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What questions should I ask myself when designing a legal system for a fantasy world?

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Mass disease prevention: The feasibility of airborne vaccines

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Guano mines versus early artificial fertilizers?

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How powerful a microscope could my pyromancers make?

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How do I realistically portray continental drift on my map?

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41 Questions

What questions should I ask myself when designing a legal system for a fantasy world?

How could a natural road form across a sea?

The land grows evil and corrupted ... but why?

What qualities could a hominid evolve to make it a better farmer?

Can you replace a sun with a burning moon?

Is it possible to have a sun with visible phases or cycles?

The singularity does not happen. Why?

Is this coral lagoon geologically possible?

How do I justify a civil war being as brutal as possible?

Could a microbe plausibly generate lift gas for manned balloon flight?

Can an earth-like world lack mineable iron?

How should I calibrate and estimate pyrokinesis?

How much thermal lift force can these pyromancers generate?

What are the consequences of using limited anti-gravity for steampunk-style airships?

Could this villainous urban development scheme be easily detected?

How do I map aerial trade routes for my airship economy?

How do I design the solar transit of a hot Jupiter?

Tips and principles for creating an accurate elevation map?

How fast could a hominid evolve to run?

Could a solar flare create terrestrial areas of background radiation?

Could you breed a hominid to have an identifying crest?

How do I form a location like the Ethiopian highlands?

How do I use late Victorian mad-science to tame lost world megafauna?

How would early and unlimited access to gunpowder change bronze age warfare and technology?

Mass disease prevention: The feasibility of airborne vaccines

Guano mines versus early artificial fertilizers?

Could I get some guidance on this map in progress?

How powerful a microscope could my pyromancers make?

How do I realistically portray continental drift on my map?

Will this anti-gravity airship balloon give me a working vacuum airship?