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Why would humans carry around live plants in a post-apocalyptic world?
A while ago I saw this brilliant 3d render of a post-apocalyptic world in which a human carries around a live plant in a capsule, connected to the plant via a respirator:
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What kind of environment would lead to dominantly yellow foliage?
I'm looking for various factors; Atmosphere Composition, Type of Sun, etc, whatever would work. That is, of course, if this is even likely/possible. I believe that yellow is generally not an ideal ...
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What would make a plant's leaves razor-sharp?
Imagine a field of plants that when walked through cuts human skin. Unlike a Stinging Nettle, the leaves would have to have razor-like edges, without the trichome hairs. The leaf edges should cause a ...
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Big, big, big... beans
I'm trying to find explanations for a strain of beans (or any other food-producing plant) that have become large, maybe as large as most trees, and about as wide in girth, that overgrows countries ...
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How would I go about explaining the science of a world where everything is made of fabrics and craft supplies?
I'm working on a little project called Scrapbook Street where everything is made of fabric and or craft supplies, but while working on the world of the project, I've started to wonder how the world ...
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Could a plant vocalise and how?
If given a reason to develop such a process, such as attracting prey or scaring away threats or even making recognisable patterns to 'talk' to humans, what is the most likely way they would do this?
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What kinds of plants could grow near crystals and in (mostly) crystal sands?
Within my desert landscape--in which the climate is similar to the Sonora Desert--there are many canyons, one of which sports large, clustered growths of Elbaite Tourmaline crystals, averaging out at ...
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Big Green Men... from Earth
There are a couple of stories where humans gain chloroplasts.
Here's a clip from one story:
They are also infused with bacteriorhodopsin, allowing photosynthesis. It is now possible for a human ...
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Interlocking, ultra-high forest, is it possible?
I was trying to create a world that has extensive massive rain-forests unlike anything on earth where the trees interlock with thick branches to allow them to rise much higher into the air (several ...
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Magic that alters living cells - Growing cities out of trees?
This is a question about the same magic explained in this one. I also explain the magic below.
Explanation:
In my fantasy novel, magic is a natural part of the world. It is not some mystical force ...
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Plausibility Check: Territorial Trees?
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In case you haven't heard: there are places in the Amazonian Jungle called Devil's Gardens. The gardens are large swaths of land composed of almost entirely one single tree the Duroia ...
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What would the biosphere look like with a constant twilight/midnight sun?
In this fantasy world there is no day/night but a constant mild light. There are also no seasons and the mild light is akin to the light at dawn or dusk. The sun doesn't really exist.
How would the ...
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How would I modify a coffee plant to grow outside the tropics?
To give context, the setting I'm working on is one where advanced genetic engineering and biotechnology are plentiful.
The premise is this, the coffee industry is dominated in the tropics by a cartel ...
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Could a plant be engineered to live in a vacuum?
Could an artificial plant species be designed and created that lives in a vacuum - for example on the surface of our moon?
The main problems I can see immediately would be the lack of an atmosphere ...
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Plants That Use Chitin in Place of Lignin
What would the appearance and structure of trees be like if they used chitin, instead of lignin, for cell walls? This is assuming that all other properties are basically unchanged.
These trees would ...
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