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[Question] [ So I have a world that has magic. Whether you can use magic is hereditary, and there's about a 1/4 chance of inheriting the "magic gene". What I want to know is, will the percentage of magic users stay roughly the same, or will it change? And if it stays the same, will the percentage be near 25%, as ther...
[Question] [ I have some forcefield shielding in my setting whereby particles act essentially as solid mass armor for all intents and purposes. Warheads grind themselves down against armor just like modern composite armor. As a result, most tanks in my setting use the shield as the main armor, with a backup layer of ...
[Question] [ Suppose in the future tanks are able mount higher velocity guns such as railguns or electro chemical technology (ETC) guns. Suppose these tanks slightly larger normal (no you can't mount a railgun on an M60). These cannon rounds are going to make mincemeat out of most armor systems, especially as they go...
[Question] [ I am working on a stirling engine powered train for a DnD game I am a part of, and am trying to figure out how the engine works. I have the basics of the engine done, but I can not figure out how a throttle would work with this kind of engine. I know there was an actual train built using a stirling engin...
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[Question] [ Now, I have started working on a game called In The Flesh, and I have decided to use this site to work on it. ## The Game Itself In any case, the main idea of In The Flesh is that it's a sci-fi automation game, but instead of using machines to do your work, you instead use biomachines: artificially creat...
[Question] [ I've been thinking about how strong a human or humanoid would/could be on a planet with ten times lower gravity than Earth. After thinking about characters like [John Carter of Mars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Carter_of_Mars), an Earth human that goes to a world with lower gravity and finds himse...
[Question] [ I know that vampire bites could be very...erotic in most fictions, mostly due to proximity and intimate nature; more so with a human partner and it's heavily empathised but I'm wanting to understand the psychology behind how the mood can shift, more so between two vampires feeding. In general reality, va...
[Question] [ Set in the future where there is at least one 3D printer in every household, population demographics show aging in every part of the world. In this future, many elites have powerful AI nanobots running inside their brains to assist them with decision making as well as being informed about the relevant cu...
[Question] [ In the game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, characters wear exoskeletons with an ability called "land assist", which allows them to slow down their fall using a jet of compressed air (or some specific gas). Would such a device be possible in real life? If so, would it be efficient enough for slowing down...
[Question] [ I have a large army, Let's say 100,000 male and female adolescent soldiers, my commanders are old veterans and they are few but they need a way to prevent pregnancies among my shieldmaidens. How do I prevent this? [Answer] Here are 9 recommendations: 1) Males are taught that rape is evil and that pre...
[Question] [ # Premise The world in which this takes place is a realistic world set in the year 2040 where technology has advanced beyond where we are currently, and the government has grown more corrupt. Most of the working class has just accepted the fact that the government is watching over them, and is okay with ...
[Question] [ Fantasy tends to have several races that are shorter than humans. With Dwarves, the size is explainable by the fact that they're usually depicted as subterranean-dwelling, and height would be a disadvantage there, but what about races like goblins, halflings, hobbits, etc.? What would provide them an adv...
[Question] [ Context: my protagonist is a single woman travelling on horseback with an all-male company, from whom she has reason to fear violence and would be strongly resistant to sharing sleeping quarters with them. They'll be on the road for a period of several weeks, and can't expect to reach an inn or a town ev...
[Question] [ **Premise** (-*clears throat*-) I'm imagining a world where financial systems are considerably centralized and the wealthy top few percent hold much sway, so to speak. In this world, it's not inconceivable for money to influence politics or for the special governmental / financial relationships to exhibi...
[Question] [ Assuming that: * Cost is no concern * The bomb hits the planet * The only effect involved is the explosion of the bomb. Can a bomb be big enough to destroy Pluto? The bomb Must Destroy half of the planet at least [Answer] **Yes** The answer is [here](https://astroengine.com/2009/10/30/what-will-it-ta...
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[Question] [ In the early days of the Manhattan project, there was a brief scare, based on some calculations by Edward Teller, that an atomic bomb would ignite the atmosphere. They later redid the calculations and concluded that the probability was very small (something like one in three million). What if we lived in...
