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Is it possible to create a giant biological "mech"?

Is it possible to create a giant biological "mech" similar to the ones in the anime Evangelion? Its properties are: Has no soul, just muscle, bone and a metalic exoskeleton to support their weight. ...
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Anatomically Correct Borrower

In the award winning Studio Ghibli film, Arrietty, there exists a creature known simply as the Borrower. Borrowers are a small version of human, no taller than a few inches, yet are otherwise the same ...
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Anatomically correct Giants [duplicate]

What genetic traits would be needed to have a human that is "normal" in all aspects, but roughly 50 to 80 feet tall? This doesn't seem completely out of the realm of possibility considering some ...
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What basic principles should I keep in mind when scaling things up and down?

Making things bigger or smaller is common in speculative fiction (giant ants, tiny people, planets bigger than stars, and stars smaller than light bulbs.) What general principles should be kept in ...

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