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"pedals, how can musculature rotate the wheels? **Note** The bicycleness is due to",
"effectively the wheels, when fully developed, shed any living tissue and become exposed",
"become exposed bone. The juvenile forms have the wheel-bones encased in flesh. They",
"encased in flesh. They locomote by a different... |
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"moon\" combination resulting in a different colored sky. That is the only requirement.",
"three together) * Black (All new moons) I came across this amazing [calendar",
"and Red together) * Orange (Red and Yellow together) * White (All three",
"the colors, so it's important to keep the calendar to eight mont... |
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"the brutal heat for example. If you need me to clarify anything, let",
"course it's very obvious that blue stars are insanely hot and would boil",
"miraculously met, like ways to combat the intense UV rays emitted and the",
"with just the right adaptations and fiddling, could there, *theoretically*, be a way... |
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"modifications to prevent it growing it’s own brain). Since the brain and the",
"anything to go by, within ten days. So, then I considered having the",
"into an donated body, then said body’s immune system will attack it and",
"if you simply chucked a brain into an donated body, then said body’s",
"therefor... |
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"significantly. The planet is orbited by 3 moons, all 3 are much smaller",
"primarily nitrogen and oxygen with notable amounts of carbon dioxide. (Similar to earths",
"active. The planet is about 1.25 the size of earth. The planet has",
"to earths composition except with some extra carbon dioxide.) The surfac... |
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"has advanced to the point of Explorers and military personnel having small, vertebrate-sized",
"the base of the brainstem that act like high-power transmitters that send minds",
"the brainstem that act like high-power transmitters that send minds to cloning pods",
"by converting electrical signals produced b... |
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"I am leaning towards a reason involving radiation or something like that destroying",
"creating an electronic model of the neurone patterns in which all the information",
"the “soul” transferred rather than simply copied, the process has to destroy the",
"involves scanning the brain, cell by cell, and creati... |
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"this question came to mind when I was pondering the plausibility of space-dwelling",
"gets its energy from its host but it’s still unclear. This led me",
"nutrients through food or more complex like having a specialized mitochondria-like cell that",
"did some research and I came to the conclusion that living... |
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"a faint hum, and if they were powerful enough then there would be",
"main problems is the constant noise; an issue that seemed insurmountable until I",
"problems is the constant noise; an issue that seemed insurmountable until I discovered",
"or even millions of microscopic fans, so densely packed that they ... |
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"is paid for the value of the goods minus the environmental damage. If",
"and other externalities. It would be feasible in real life for government statisticians",
"to end, and to judge all the time whether one or another mode",
"want in the worldbuilding. There will be a complex, fallible, and annoying syste... |
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"magnetic field, not to mention cool off the surface somewhat, and then we",
"can muck about with converting the atmosphere to water with hydrogen, importing life",
"to Venus’ surface by ultra-strong nanotube cables. Each sail is tethered at an",
"planet’s rotation to 24 hours over time. 1 Would this system w... |
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"massive nitrogen ice freighter doing the sun-mars-titan loop, but a science probe might",
"just plain wouldn't fit, advanced hall-effect engines and fusion or solar power plants",
"**the best reaction mass mixture thereof**, considering where and how you get it,",
"doing the sun-mars-titan loop, but a scienc... |
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"the tungsten sphere formed. That's part of my pet projects, and I will",
"how the tungsten sphere formed. That's part of my pet projects, and I",
"side effects. For e.g. a core of uranium and other radioisotopes decaying and",
"\"Sun\", which means that it will radiate enough heat and light to keep",
"hot.... |
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"shouldn't even know they exist. Beside them and their government, the 'state', a",
"that created the [phase-gates](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/240718/how-to-store-and-release-vast-amounts-of-electricity-for-industrial-processes), [keidran](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/2... |
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"skills as an expert bowyer, fletcher, obsidian knapper and archer and her claim",
"acquire, that she is 11 years old, that it is likely that she",
"and that she does not typically wear either clothing or footwear during spring",
"and was thought to be a runaway, abandoned or feral child. Two blurry",
"with... |
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"myself, I would like to know some of the technical requirements. Apart from",
"not wanting to get ahead of myself, I would like to know some",
"of magnetic accelerator tube to direct the electron beam, what are the most",
"like to know some of the technical requirements. Apart from some form of",
"some man... |
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"bar opened in town. How would an elf describe to another elf how",
"the North Pole. This town is basically a Christmas-themed [Hidden Elf Village](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HiddenElfVillage). Obviously,",
"along the perimeter of the circle whose radius is the distance between you",
"on the ... |
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"may start to wonder why they are being charged for the support and",
"project, after the novelty of uplifting wears off, humans will have little incentive",