[Question] [ The concept of a planet with several anthropomorphic sapient species (furries, if you will) is immensely popular. But would it actually make sense in the first place? I am aware of the issue of "Carnivore Confusion" (the question of what would they eat besides each other) but that is not what this is ne...
[Question] [ The [Nanaue](http://www.to-hawaii.com/legends/nanaue.php) (there is no wiki link) is a Hawaiian creature of myth. It is a shark with arms and legs. It can live in both the ocean and on the land. So how do I create the monstrosity that is, the land shark? A list of all of the Anatomically Correct questio...
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[Question] [ **2234, April. Region 932 A.E.D.** It's a hot day on Xenaas-891, and the fight isn't going well for our soldiers. "Sarge, our exosuits are going to run out of oxegyn soon! There are 2 class 3 aliens coming in from the west, and a small squad of class 5's. What do you want us to do?" Sarge curses under hi...
[Question] [ This is inspired by [*The Time Machine*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Time_Machine), by H. G. Wells. In the book - in the far future - humans have split into two races, the Eloi, who live aboveground, and the Morlocks, who live underground. The two have become extremely different after living for a l...
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[Question] [ Say there is a civilian ship going less than the speed of light, travelling from one star to the next. In the event that pirates board the ship (or some other dangerous situation, like a hull breach for example), what would be the standard procedure for a normal civilian to do in this situation? Because ...
[Question] [ Today we have associated so much love with our nationalities that we have little of it left for humanity. Billions if not Trillions of dollars every year, are dedicated to defense budget's of countries around the globe. Third world countries spend more on buying arms to protect lines on a map then spendi...
[Question] [ I have Merfolk with tails that are just 2 legs they hold together in the water. What I want to know is that by giving them legs(and making them able to walk on land) did I make them more susceptible to other species of water based animals? For the following reasons: * The legs make them slower? * They ca...
[Question] [ **Conditions:** * The civilization is in a galaxy which is *not* the Milky Way. For the purposes of this question, assume the target galaxy is 0.5 [Mpc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec#Megaparsecs_and_gigaparsecs) away. * The civilization has elected, for whatever reason and regardless of practicali...
[Question] [ Mars has a gravitational binding energy of ~5x10^30 jouleS. If a bomb went off on mars that released that much energy, how much danger would the earth be in. Additionally, would debris striking earth be a major concern? [Answer] The only danger for Earth from such an event would be related to bombardm...
[Question] [ I have an original world, Hell, who I credit H. P. Lovecraft for the inspiration. I am not asking a question about any of Lovecraft's published worlds. Inspired by *The Whisperer in Darkness* I have contrived [a Hell](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/224764/what-can-run-the-condensers-on...
[Question] [ So I’m tryna think of the most practical shape/design for a mobile medical robot. In my world [a high-tech space-faring society] they are used since a machine can withstand a lot more environments than a human can, and they are not susceptible to biological or chemical contamination. Anyways, I’m not...
[Question] [ **Sword and knife fighting: overview** * Dual fighting w/sword & dagger (military knife) * Sword is used for range and additional strike power (swords are relatively larger and heavier and should therefore hit harder than daggers) * Dagger is used for close-quarters (AKA up-close-and-personal) combat, as...
[Question] [ As explored in my [last question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/200042/designing-invincible-armour), my sci-fi civilisation have figured to make a functional suit of armour out of invincible unobtainium. However, they find themselves facing another problem - a suit of unbreakable plat...
[Question] [ **This question already has answers here**: [Sci-Fi weapon that can kill people through armor, but doesn't damage starship hulls?](/questions/181567/sci-fi-weapon-that-can-kill-people-through-armor-but-doesnt-damage-starship-hu) (24 answers) Closed 3 years ago. There are plenty of modern or slight...
[Question] [ I need to know if this is possible, and if so, what kind of wing to use. I've thought of placing the wings on or behind the shoulders, and having hollow bones. The cat itself is no bigger then a pet cat because of weight. The cat is a hunter who needs to move fast. Songbirds and squirrels are prime targe...
