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Building a settlement in a place in temporal stasis. What problems the settlers would face?

answered May 30, 2023 at 10:31

14 votes

What would be the cheapest way to demolish large amounts of buildings when damage to the surrounding area isn't a concern?

answered Mar 7 at 10:16

12 votes

Why can't autonomous delivery drones solve world hunger?

answered May 19, 2023 at 7:25

9 votes

How do I justify a world where drones are commonplace but computers remain large?

answered Jan 13, 2023 at 13:36

8 votes

What mount would work best in a desert setting as a cavalry animal?

answered Dec 30, 2022 at 7:57

8 votes

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Could a plant analogue have a temporary motile phase?

answered Jan 11, 2023 at 14:21

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How would civilization differ if silicate glass wasn't so useful?

answered May 12, 2023 at 11:46

7 votes

Why would a space civ trade with a primitive civ?

answered Feb 20, 2023 at 10:01

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How long could a person survive on nothing but water, salt, and sugar?

answered Aug 16, 2023 at 15:40

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How would a hydrogen breathing Life-form respire?

answered Jul 31, 2023 at 14:33

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Could a (semi-)universal information-storing molecule exist?

answered Jun 19, 2023 at 7:29

6 votes

Artificially-created diamond 'windows' for spacecraft

answered Sep 12, 2023 at 14:58

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How would fire behave in an oxygenless atmosphere with a significant percentage of chlorine?

answered Feb 27 at 15:55

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Would Tungsten be a useful material for medieval armor and weapons?

answered Oct 28, 2022 at 7:08

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How Mars colonization/terraformation could go so wrong, that it would be uncolonizable

answered Dec 21, 2022 at 11:20

5 votes

Are artificial genes discernible from natural ones?

answered Feb 13, 2023 at 8:03

5 votes

How fast can you radically change society without violence? (And when has it happened?)

answered Jan 23, 2023 at 14:40

5 votes

Valid reason for not having plate armor in early medieval, low-magic fantasy setting?

answered Feb 21 at 9:14

4 votes

How to efficiently transport troops from orbit

answered Feb 21 at 9:54

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What parts of a spaceship would still work 100 million years later?

answered Jun 22, 2023 at 10:42

4 votes

How bad would it be, if aliens wiped out high-end processor production?

answered Aug 21, 2023 at 14:45

4 votes

Slings for giant

answered Feb 6, 2023 at 13:17

4 votes

How does Santa keep locations updated for all of his gift recipients?

answered Dec 21, 2022 at 12:28

4 votes

Could a species with multiple types of genetic material, like a “universal donor”, reasonably naturally exist?

answered Jun 19, 2023 at 7:17

4 votes

What would the most likely climate be in this region?

answered Mar 13, 2023 at 8:25

3 votes

In what detail can you examine a distant planet's atmosphere?

answered Feb 27, 2023 at 15:04

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Would a 4000-year-old booby trap still be poisonous?

answered Dec 14, 2022 at 8:29

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A planet you can take off from, but never land back

answered Nov 9, 2022 at 9:51

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What would cause protein shapes to be the same across unrelated species?

answered Jul 7, 2023 at 8:01

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Feasibility of “invisible” orbital bombs

answered Aug 30, 2023 at 9:50

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Building a settlement in a place in temporal stasis. What problems the settlers would face?

What would be the cheapest way to demolish large amounts of buildings when damage to the surrounding area isn't a concern?

Why can't autonomous delivery drones solve world hunger?

How do I justify a world where drones are commonplace but computers remain large?

What mount would work best in a desert setting as a cavalry animal?

Could a plant analogue have a temporary motile phase?

How would civilization differ if silicate glass wasn't so useful?

Why would a space civ trade with a primitive civ?

How long could a person survive on nothing but water, salt, and sugar?

How would a hydrogen breathing Life-form respire?

Could a (semi-)universal information-storing molecule exist?

Artificially-created diamond 'windows' for spacecraft

How would fire behave in an oxygenless atmosphere with a significant percentage of chlorine?

Would Tungsten be a useful material for medieval armor and weapons?

How Mars colonization/terraformation could go so wrong, that it would be uncolonizable

Are artificial genes discernible from natural ones?

How fast can you radically change society without violence? (And when has it happened?)

Valid reason for not having plate armor in early medieval, low-magic fantasy setting?

How to efficiently transport troops from orbit

What parts of a spaceship would still work 100 million years later?

How bad would it be, if aliens wiped out high-end processor production?

Slings for giant

How does Santa keep locations updated for all of his gift recipients?

Could a species with multiple types of genetic material, like a “universal donor”, reasonably naturally exist?

What would the most likely climate be in this region?

In what detail can you examine a distant planet's atmosphere?

Would a 4000-year-old booby trap still be poisonous?

A planet you can take off from, but never land back

What would cause protein shapes to be the same across unrelated species?

Feasibility of “invisible” orbital bombs