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How can a fish that explodes by itself prosper enough to reproduce on a grand enough scale to persist as a species?

answered Jan 25, 2018 at 12:10

18 votes

Reason for an exterior control panel on a space ship

answered Feb 14, 2018 at 14:41

13 votes

Why must all magic teachers master the basics of forbidden dark magic?

answered Jan 15, 2022 at 20:29

10 votes

What's a good fire-resistant material to write on?

answered May 25, 2021 at 20:11

8 votes

How can a movie drive anyone who watches it insane?

answered May 26, 2021 at 7:22

7 votes

Plausible reason why my time machine can only go back a certain amount of time?

answered Jul 30, 2018 at 15:46

6 votes

Why is this culture against repairing broken things?

answered Nov 22, 2020 at 7:43

6 votes

Cultural reasons to prevent the industrial revolution

answered Nov 10, 2015 at 16:34

5 votes

The land grows evil and corrupted ... but why?

answered Jan 31, 2018 at 16:11

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Werewolves have the same fur color as their human form's hair color. What gave humans the idea that they're all gray?

answered May 14, 2021 at 3:46

5 votes

How can one individual have two different biological signatures?

answered Dec 13, 2018 at 16:18

4 votes

Why pretend to be a magician when there are real mages with real superpower around the world

answered Mar 1, 2018 at 19:24

4 votes

Why would a large percent of an otherwise sane population regularly play a virtual game that could get them killed

answered Nov 9, 2017 at 12:41

4 votes

If magic is accessed through tattoos, how do I prevent everyone from having magic?

answered Apr 7, 2023 at 4:20

4 votes

Why can't the alien's particle shield be replicated despite using common elements?

answered Feb 13 at 16:17

3 votes

What would a mermaid wear during the winter?

answered Jul 26, 2021 at 23:34

3 votes

Why is this mana-controlling Art not available to commoners?

answered Jul 30, 2021 at 7:18

3 votes

Why would an army train living soldiers when manufacturing robots is easier

answered Jan 15, 2018 at 16:43

3 votes

How would an army defend itself against mass robo-snake attacks?

answered Apr 1, 2017 at 17:55

3 votes

Why would vampires require human blood?

answered May 15, 2021 at 20:49

3 votes

How would you build a road system that respected nature?

answered May 4, 2021 at 20:29

3 votes

Why wouldn't a space fleet use their lasers for a precision strike?

answered May 10, 2021 at 22:35

2 votes

How to limit the usefulness of an anti-gravity mineral to airship construction in steampunk?

answered May 16, 2021 at 6:03

2 votes

Why might wizards be unable to wear armour?

answered Dec 5, 2017 at 15:04

2 votes

How could magic slowly be destroying the world?

answered Jan 18, 2023 at 12:22

2 votes

How would criminals be punished in a world where everyone can teleport?

answered May 27, 2021 at 20:19

1 vote

Why wouldn't the world have advanced warning of a significant asteroid/comet strike?

answered May 7 at 0:31

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Why would a staff increase the magic power of a mage?

answered Oct 16, 2017 at 15:25

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In what kind of timeframe would there be interplanetary trade?

answered Feb 19, 2016 at 18:37

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How would I pull off FTL travel in a universe where inter-universal travel is also widely used?

answered Apr 3 at 16:13

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31 Answers

How can a fish that explodes by itself prosper enough to reproduce on a grand enough scale to persist as a species?

Reason for an exterior control panel on a space ship

Why must all magic teachers master the basics of forbidden dark magic?

What's a good fire-resistant material to write on?

How can a movie drive anyone who watches it insane?

Plausible reason why my time machine can only go back a certain amount of time?

Why is this culture against repairing broken things?

Cultural reasons to prevent the industrial revolution

The land grows evil and corrupted ... but why?

Werewolves have the same fur color as their human form's hair color. What gave humans the idea that they're all gray?

How can one individual have two different biological signatures?

Why pretend to be a magician when there are real mages with real superpower around the world

Why would a large percent of an otherwise sane population regularly play a virtual game that could get them killed

If magic is accessed through tattoos, how do I prevent everyone from having magic?

Why can't the alien's particle shield be replicated despite using common elements?

What would a mermaid wear during the winter?

Why is this mana-controlling Art not available to commoners?

Why would an army train living soldiers when manufacturing robots is easier

How would an army defend itself against mass robo-snake attacks?

Why would vampires require human blood?

How would you build a road system that respected nature?

Why wouldn't a space fleet use their lasers for a precision strike?

How to limit the usefulness of an anti-gravity mineral to airship construction in steampunk?

Why might wizards be unable to wear armour?

How could magic slowly be destroying the world?

How would criminals be punished in a world where everyone can teleport?

Why wouldn't the world have advanced warning of a significant asteroid/comet strike?

Why would a staff increase the magic power of a mage?

In what kind of timeframe would there be interplanetary trade?

How would I pull off FTL travel in a universe where inter-universal travel is also widely used?