Questions tagged [biology]
For questions about living things. Does not exclude aliens, but additional information is usually necessary (consider using "xenobiology" instead).
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How could a matriarchy develop while men are still the heads of war/military?
I'm trying to develop a matriarchal Empire for a story, but the main issue I'm having is that I don't want the women to all be warriors or magically physically stronger etc.
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Pregnancy in a hibernated state
In my story, a space ark travels to a new earth on a journey that takes 18 years. The colonists are put in stasis to prevent them aging before they reach their target planet.
One female became ...
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Can a dragon's fire breath be liquid based?
Dragons commonly breathe fire. They can do so over considerable distances, often many times their body length. But this needs to be powered somehow, by a substance that the dragon can generate on its ...
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Can a planet have a warm, tropical climate both at the poles and at the equator?
I am trying to create the perfect planet for life. It will mainly consist of shallow seas/oceans with archipelagos spread throughout the globe. The islands are the same size as New Guinea on average. ...
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Is it reasonable that the people of Pandemonium dislike dogs as pets because of their genetics?
The world of Pandemonium is a world in another universe where humans may exist, that is gravitationally connected to Earth in our universe. Over the course of history since the big bang, these ...
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Would it be possible for a living being the size of a planet to survive? [closed]
I've been thinking what is the theoretical size limit of a living being? I asked myself this question:
Could a living being grow to the size of a planet?
This super massive organism would have its own ...
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How would living underground (bioluminescence) affect a humanoid race?
I'm writing a story set in a Middle Ages type setting (Game of Thrones, LOTR style).
In the story, I have a race of people who are "faeries", based off of Celtic legend and lore. They're associated ...
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Can a Tidally-Breathing Animal Possess a Syrinx?
I have been imagining/designing a reptile-like animal that breathes tidally, but possesses a syrinx for complex vocalization. Is this biomechanically possible, or is unidirectional breathing a ...
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How would I evolve horns on humans?
How would I change the evolution of humans to result in horns on humans as a result of reproductive fitness, instead of social fitness. Meaning, NEITHER "Horns are sexy", or some strange infection.
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How to make a place windy
I am trying to build a world where there is different terrains and one of them is a extremely windy plain or valley (almost uninhibitedly) there is a couple plants and animals that have adapted (I don'...
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How much can someone get beaten up before their body gives up?
In Mission Impossible, Ethan Hunt gets kicked, punched, pushed, etc, yet he still manages to fight. If a skinny, 16 year old girl with no training (she just used to getting beaten up) were to get ...
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Could a creature "image" its environment through chemoreception?
Most organisms that can “see”, or create an image their surroundings, use either photoreception (sight) or mechanoreception (sound, in the form of echolocation).
I am considering a fantasy race that ...
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Can Kleptothermy work underwater?
I am working on a concept with amphibian larvae surviving in very cold polar waters. Kleptothermy seems to work with ectothermic organisms (like Snakes and Bees) but I can't find any organism that ...
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Is it medically possible to give someone super strength with gene editing?
I'm trying to find a reasonable medical explanation for a normal-looking human having around 10x the strength of the general population, defined for the sake of easily-measurable goals as the amount ...
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Is the average person capable of adapting to a lower oxygen content in the air than earth, given enough time to slowly acclimate?
The concept of my world rests essentially on voluntary migration of populations to other planets either for colonization or relocation.
If the desired destination planet had significantly lower oxygen ...
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