[Question] [ In the story I'm creating, a major weapon type of humanity will be Antimatter based weaponry. This is a fairly new technology, as antimatter production facilities have just reached the size and capacity to realistically produce the stuff in necessary quantities to use. I know that energy-density wise, an...
[Question] [ The setting and technology level is late Medieval to early Renaissance. I have a character who possess the ability to create and manipulate flames, however, the power comes with a single drawback - notably, said character requires *fuel* in order to sustain the flames for any given length of time. Once c...
[Question] [ The Ice Mages of a world I'm crafting can create constructs made from ice. Now, a master Ice Mage might be able to do fun things with his construct like project them in showers of ice shards, but learning to do that takes time, effort, and skill. It's unlikely a small village would have someone who can d...
[Question] [ Specific situation question: I have a ship with a 'whipple' shield consisting of 5cm of titanium (or a material similar to it) spaced about 50 meters away from the main hull (which is itself pretty durable, with a much lighter whipple shield to protect from sand-grain size impacts), and that shield gets ...
[Question] [ When gods descend to the mortal plane, they must inhabit specially built bodies in order to maintain their presence and hold their aethereal energies. These bodies are built in the aethereal realm with Godtech and made in the image of a human being. Since the essence of a God is so large, the smallest th...
[Question] [ > > When they started dropping from the skies.. or no, they landed. They were so similar to us, yet so different. Like nothing we would've ever designed or created - but so much like *everything* > > > Eyewitness account, 2 weeks after 'The Event' --- For first-encounter project I am working on, my v...
[Question] [ In my book series (link [here](http://sites.google.com/site/weaselworldofficialsite)), Aurea (a planet based on Byzantine Anatolia) is conquered by a group called the Tatians, who have access to technology that would not be out of place in Star Wars (faster-than-light space travel, holograms, orbital bom...
[Question] [ My kingdom has 2 entrances in a hilly field by the ocean shore, comprising over 100 acres. The entrances are the size of a road and can carry carts up and down tunnels leading 12 stories underground to a large city. The city has thousands of people housed in caverns, and this city supports an army of 400...
[Question] [ In Warlords Europa is a semi-independent world who's surface is dominated by ice mining companies or colonies dug into the ice, but below the ice thrives the "Hanging Cities" affectionately named Atlantis. I'm my head the city would look like a massive dome built encasing the opening to a mile diameter l...
[Question] [ I'm working on a story about another dimension of this same Earth but without the same human development and history. The land and natural conditions would be the same except for the ones directly affected/created by humans. In this dimension, I want a human society living IN tree cities (cities created ...
[Question] [ High-Magic world. What sort of rules could be put in place to nip the pesky infinite energy teleportation problem from happening? Currently the rules I have are: * Large mana use / long cooldown * Short distance only (under 5 miles) * Can only be done from a higher elevation to a lower elevation * Pressu...
[Question] [ In my book I'm writing one half of the island is littered with city-states. I was wondering who would be in power there and what type of government there may be. Here's some information that may help: The city-states are a good size, tentatively I say around 10,000. Most are on the coast but a few are i...
[Question] [ *Inspired by [this question](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/103481/inducing-a-solar-flare) from yesterday.* Solar flares can give off a large amount of radiation, but on Earth this is typically absorbed before it reaches anywhere but the poles, and even then only in very reduced quant...
[Question] [ The dominant society on my conworld is at a level of technological and scientific development not unlike our own, with minor differences here and there. Scientific standards are decided by Academy of Science (for want of a better translated term), and this includes the system of measurements, which in th...
[Question] [ Which natural conditions are needed to force the evolution to immortality? I've read on a page (I don't remember the page) that if the environment is safe, the animal would evolve to have a shorter lifespan and large amounts of offspring and if the environment is dangerous the animal would evolve to have...
[Question] [ **Context:** In my world, society has progressed to 2050-ish, a new nation rose on Greenland led by an aristocratic community called the "Grey". Numbering at 1000 or so, the grey is a group of highly intelligent, genetically enhanced (with slight improvement in brain power and longevity) religious devo...
