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For questions that require plausible (better than suspension-of-disbelief) answers based on Real World science that are not necessarily constrained to the known limits of Real World science. Contrast with the hard-science, science-fiction and internal-consistency tags. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, hard-science, or internal-consistency tags.
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Is it possible for plasma based robot to exist?
No
Matter (in its basic concept) exists in 3 forms; Solid, Liquid and Gas. Heating a solid will give you a liquid, heat that and you got a gas, heat that and you have yourself Plasma. Now Robots are …
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How would we see the world if we could see polarized light?
We do not know
The entire point of these extra cones is that they can see colors we cannot. Colors we cannot see, we cannot conceive. What you are basically asking is for us to imagine something we c …
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How much TNT is required to vaporize a human body?
Quoted from Slashdot, sources provided on the page;
First, consider the true vaporization [the complete separation of all atoms within a molecule] of water. With a simple molecular structure cont …
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Methods for drug intake/delivery
This question is pretty much idea generation but it is acceptable enough for me to give it a try, so here is a list in order of realism;
Injection- This one is pretty obvious, use needles with the d …
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Are Engineered 'Super-Soldiers' a Realistic Possibility?
Theoretically sure, but not in the way you want. What you suggest would cause a fiasco, there would be millions of people protesting raising babies for war, but there are other ways to make a supersol …
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How can I turn water into wine?
In the bible, one of Jesus's earliest miracles was turning jugs of water into wine. Let's assume that I need some wine - and it doesn't have to be good wine - but I need some wine for my guest. I have …
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How does freezing a person keep them alive? [closed]
A common trope in science fiction is the belief that if you freeze a person in ice that they will be immune to the effects of ageing or illness. This is far from realistic, but how close can we get? U …
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How would a two thumbed hand work
If our hands had 2 thumbs and 3 fingers how would they work? I mainly concerned with the bones and how they would interfere and interact with each other. But the muscle work would be helpful as well. …
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A simple, yet effective, respirator
The exopack from Avatar is a lightweight atmosphere filtration system developed from civilian rebreather technology that allows humans to survive in conditions of unbreathable atmospheres with a minim …
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Projectiles in a world devoid of gunpowder
Air rifles come to mind as a good answer, but automatic designs are fairly new. The repeating crossbow was a design used in the ending days of bows, but it is only semi-automatic (though it could beco …
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Largest possible bat
The worlds largest bat, the Golden-Crowned Flying Fox, weighs in at a wingspan of 1.5-1.7 meters and a weight of only 1.5-2.6 lbs. But with these estimates, we can absolutely do better.
Introduce Arg …
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Could dragons theoretically breathe alcohol based fire?
Absolutely
Many animals use projectiles and even more use poison, some creatures like the Spitting Cobra even use projectile poison. Thus there is no evolutionary reason why a creature couldn't spit …
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Why might a plant evolve a brain and the ability to move?
Technically Yes
If we loosen the definition of 'plant' to a creature that uses
photosynthesis and has chlorophyll, then multicellular creature that, before becoming what we consider plants may evolv …
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How does the full moon effect the human body? (CONTEXT: Possible causes for werewolf transfo...
The way that disease works, I see 2 good, realistic options;
Might be same as with wolves howling at the moon - a mistaken myth. The werewolves just hunt more often at night so it was believed that …
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Conquering a Metropolis with near-zero own casualties
Just buy the city
Alaska comes to mind here, once owned by Canada, it was then sold to Russia and then to America. Now this is a land mass rich in oil and was sold finally for a total of +4 billion. …
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