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What would be the most viable form of government for the first space colonies?

Architecture of the perfect zombie apocalypse refuge

How fast can nanites work

What sort of legal and penal system might a space colony develop?

What is the minimum planetary mass to hold an atmosphere over geologic time scales?

How could living cells harness nuclear radiation for energy?

Why build space habitats on/within moons?

What about electronic warfare?

What are some plausible super materials? [closed]

Could a viable interstellar civilization form with this technology?

How might a religion be used to help maintain a generation ship?

What society might survive the 3 generation rule

How would you create a map based upon scent (or other senses)?

How do Nanites receive, store, and execute instructions?

How do nanites get the resources that they need?

What are mapping or diagramming techniques that would be valuable to someone mapping a planetary system?

What are the minimum set of physical characteristics to define an Earth like planet?

What's the impact of a “cloning” teleporter?

Would generation ships encourage a caste system?

How might a colony treat the arrival of a new generation ship?

What are the best Solar System locations for a human colony? [duplicate]

Political ramifications of long-lived humans

The economics of uploaded personalities

How will uploaded personalities be represented in a government?

How does the law treat uploaded personalities?

Architecture of richest person's house on the moon

What is the minimum level of technology to enable interlunar civilization?

How to manage world building information?

Revealing your religion to be false at the end of a Generation ship trip, or not

Changing Earth's rotation rate