[Question] [ I recently became interested in the concept of matriarchies, since they are nonexistent in world history. I started to wonder what set of circumstances would lead to it occurring, and came up with a hypothetical scenario I've discussed with some friends. I am curious to know what other people think of it...
[Question] [ One of my local TV stations re-broadcasted Rambo II last night and that got me thinking. That compound bow is really cool. It is relatively compact to carry around, because the limbs can be detached from the central handle part. Certainly less cumbersome than lugging a longbow around. The pulleys (o...
[Question] [ With quantum computer that can easily fits inside our can drinks and machine learning algorithm so advanced that we can easily fool all animals especially ourselves to tell the difference between what's real and what's illusion. In the future we can hug and pat holographic projections using invisible pre...
[Question] [ Assuming you had two cities, one of them an average real world City, and the other identical in every way, except that it's technology cannot advance beyond steam power (Cannot use combustion engines, guns, electricity, etc) And it has magic. These two different cities, both specialize in manufacturing a...
[Question] [ I'm creating a legal system without supreme court. Instead I want citizens who are ready to spend something like 40 hours a year learning about an area [agriculture, energy, transportation, finance etc] to be able to veto legislation in that particular area. The problem I have is allowing citizen justic...
[Question] [ Recently, I've been [struggling to create an avian race that evolved hands to replace its wings](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/48820/1971). The consensus on that question was that it was not evolutionarily realistic for the bones of a wing to rearrange into the bones of a hand. But then anoth...
[Question] [ So in a medieval based magic fantasy world, a town was established next to a river in a large forested area. Basic infrastructure and facilities are up. Suddenly, patrols found shadows flitting across the forest. It is theorized that they are giant wolves. How would a small town of 1000 people defend th...
[Question] [ I was thinking of a situation in which an Extra Terrestrial plant life form evolves a nervous system and eventually a brain. This plant diversifies into a variety of different life forms with some living in the water, some living on land, and some flying through the sky. It is able to move and its brain ...
[Question] [ This isn't exactly worldbuilding but honestly, I wouldn't know where else to ask it. The scenario goes as follows. In an utter cliché moment you get summoned by some wizards to help their country/world to a higher technological level than it currently is. The current level is in this case irrelevant but ...
[Question] [ If a human were cursed with the need to transform into a specific animal (*i.e.* a canine), would his DNA change after the transformation? I would appreciate help in answering this question. This is for research on a book I am in the process of writing. [Answer] Ignoring the physical/mechanical issues...
[Question] [ Is there any chemical that is biologically produced in humans, that when impregnated in hair follicles, produces green hair? If current keratin follicles cannot do that, pick another biochemical for hair follicles and try again... I assume that making new proteins, like Chlorophyll, is harder than impreg...
[Question] [ I've designed a world where dinosaurs have lived with humans since the advent of civilization. One thing that is key to the story is that they travel by rail a lot, mostly because that is one of the safer ways of traveling in this dangerous world. I have the gauge set to 20 ft to be able to transport had...
[Question] [ The [Mir](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir), [ISS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station), [Tiangong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiangong_space_station), [Skylab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab), the numerous [Salyut-missions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_programme)....
[Question] [ Imagine you have a world that is earthlike enough for humans (or nearly human-equivalent creatures) to exist on it, so naturally, this world also has a moon. I imagine the moon to be roughly the same size as the Earth's moon (since the planet this moon orbits is also roughly Earth-sized), but I have neve...
[Question] [ **This question asks for hard science.** All answers to this question should be backed up by equations, empirical evidence, scientific papers, other citations, etc. Answers that do not satisfy this requirement might be removed. See [the tag description](/tags/hard-science/info) for more information. Edit...
[Question] [ My story is an urban fantasy tale, set on an alternate Earth where every mythical humanoid that humanity ever thought was real, *is* in fact real, or at least used to be before going extinct. From vampires and werewolves to elves and dwarves to merfolk and minotaurs, they all came into being because at s...
