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Reality check: energy source for power armour
For one, thanks to the square-cube law, power requirements don't scale like that. We are talking armor, which means weight in a wholly different order of magnitude. …
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What adaptations are necessary to make a horse-sized beetle possible?
Beetles and other insects are limited in their size by the square-cube law. …
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How long would an eclipse last on an Earth-like moon
Kepler's third law of planetary motion assures us that the squares of the orbital periods are in the same proportion as the cubes of the semi-major axes of the orbits. …
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Could sound be used to levitate or destroy objects in combat
But, as with many things, the square-cube law is not your friend. …
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How much should my aliens weigh?
This is a straightforward application of the square-cube law. Most of the details don't really matter other than the basic dimensions of the creature. …
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What should I change in this Kaiju to allow it to play basketball
Jerry has the ability to turn off the square cube law fir any object in a km range including himself
Jerry has Kaiju friends he can play basketball with and apply his shape shifting to. …
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What would be the equivalence of these feats of a 6 inch tall and 4 ounce android when trans...
(please do not say 'but square-cube law says..., just imagine her 'robotness' defies this somehow) …
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What would be a good weapon to use with size changing spell
Square-cube law is in effect. … Square-cube law in effect. …
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Differences in Quantum Field Theory in 4 Spatial Dimensions
This inverse-cube law isn’t new for just gravity, either. … In 4+1D the surface area of the hypersphere over which a burst of radiation would be distributed varies inversely with the cube of the radius, which in turn leads to inverse-cube laws for things like gravity …
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Textile Innovations of Pachyderms: Clothing Type
The cubed-squared law is not kind to heat dissipation. …
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Atmospheric composition/segregation across the gradient on an Alderson Disc
Kepler's third law says that the orbital period is proportional to the 1.5th power of the semimajor axis of the orbit (in this case, simply the distance out). … We could fix that by increasing the orbital speed by the 3/2 power to change omega (Kepler's square-cube law), but the landlord doesn't allow it. …
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How big can a sea turtle get? [duplicate]
So, I'm working on a bestiary and I want to fill the oceans of my world with big greatures, but keeping plausibility by respecting the square cube law, the ecology niches the beasts might occupy, etc. …
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Is my space combat system realistic?
Ships need to move, armor makes them heavy, you already have much lighter and more effective active defenses against most threats, and the square-cube law makes armor less useful the bigger a ship becomes …
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What is the longest possible (current material science) for a human weight-bearing 3” thick,...
A cube of 10cm length in each dimension filled with water is equivalent to a weight of 1 kilogram. …
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Evolution of predatory elves
You're going to run into some square-cube law issues and problems related to biomechanics and engineering safety factors, and those are going to cause significant issues for hard-science:
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