Worldbuilding

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Which firearms should a group of people time-travelling with the intent to conquer carry if it's a one way trip on a ship [closed]
Awarded 12 hours ago
Realistic protection for spaceships against kinetic projectiles
Awarded 13 hours ago
The science behind an invisible wall of pain
Awarded 15 hours ago
Bullet resistant space armor material
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Can a terrestial planet have a core of metallic hydrogen?
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How do you justify Adventurers being multiple [Character Classes] instead of everyone being Generalists in fantasy settings? [closed]
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So, I was thinking a biological kinda ozone layer?
Awarded 2 days ago
In a world with a species of Parasitic Flower, What afflictions could it cause to a living organism?
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How to survive a helicopter crash using alien biotechnology?
Awarded Dec 3 at 23:06
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 Dec 2 at 18:50
Assuming other variables are good, could earth plants survive the light intensity on the surface of Mercury?
Awarded Dec 2 at 0:49
What types of materials would be generated by a lava monster that has been cooled down rapidly?
Awarded Dec 1 at 1:20
How much of a small, isolated, civilization's culture would survive a magical cataclysm? [closed]
Awarded Nov 30 at 18:42
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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