[Question] [ The following is the map I am using for a D&D city I've named "Braedon". (It's just a map I found on google image search that I colored in.) ![Braedon](https://i.imgur.com/DjuyImb.png) I have established that this is a city with a "Puppet Government", whose figurehead is entirely controlled by warring ri...
[Question] [ *Disclaimer: this is a modified cross-post of [my post on the Space Exploration SE site](https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/46104/semi-feasible-alternates-to-silicon-electronics-for-a-von-neumann-probe?noredirect=1#comment150248_46104), adapted to better fit the Worldbuilding community.* A [Von Ne...
[Question] [ (Inspired by many other questions that I'm not going to try to list...) According to most sources I've seen, a "typical adult human" burns around 10-15 kcal/min while doing "strenuous" exercise. (Some sources may go as high as 25 kcal/min. Also, the number can increase depending on mass, so let's say we'...
[Question] [ Currently trying to create a religion that follows around a dozen God/Goddesses for several cultures based on medieval Catholic Europeans (11th century onwards). I have based the various deities roughly on those of ancient Greece/Rome with a Gaia/fertility goddess inspired head deity/mother of the gods a...
[Question] [ For my fantasy world, I want to prevent rapid modernization for as long as possible, yet have magic tools (or spells) exist that preform functions similar to modern technology (or even better than). How long can I (realistically) delay the widespread adoption of such innovations? By "magic tools", I just...
[Question] [ Most of the sunlight in a rainforest is intercepted by its canopy. Only about 2% of the light reaches the ground. How tall would a rainforest need to be to make it completely dark at ground level? Like the completely dark depths of the ocean. [Answer] It may not be possible with conventional plants al...
[Question] [ I know that copper has antifungal properties, but I'm not sure exactly how it works. So... How does it work exactly? If you were fighting some fungus monsters, would using a copper sword give you any advantage over fighting them with a regular sword? [Answer] No, the copper would not really enter the...
[Question] [ Let us assume that I built a dome on the moon's surface. That dome is pressurized and has nuclear-powered lights to deal with the long lunar night (or is in one of the poles). I also have water, either from the moon's lunar craters or from an icy asteroid gently landed on the surface and covered with som...
[Question] [ This is a follow up question to this older question: [How can I use my dominance of the software industry to get my customers to worship an eldritch abomination that they don't believe in?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/123087/) Hastur, the king in yellow, wants to cross over into the...
[Question] [ In this world human-like people have skin that is unbelievably difficult to cut through and I was wondering what biologically creatable material is flexible enough to act as skin but it also essentially impossible to penetrate with a medieval era spear. Same size as humans with a 30% threshold if you nee...
[Question] [ I have a type of coral that feeds off of bacteria that love bird feces (or something involving a bird species). It grows large rocky spires out of the water to create a habitat for birds. I need to know how high these spires can get realistically and if coral could even grow above the water's surface. * ...
[Question] [ I'm trying to create a new race of humanoids that are in appearance almost identical to humans with one exception: They have an extension of their spine protruding from their back, much like a tail. It would however be very long and be used similarly to a scorpion's tail, minus the poison. The way I envi...
[Question] [ So I recently had this bizarre idea on using Swarming Wasps as Bio-weapons. (I'm going to simply use Bio-engineered wasps instead of bees for sake of less confusion on what the swarm is of) The idea was to construct some kind of explosive [From a grenade, mine, trap,etc.] that contains pheromones to att...
[Question] [ So the heroes banded together, roamed the world, found new allies, amassed an army and set out to free their lands from the evil empire. And they succeeded! But what happens now? A lot of stories like go right up at the point where the good guys win and end there. Nice way to finish, but I've always wond...
[Question] [ The state in question exists in a pre-industrial world, which is separated from a parallel reality called The Warp by a thin barrier. This barrier protects the world from the denizens of The Warp and its corrupting influence. The Warp exists everywhere, in people's homes, where they work, etc. In certain...
[Question] [ My generation ship aliens have 2 thumbed hands. No, not the 2 thumbs on the same side that some humans have but the 2 thumbs on opposite sides. So it would be kind of like this: [![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMqHm.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HMqHm.jpg) Except more reptili...
