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How could dragons be explained without magic?

Why would giant mechs use melee weapons?

How can I break down the task of creating a world into manageable chunks?

What could people notice about someone who is two times as dense as a regular person?

How can I ensure my Evil Tower is always stormy?

Could a Dwarven Civilization Exist?

What mechanism can prevent super-healing heroes from accidentally budding?

Awesomeness powered magic - why would a group of awesome magicians want to keep their “kryptonite” near them?

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

My time machine needs to know when it is

How can I move a planet?

What makes supervillains want to tell their plans to adversaries?

Why would a God of Murder be worshipped by a society?

Taxing the superhero industry

Can humans interact meaningfully with the economy when robots are better at everything?

How can I hide my island?

Zero Privacy: Culture

Making the 'Master Swordsman' fantasy realistic?

What would a medieval war against an aquatic race look like?

Is there a credible way a shapeshifter could gain/lose body mass when changing forms?

How can waste from the body be removed without being expelled from the anus?

Other blood colors

How would someone hide an asteroid in the void of space so only they could find it?

How do you power all the nanobots?

Identify Batman without getting caught [closed]

How can an organ that provides biological immortality be unable to regenerate?

Why do people in Cryogenic sleep not wear clothes?

Plausible explanation for lack of reflection in a mirror

Lifeform - resistant to gunfire but vulnerable to melee

What would induce a country to actively guard an empty wasteland?