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Is there a single historic event which could be changed to cause the USA to use SI units?

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In space, do “shipping lanes” make sense?

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How would having multiple moons affect tides?

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In a medieval setting, how far apart should towns be?

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How to keep humans pilots instead of AI in sci-fi future?

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Are there logical gaps in the periodic table in which you could insert a new mystery element for use as a fuel?

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How quickly and accurately should news travel in a rural medieval setting?

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What is the utilitarian purpose of artificial waterfalls?

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Mineral that explodes when cooling down

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Is it possible to make an alloy that melts at low temperatures and solidifies at high temperatures?

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Justifying why a troll's skin would turn to stone in sunlight

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Are there any ways to allow some form of FTL travel without allowing time travel?

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Is space piracy orbitally practical?

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Creating a realistic world map - Currents, Precipitation and Climate

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Would a steam powered plane be able to cross the Atlantic ocean?

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Could two planets be tidally locked to each other so close they share their atmosphere?

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Only the Swiss Are Left - Can They Survive?

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Is there any organization to a shantytown of storage containers?

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Reason for an exterior control panel on a space ship

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What natural phenomena could make an island unreachable?

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Biological CPUs - why would the developed world fear them?

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What would people on multi-generational ships wear?

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Why does my species tock like it ticks?

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Modern soldiers carry axes instead of combat knives. Why?

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How to stop a massive canal system from silting up?

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How could a sail powered airship work?

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How can I destroy a gas giant planet?

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Creating a realistic world map - Mineralogy

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What is the most reasonable way for non-binary computers to have become standard?

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