[Question] [ This is an idea I've been toying with for some time. My idea is a human race where FTL is relatively easy, so colonization is widespread. Its not entirely wild frontier. Habitable worlds are identified and a "Citadel" is constructed. Basically a building that is large enough to house the initial populati...
[Question] [ This would be for a medieval/steampunk type tech level. I have a set of soldiers in my book that I want to have wearing mirrored armor and I'm curious if that is at all explainable with real world application? Would it be possible to create armor with a mirror like substance? Or would it need to be simpl...
[Question] [ If force fields haven't been invented and ships must be able to deploy and return too fast for doors, how might a capital ship be able to protect its hangar from space debris and opposing fighters [Answer] The most sensible way would be to avoid having an internal dock altogether. IF a capital ship ne...
[Question] [ On our own world, following the fall of the dinosaurs, mammals became the dominant class. This was caused by a cluster of factors, such as the rapidly changing temperatures and their ability to adapt. No matter *how* they became the dominant life forms, they *are*; this makes me wonder could birds become...
[Question] [ In questions I have asked about the [afterlife](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/47181/how-can-i-scientifically-explain-the-afterlife) and [gods](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/25899/anatomically-correct-gods), it seems that the simplest solution of explaining these ar...
[Question] [ A staple of science fiction is substances like 'durasteel' or 'tritanium', which, through generally unexplained means, have vastly superior material qualities when compared to conventional materials. Other common materials for constructing sci-fi vehicles and structures out of are heavy, stable elements,...
[Question] [ There are a few other similar questions. The answers mostly point out downfalls as to why this wouldn't work. In this question I try to address these downfalls, hoping to patch (not necessarily totally fix) the system. I am interested in how balanced you think this system is. Are there are other shortcom...
[Question] [ Many scifi stories feature a vast interstellar empire that spans more worlds and races than a single being could hope to visit in a lifetime. These empires, in many cases, are highly centralized and have an all-powerful emperor who delegates power to military leaders who deal with the civilian government...
[Question] [ *As part of a series of questions that I've been doing about microscopic humanoids ...* In my world , there are a race of microscopic humanoid organisms ( 0.2 mm - 0.22 mm ) . They live in a variety of biomes , such as leaf litter , stone , and on plants and trees. My questions is - Would weapons such as...
[Question] [ > > "From the rumours, it seems this world is cursed. I don't have trouble > believing this, our sky is darkened by a permanent smoke. It is said > that behind this smoke used to be the biggest fireball anyone has ever > seen. Stories say that a powerful magician created it hundred of years > ago to...
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[Question] [ I'm going for the ultimate in world building here: Creating a whole new star. I have a race that's about a [Type II civilization](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#Type_II) (as per the Kardashev scale). The important thing here is that they're capable of building megastructures, such as a Deat...
[Question] [ The land of Koyokuni has been depopulated of people and their domesticated animals for many years, and had been sown with ergot spores, venomous insects, large, aggressive venomous birds and even magical combat automata programmed to kill any intruders, but those sowing the land with these area denial me...
[Question] [ I have designed a planet's landmasses and now am wondering where the tectonic plates would be. I understand this is backwards to the popular method of tectonics-first, but I wanted to design how the planet looked rather than hoping the long and tedious simulation method would result with my desire. Let m...
[Question] [ On my worlds of Earth, Ruquelis and Ersutiabu, there are three sexes relevant to this question, Men (XY male), Women (XX female) and Lilim (LX female), where X, Y and L are sex chromosomes. Lilim are effectively women with elongated, taloned feet and batlike wings with which they can fly (magically-assis...
[Question] [ It seems like civilizations that used the atlatl usually switched to a different melee weapon, so the atlatl and its darts were more exclusively ranged weapons. If I am designing a civilization that uses atlatls, could they possibly use the atlatl (thrower) as a smaller weapon in itself? Would this make ...
[Question] [ There is a popular movie trope of the near-total elimination of a sex (often male) because of a virus/a plague. This got me wondering : How would such a virus work? I'm not sure if it would be possible, but I had one idea: the virus would mainly attack those with a high amount of testosterone, thus makin...