Questions tagged [size]
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How big can my giant killer-eel grow?
In my fantasy world, Mainspring, the top of the oceans' food chain is the maculatum, a species of giant eel which originated on another plane/dimension. Maculatum reproduce asexually and wthout any ...
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Would tidal recession significantly reduce the angular size of small moons?
Multiple large moons around a terrestrial planet is something that is seen in science fiction a lot, but is not really easily possible. An alternative is to use smaller moons but have them orbit ...
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How could a person make a concoction smooth enough to drink and inject without access to a blender? Is it possible?
I have this story where this dude turns himself into a mutant by saturating himself(drinking, cooking with, bathing in, inhaling, and injecting it) in this stuff he made with energy drinks, protein ...
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What is the best handheld/portable weapon for a person who is 1 inch(2.5 centimeters) trying to take down an 6 foot man?
I am back in a 'shrinking/being small is neato' phase, so I have been thinking about things at small scale.
Anyway, my question is what would be the best choice of weaponry for a 1 inch tall man that ...
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How big would the AoE/destruction of a nuke 72 times smaller than normal be assuming it still works at that scale?
I had the idea of a nuke that is scaled down for roughly 1 inch tall cockroaches. Why would they make one at all? Because it sounds cool. Would it effect them since they are roaches? Probably not.
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What is the minimum size for an “open” space habitat?
In my science-fiction universe, rotating space habitats are widespread, and range a great deal in size. However, all fit into one of into 2 classes: “closed” habitats, which are too small to retain an ...
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Could a planet have 1/2 the Earth’s mass but 1 g surface gravity?
So, we have a captured planet/moon orbiting a gas giant in the habitable zone. It is akin to prehistoric Mars, its geological activity having been maintained by constant tidal flexing from the gas ...
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How much food/drink would it take to properly feed 6 inch vs 72 feet people if the amount they need to eat stayed proportional to normal sized humans?
So say that a 5'6/6 feet person is shrunk down to action figure size(around 6 inches tall/12x smaller) or comes from a human/humanoid species that is naturally that size, how much food and drink would ...
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How much of Mars is covered if 10 quadrillion tonnes of water fall on it?
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In trying to terraform Mars quickly, I am imagining that Phobos, (the bigger of its two moons) holds ten-quadrillion tonnes of water ice beneath its stony regolith. I am further supposing ...
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If a species keeps growing throughout their 200-300 year life, what "growth curve" would be most reasonable/realistic?
In my fantasy world, I have the suchians, a race of reptilian humanoids that live for 200-300 years and keep growing throughout their lives. I am wondering what a reasonable "growth curve" ...
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Climate zones on a tiny world
Suppose you have what it takes to build a Ringworld, or at least a Culture Orbital, but instead you make a tiny scale model of Earth, with a neutronium core to make the surface gravity match, a ...
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How large can the main disk of spiral galaxies get? [closed]
I'm asking how large (by which specifically I mean diameter in light-years, though a rough estimate of the number of stars would be appreciated) can the main body of the spiral galaxy get.
I'm ...
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How could interspecies wrestling fights be fair?
In real life, there are weight classes in combat sports.
In my world, there are sixteen species from the Homo genus:
Anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens);
Marine humans/Merfolk (Homo maritimus);
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What size is the largest known molecule anywhere in the universe?
I understand that generally, beings get as big as the thing(land, sea etc)they live on or in however another celestial object can interfere with size, like the moon and ppl got smaller. But can a ...
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How large could a passenger airship be built with 1920s era technology?
I am writing a steampunk novel set in a human world without computer chips, heavier than air aircraft, or recyclable plastic.
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How big animals could survive on an island the size of Madagascar
I've been making a story about an lost world island, roughly the size of Madagascar, (593.40 km²). I have currently estimated that I could have herbivorous animals up to 3 tons in weight (sauropods) , ...
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How much could/what would the average human be able to lift/carry if they were in a world where they are equivalently 1 inch tall?
So I have this semi-old story concept where people are somehow teleported via a mysterious portal(I might change it to a door) to this dimension where everything is 72 times bigger and the day/night ...
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How do tiny humanoids not fall over?
Gravity is around 9.8m/s^2 on Earth. Unfortunately, this figure means different things at different scales. We could put this figure in terms of height (1.6m) and reaction times (0.2s), which shoul ...
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How big would hammers have to be for an insect-sized humanoid to use?
This humanoid is roughly the same mass as a housefly, and has similar strength in its limbs. They have formed a society, and can create complex tools. One of these tools is a hammer used to drive ...
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Is a eusocial species as big as a great white shark possible?
What I mean is most (all?) eusocial species are tiny (ants, social bees, termites, and even mole-rats).
I know that my father (who is a biologist) told me that the reason most massive animals (like ...
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Could a species give birth to smaller babies than humans but have larger brains as adults?
I know that brain size is less important than structure and that human babies' brains are 27% the size of an adult's, but humans give birth to large brained babies. As a result, humans can't support ...
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Does the mass of a planet affect the size of living organisms?
I’m trying to do some world building for a game I’ve been working on, and so I’ve been designing a planet that would fit large fauna and flora. What I would like to know is if the mass of a planet has ...
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How can giants be incorporated as foot soldiers into a traditional army?
In the hellenistic period, giants are considered gifts and blessings from the Gods, and are honored as minor deities by the culture that they are born into. They measure between 10 - 12ft tall, and ...
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What would it like for a human to be near weightless?
Alright, so I was creating an anti-gravity device (handwaved) in a new world, that counteracts certain amounts of weight. I was wondering what would happen if the device counteracted just enough of ...
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