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51 Questions

A list of worldbuilding resources

Is it possible to kill all life on Earth?

Does my shipboard computer slow down as I approach light speed?

Can I produce a true 3D orbit?

How can Santa defend himself?

What are the safety margins for destroying a planet from space?

Is it realistic to believe an apocalyptical setting can last 500+ years?

Is there any material today that could withstand the impact of a baseball at 0.05c?

Managing heat dissipation in a magic wand

My magic system “pays the price” by drawing its energy from the future: should that affect luck, heat, or life?

What is Santa's defense against an unlawful withholding of welfare charge?

What does the view outside my ship traveling at light speed look like?

How would prolonged use of augmented-reality combat gear affect soldiers?

Plausibility of an Implausible First Contact

Navigating storm fronts in space

Would it be reasonable that vampires cannot drink just any blood type save O-? [closed]

What would the night sky look like for a world on the upper plane of the galaxy, near its rim?

Are there physiological traits common to all tool-building species?

Is there a habitability zone between the primary and secondary stars of a binary star system?

Is there anything about photons and/or space-time that would allow the detection of an energy-based attack from a distance of ten light seconds?

Is it possible to make high-compressive-strength cement on Mars?

Would interplanetary transmissions in the Wolf 359 star system be detectable by Earth?

Feasibility of a purely mechanical grayscale “computer monitor”

Can a collision with a neutron star make a planet via the can-o-snakes method?

Habitability of a world inside a dark nebula

What technologies might lead to or support “perfect recycling”

Could an astronaut in a near-future space ship survive transit through our asteroid belt?

Smartphone camera resolution can image a human retina: can we save retina biometrics?

How much energy is needed to grow an acre of wheat entirely indoors?

I cast my stop-time spell and really, really, really want to punch my sworn enemy - which of these two scenarios is more believable?