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For questions that require plausible (better than suspension-of-disbelief) answers based on Real World science that are not necessarily constrained to the known limits of Real World science. Contrast with the hard-science, science-fiction and internal-consistency tags. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, hard-science, or internal-consistency tags.
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How would a two thumbed hand work
Why don't we have two thumbs on each hand? What advantage is there to the regular human set up?
We have similarly strong muscles on both sides of the hand and no overall design limitation (arrangem …
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What would the climate on a planet with 85% or more of the surface area covered in water be ...
A Banded Planet
In addition to what StephenG and kingledion said, you don't mention a moon, which is very important to the movement of our oceans and interaction with land. Frozen poles? Jury i …
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Is it possible to genetically modify a plant to become sentient?
Hypothesis: The geneticists increase the cytoskeletal density of the cells in your plants, creating signaling pathways like brains use. All the plants you mention contain sugars that can produce energ …
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Industrial Prerequisites for Mechanized Warfare (Post-Apocalypse Edition)
There was a nifty book about this and one of the big surprising things for me was the need for stainless steel to get a chemical industry going (necessary for everything else).
Many of the points made …
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Are there any natural forms of communication as robust as speech/vocalization?
If you proposed an alternate communication it would have to be able to communicate danger warning to start with as this is widespread among animal groups of many types.
I assume we are talking about …
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Proper technique for eating grass?
Isn't wheat a grass? Along with rice, corn, oats, barley - even pineapple?
Wheatgrass juice has 7 calories per ounce [$\simeq 1\cdot10^6 \text{J/kg}$] so to get 2000 calories [$2000~\text{kcal} \si …
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What is a feasible long way transportation system with technology up to 1699?
There are good answers here and my question is what is meant by "feasible"? There are plenty of solutions - though the problem might not be as big as it would seem to our eyes since potatoes and new w …
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Salty or fresh or brackish waters?
Well no, but...
Salt water is more dense than fresh. If you have a difficult region for wells, say very sandy or otherwise unable to keep wells from crumbling, you could flood the area with salt water …
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Psychedelic Death Birds
I think the birds would have to be carrying the fungus with their talons, beaks. That works because birds already have that behavior (carrying, gathering).
Birds spend a lot of time cleaning themselve …
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