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Is my magic enough to keep a person without skin alive for a month?
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Humans are forbidden from using complex computers. But what defines a complex computer?
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Pink Atmosphere [duplicate]
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How long does an iron cage remain effective underwater
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Does it make sense for the governments of my world to genetically engineer soldiers?
Awarded Sep 6 at 7:26
Could an empire rise by economic power?
Awarded Sep 5 at 19:08
Having a long winter every four years - regularly [duplicate]
Awarded Sep 4 at 11:26
Could an organism see in infrared light as well as normal light, using its brain to process what it sees into a single image?
Awarded Sep 4 at 4:38
What is the smallest action required to destroy all of reality? [closed]
Awarded Sep 1 at 19:07
Wind needed to deflect a bullet
Awarded Aug 31 at 1:45
What is the best platform for collaborative worldbuilding?
Awarded Aug 30 at 19:50
Sci fi setting: Are smaller and faster bullets automatically better?
Awarded Aug 30 at 3:46
How can these humans cross the ocean(s) at the first possible chance?
Awarded Aug 29 at 20:19
Can a rope thrower act as a propulsion method for land based craft?
Awarded Aug 29 at 11:50
Why doesn't the world fill with time travelers?
Awarded Aug 27 at 20:13
How much gasoline does there need to be to ignite and cause a fire in a small shed? [closed]
Awarded Aug 27 at 13:20
How do you hide an investigation of alien ruins on the moon during Apollo 11?
Awarded Aug 27 at 12:25
Do mini-humans need a "real" Saturn V to reach the moon?
Awarded Aug 26 at 23:27
How would a culture living in an extremely vertical environment deal with dead bodies?
Awarded Aug 25 at 7:37
Expanding a modular space-station for 100 years
Awarded Aug 22 at 16:40
How many people could we get off of the planet in a month?
Awarded Aug 21 at 0:33
Creating a deadly "minimum altitude limit" in an airship setting
Awarded Aug 20 at 12:18
How do you "stealth" a relativistic superweapon?
Awarded Aug 19 at 9:32
How would it be possible to have a world of mostly jungle? [duplicate]
Awarded Aug 17 at 18:52
How might an inter-planetary confederation turn into a highly centralized empire?
Awarded Aug 16 at 16:36
Why would luck magic become obsolete in the modern era? [closed]
Awarded Aug 16 at 10:58
Why would Space Colonies even want to secede? [closed]
Awarded Aug 16 at 9:18
Aliens in a 4D universe try to explore our 3D spacetime fabric: How can they do it?
Awarded Aug 16 at 5:40
Could an object traveling at a significant fraction of light speed create a black hole?
Awarded Aug 15 at 21:51
Strengths and limitations of humans with endless energy [closed]
Awarded Aug 15 at 19:45
What would be their physical limitation if human could fly?
Awarded Aug 14 at 22:27
What is the lowest feasible depth for lightly-armed military submarines designed around the 1950s-60s?
Awarded Aug 14 at 19:23
Feasibility of Relativistic Artillery / Kill Vehicles
Awarded Aug 14 at 18:50
Would a manned Mars landing be possible with Apollo-era technology?
Awarded Aug 13 at 12:07
How to integrate magic with nature, avoid the "our world with magic tacked on" problem? [closed]
Awarded Aug 12 at 19:18
What are planetary side effects of having a thicker atmosphere?
Awarded Aug 12 at 13:27
How can life which cannot live on the surface of a planet naturally reach the supermajority of the planet's caves?
Awarded Aug 12 at 11:18
How would we make antimatter in industrial quantities?
Awarded Aug 11 at 19:47
Possible downsides of not dealing with the souls of the dead [closed]
Awarded Aug 9 at 17:05
Why would sperm cells derived from women's stem cells always produce female children?
Awarded Aug 9 at 13:11
Would this telescope be capable to detect Middle Ages Civilization?
Awarded Aug 9 at 4:39
How could ocean liners survive in a major capacity after large jet airliners become common? [closed]
Awarded Aug 8 at 16:07
What would a city/arcology designed to survive atomic bombings look like
Awarded Aug 7 at 14:03
Could CRISPR give someone superhuman strength?
Awarded Aug 7 at 13:39
How could a civilization artificially green large portions of the Sahara in a way that doesn't cause an ecological catastrophe in the Amazon?
Awarded Aug 7 at 3:42
Why would radio-capable transhumans still vocalise to each-other?
Awarded Aug 6 at 20:47
Is it possible for a flying superhuman to avoid detection in todays society?
Awarded Aug 6 at 13:03
What's a viable reason for why underground societies are more accepting of slavery?
Awarded Aug 5 at 17:41
Using feathers as fingers
Awarded Aug 5 at 12:20
How big should a terrarium be to be self-sustained?
Awarded Aug 5 at 10:25
What would be the most comfortable position for mermaids and humans to engage in sexual relationships?
Awarded Aug 4 at 10:34
What kind of navy could island nations with populations in the few 100k range build to fight each other in a 1890s-1920s naval technology?
Awarded Aug 3 at 11:01
In a single-continent world, what could cause hydrothermal vents?
Awarded Aug 2 at 20:51
How could mercenaries become a lot more prevalent with well funded & competent militaries still in existence?
Awarded Aug 2 at 14:20
How to render a large percentage of humans infertile?
Awarded Aug 2 at 3:36
End effect of precognition in a physical fight [closed]
Awarded Aug 1 at 21:38
Country where men are better looking then women [closed]
Awarded Aug 1 at 17:20
What would a planet need to have a sustained blood-based water cycle?
Awarded Aug 1 at 15:50
How effective would a pole-arm blunt weapon be?
Awarded Aug 1 at 0:27
How fast would a person need to move to trick the eye?
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