9 at 14:55
How far can a limited group of people advance in technology?
Awarded Nov 8 at 17:34
How can an Earth-like planet support two moons of different sizes [closed]
Awarded Nov 8 at 16:57
Can magnetic fields be used to either strengthen or weaken chemical bonds? [closed]
Awarded Nov 8 at 16:37
What would motivate a spacefaring civilization with access to effectively infinite resources to expand [closed]
Awarded Nov 7 at 13:18
Habitable Planet with Multiple Moons
Awarded Nov 6 at 21:35
General rule to spacing towers on a medieval city wall
Awarded Nov 6 at 12:05
The Evolution of Flight by Six-Limbed Vertebrates
Awarded Nov 6 at 0:12
How can I determine the radius of turn a 4.6m diameter Tunnel Boring Machine could have? (im building fictional underground labs in the desert)
Awarded Nov 5 at 19:32
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Awarded Nov 5 at 17:10
Can you climb a ladder into space? [closed]
Awarded Nov 4 at 21:08
Could a solid metal, tapered, segmented whip with a tip of equal mass to a 5.56 round produce fire arm like ballistics if cracked? (Not on the ground)
Awarded Nov 3 at 10:55
What would it take for a spacecraft to travel to the sun's nadir and stop?
Awarded Nov 1 at 22:46
Can wind blow floating objects in predictable cyclical routes?
Awarded Oct 31 at 20:16
Non absurd way to lay a cable over light years of distance [closed]
Awarded Oct 30 at 5:11
How would a civilisation that develops underwater create explosives? [duplicate]
Awarded Oct 27 at 16:26
How much difference would Alpha Centauri A cause to the climate of a planet about Alpha Centauri B?
Awarded Oct 26 at 21:06
How long would someone last in excruciating pain while assisted by chemicals?
Awarded Oct 26 at 17:48
Could this hypothetical Sub-Earth support human life?
Awarded Oct 26 at 1:35
What reason would a military have for large aircraft reasonably co-existance with big rocket powered "flying barges"? [closed]
Awarded Oct 23 at 20:17
What role do chain gangs play in a technologically advanced iron mine?
Awarded Oct 21 at 19:34
Changes to firearms based on gasoline
Awarded Oct 21 at 3:08
Definite pitch designs only, what musical instrument and class of musical instruments would be easiest to design if the world reset?
Awarded Oct 20 at 21:43
What astronomical situation could account for the PERCEPTION of a very erratic day / night cycle for a planetbound population with limited science?
Awarded Oct 19 at 21:57
How would a creatures brain anatomy evolve to avoid brain damage?
Awarded Oct 19 at 21:43
How would weather work on a planet with no rotation and constant sun on all sides?
Awarded Oct 19 at 9:15
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Awarded Oct 18 at 15:47
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Awarded Oct 17 at 15:17
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 15 at 18:55
Could a moon that orbits a gas giant be always facing the sun? And could the gs giant cover the sun for roughly 12 hour a day to simulate the night? [closed]
Awarded Oct 13 at 3:07
How can we have a three-way space race?
Awarded Oct 12 at 23:15
Why would cyborgs, assuming they are rare, be found in the lower classes rather than the elite?
Awarded Oct 11 at 13:18
Is my planet's atmosphere livable for humans?
Awarded Oct 10 at 23:21
What is the lowest reasonable density for a Super Earth with earthlike living conditions?
Awarded Oct 10 at 10:40
Artificially lighting a large underground city
Awarded Oct 9 at 14:40
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