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Maximum Size of a Wooden Sailing Vessel

answered Jun 15, 2023 at 11:08

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Making an exoskeleton for combat

answered Apr 29 at 14:51

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Why are metal ores dredged from coastal lagoons rather than being extracted directly from the mother lode?

answered Jul 8 at 17:08

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Could aquatic aliens use bubbles in microscopes?

answered Nov 7, 2023 at 19:37

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Is it possible for an artesian basin to go underneath a shallow sea while still being freswater?

answered Sep 17, 2023 at 19:08

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In a sci-fi setting with advanced medicine, how can people still have scars and other damages?

answered Apr 6 at 14:55

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No stomach, how do I eat?

answered Apr 10 at 7:16

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How could hovercraft be made an economically viable option for overland transportation?

answered Apr 20 at 8:07

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Keeping an airship aloft using only propellers (and nuclear reactors)

answered May 15 at 10:02

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How close to modern technology can humans plausibly get without discovering nukes?

answered May 22, 2023 at 19:16

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Would fixed-wing aircraft still exist if helicopters had been invented (and flown) before them?

answered Jul 27, 2023 at 13:24

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Evolutionary path of action/anime humans

answered Jul 16, 2023 at 9:02

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Renewables on rail, balloons, ships etc.: science fiction or fantasy?

answered Jan 9, 2023 at 21:06

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Can I use the Peltier effect to cool down an underground city on Venus

answered Mar 10, 2023 at 16:56

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What would be the primary weaknesses of massed archers?

answered Aug 13, 2023 at 9:18

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How would the development of computers be altered if it took longer to find out a practical way to synthesise silicon crystals for transistors?

answered Jun 17, 2023 at 19:40

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Feasibility of a bio-engineered, floating tree lifeform in the Venusian atmosphere?

answered Apr 9 at 20:46

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A canal between two rivers

answered Feb 22 at 12:52

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Why aren't the plains people conquering the city people?

answered Jun 15 at 13:05

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How many distinct colors would tetrachromatic birds have?

answered Feb 25 at 21:46

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Will changing the range of EM that my aliens can see affect how they can relate colors to humans?

answered Jan 22 at 11:07

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Avoiding time travel or causality stuff

answered Nov 19, 2023 at 9:47

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Cybernetic AIs get hacked, while sentient AGIs are immune?

answered Jan 12 at 13:36

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How to protect against laser blinding warfare?

answered Sep 19, 2023 at 8:02

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Animals with fur that fluoresces under UV, and a star with high UV levels--how dramatic is the affect, and how badly would it mess up camouflage?

answered Oct 1, 2023 at 9:28

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Would it be possible to make a brass/wind instrument with a jet engine as the source of airflow?

answered Nov 16, 2023 at 11:09

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Internal Mass Driver Engines in Cislunar Space

answered Oct 31, 2023 at 11:58

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Possibility of solar powered space stations around a red dwarf

answered Oct 9, 2023 at 7:40

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Would you be able to look directly at the Sun if it were a red giant?

answered Jun 20 at 18:49

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How big can a chicken get?

answered Jun 12 at 9:25

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Maximum Size of a Wooden Sailing Vessel

Making an exoskeleton for combat

Why are metal ores dredged from coastal lagoons rather than being extracted directly from the mother lode?

Could aquatic aliens use bubbles in microscopes?

Is it possible for an artesian basin to go underneath a shallow sea while still being freswater?

In a sci-fi setting with advanced medicine, how can people still have scars and other damages?

No stomach, how do I eat?

How could hovercraft be made an economically viable option for overland transportation?

Keeping an airship aloft using only propellers (and nuclear reactors)

How close to modern technology can humans plausibly get without discovering nukes?

Would fixed-wing aircraft still exist if helicopters had been invented (and flown) before them?

Evolutionary path of action/anime humans

Renewables on rail, balloons, ships etc.: science fiction or fantasy?

Can I use the Peltier effect to cool down an underground city on Venus

What would be the primary weaknesses of massed archers?

How would the development of computers be altered if it took longer to find out a practical way to synthesise silicon crystals for transistors?

Feasibility of a bio-engineered, floating tree lifeform in the Venusian atmosphere?

A canal between two rivers

Why aren't the plains people conquering the city people?

How many distinct colors would tetrachromatic birds have?

Will changing the range of EM that my aliens can see affect how they can relate colors to humans?

Avoiding time travel or causality stuff

Cybernetic AIs get hacked, while sentient AGIs are immune?

How to protect against laser blinding warfare?

Animals with fur that fluoresces under UV, and a star with high UV levels--how dramatic is the affect, and how badly would it mess up camouflage?

Would it be possible to make a brass/wind instrument with a jet engine as the source of airflow?

Internal Mass Driver Engines in Cislunar Space

Possibility of solar powered space stations around a red dwarf

Would you be able to look directly at the Sun if it were a red giant?

How big can a chicken get?