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How could a planet have a sky without stars at night?

If a large space ship crashes on a planet, what could kill passengers without obliterating the ship?

Why might the dystopian government make its policemen patrol in fours?

How can you weaponize a thermos?

How can a Dragon keep humanity in check?

How would primitive peoples detect radiation?

How do I have a Dictatorship keep its dictator out of international headlines?

Dungeons for Real: 1. The Bottomless Pit

If 120 experts in 12 different fields were sent back 10,000 years, could they recreate the 21st century in 100 years?

Tactics and strategy an army can use to counter Human Wave attacks?

What modern-day object could a magic wand be disguised as?

How would an astronaut conclude he's on Earth, but 600 million years in the future?

How to prevent criminal gangs from making/buying guns?

Is there such thing as a "one-person" door?

How would people detect a 1 year time jump between star systems?

What manner of weapons and armor would be suitable for freezing conditions in the middle ages?

How long will it take to discover they live on a moon and not on a planet?

What should a god put on an island, so that its human settlers will more quickly achieve an industrialised society?

How can I justify an Iron monopoly?

Would trams be workable on a low-gravity world?

Would building a Dyson sphere inside the Earth's orbit render our planet uninhabitable?

A subset of humanity is immortal, how do I stop them from financially dominating?

Assassin's bullet with mercury

Could people in a post-apocalyptic setting work around the fact that fuel expires?

Always a full Moon for the Emperor - Can this be achieved with solar panels and LEDs?

Is there a clever one-letter code to describe worlds?

Why would a berry have a slow-acting poison?

Would blue-collar jobs still be done by people in a scifi setting?

What non-electrical, basic tool from today, could be made that would change the world in ancient times?

Why does this one planet still have slaves?