Search Results
| Search type | Search syntax |
|---|---|
| Tags | [tag] |
| Exact | "words here" |
| Author |
user:1234 user:me (yours) |
| Score |
score:3 (3+) score:0 (none) |
| Answers |
answers:3 (3+) answers:0 (none) isaccepted:yes hasaccepted:no inquestion:1234 |
| Views | views:250 |
| Code | code:"if (foo != bar)" |
| Sections |
title:apples body:"apples oranges" |
| URL | url:"*.example.com" |
| Saves | in:saves |
| Status |
closed:yes duplicate:no migrated:no wiki:no |
| Types |
is:question is:answer |
| Exclude |
-[tag] -apples |
| For more details on advanced search visit our help page | |
Results tagged with biology
Search options not deleted
user 30
For questions about living things. Does not exclude aliens, but additional information is usually necessary (consider using "xenobiology" instead).
5
votes
What is the limiting factor for a plant's growth?
It's conceivable that a plant that is able to acquire nutrients and moisture as it grows (rather than from a central root) would be able to just keep growing horizontally until it runs out of space or …
- 4,907
3
votes
What could cause rock formations (small stones, boulders, islands...) to levitate?
The only thing I can think of that remotely comes close is the combination of a superconductor and a powerful magnet, but even if there were gigantic lumps of superconductor and immensely powerful per …
- 4,907
9
votes
Are invisible creatures theoretically possible?
Not only would the material the aliens are made of have to be transparent (neither absorbing nor reflecting), it would have to have the same index of refraction as the medium they inhabit, with no int …
- 4,907
10
votes
Accepted
Generating a Magnetic Field Biologically
We already do generate magnetic fields. Pretty much all matter does. Electromagnetism is what makes matter behave the way we expect matter to behave.
We also generate electrical currents, which pro …
- 4,907
10
votes
Accepted
Could there be an ecological relationship in which both parties are harmed?
Something equivalent to the Prisoner's Dilemma might work.
If there are two behaviours to choose from for both parties which we might call "mean" and "nice" such that "mean" gives an advantage over " …
- 4,907
8
votes
Is it possible that any life on earth could evolve to live off a liquid which is not water?
The closest that might happen would be that chemicals from water based biology might be part of biogenesis in a different medium. …
- 4,907
35
votes
6
answers
2k
views
How critical is it for life that a planet remains within the habitable zone at all times?
Important note: The orbits in the diagram are elliptical. They have low eccentricity so they appear to be off centre circles but they really are ellipses with the star at a focus.
The habitable zo …
- 4,907
1
vote
What do you call a biologically assisted robot?
Normally "cyborg" covers any combination of biological and non-biological. Motoko Kusanagi and a Cyberdyne Systems T-800 Model 101 are both cyborgs under normal usage.
One option if you want to make …
- 4,907
1
vote
Life in planets with little Solar exposure
Life would have to originate within an environment which it could survive. Life that operates within a liquid water medium like us would only be able to occur in an environment where water can be liq …
- 4,907