"problem: one of the main reasons for uplifting in science fiction is to",
"the poor enhanced dogs sounds great, there is an issue: these dogs may",
"... |
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"still in a region exposed to sunlight in a place with high latitude",
"these aren't entirely accurate). Now I'm working on a group in the same",
"they kept a diet of vitamin D and were still in a region",
"a group in the same world that are basically desert \"Vikings\". most of",
"group in the same world t... |
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"not days and days. Not enough time for military satellites to wonder what's",
"a civilian cargo ship. **Could the bad guys construct a floating platform that",
"onto a ship and fires them from sea. He can't use a naval",
"surface-to-air missile launchers or road-mobile ICBMs?** The requirements of this platf... |
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"context where downloading the brain of a person has or is about to",
"Fermi, Picasso and so on is surely enticing, the risk of having hundreds",
"has or is about to become possible, there is a problem looming at",
"and so on is surely enticing, the risk of having hundreds of Hitler,",
"looming at the horiz... |
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"1977 of the Gregorian calendar (the year George Lucas' masterpiece, *Star Wars*, was",
"this label includes sociopaths, psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists. When I say they kill",
"psychopaths, narcissists, and sadists. When I say they kill them, they use radioactivity,",
"them, they use radioactivity, bec... |
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"advanced as a typical sci-fi setting. They would range from 15th to 19th",
"by the moon having a thick atmosphere (or by giving the moon itself",
"Would it affect things like weather, magnetic devices like compasses, electricity, or even",
"is my first post on this site! Please let me know if I",
"magnetic... |
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"receiving the injury and receiving basic first aid. 'None' is an acceptable answer",
"his body and were not removed during treatment of the injury. Obviously, once",
"injury and receiving basic first aid. 'None' is an acceptable answer if *any*",
"reason for non-removal and why it has not resulted in loss of... |
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"of the area where the tree or trees are located. **How large would",
"how far would the reach be that others in the outskirts (let’s say",
"with its oxygen production and how far would the reach be that others",
"5000 with the air of breathing apparatuses. For added context this is a",
"for the privilege o... |
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"of this material. But, these are very slow and normally the length of",
"so on, that's not the question. --- There are a lot of types",
"autonomy and so on, that's not the question. --- There are a lot",
"on its shape in order to have a really low radar cross-section. ---",
"fix that\". And decided to make... |
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"subatomic particle, can catalyze fusion reactions by attracting the atomic nuclei with a",
"protons aimed at a sheet of metal](https://accelconf.web.cern.ch/p01/PAPERS/TPAH144.PDF). However, I wonder if it is",
"atom which contains muons instead of electrons (I have already been considering a",
"muon sources... |
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"bonds of coöperation, not exploitation. This question was prompted by reading *Jervis R.",
"in the age of the steamship and telegraph, they forged bonds of coöperation,",
"under the security dilemma. World Polit. 30:167–214* which says that one of the",
"causes of coöperation is when defensive weapons outmat... |
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"safety record so far, and any habitable world being too good a target",
"the ship (I'll have to think of a name for it at some",
"propulsion (a lightsail-equipped spacecraft being boosted and then decelerated by a powerful orbiting",
"roll around the ship and repair any damage from the interstellar medium du... |
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"reference of speed or are so astronomically large that they lose meaning. I",
"better-suited units of measure I could use? Necessary changes to them to make",
"decided not to use km/s or km/h as that would result in numbers",
"reader. I decided not to use km/s or km/h as that would result",
"to use km/s or... |
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"minimize, this distinct weakness in their invisibility. **Given the rules I have laid",
"as you stay away from people and surfaces. ...Which makes *shoes* an extreme",
"make it possible for them to get rid of, or at least highly,",
"because the materials to enchant these things are rare. The quick, cheap and... |
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"simple but deadly weapon system: Metalstorm, Explosive Drones, Rockets, etc. Examples here: [](https://i.stack.imgur.com/zkub5.png) The Chupacabra is a legendary cryptid animal from North",
"Ganpe that killed livestock without eating them. Bloodsucking animals already exist in real",
"It is a strange bear-like or reptilian creature ... |
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"directly into anything else. To define what I'm referring to, because I don't",
"define what I'm referring to, because I don't actually know the correct terminology,",
"I said space-planes, I mean the Valkyrie's from Avatar, or the famous Space",
"ISVs. The Question ------------ This is a rather simple one, ... |
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"constantly to be lubricated with animal grease and, even then, (given the non-existence",
"6 inches. There may or may not be intermediate balls of gradually reducing",
"is that there is very little friction in a Newton's Cradle whereas the",
"pulleys, by strong operators, and the firing rate must be in the o... |
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"I am not putting in space habitats, but I would like some form",
"wanting to muck about with space habitats, therefore, I need an alternative source",
"mines and so on. The problem is, the main form of artificial gravity",
"energy to maintain, (although not ridiculous amounts), thus making it unfeasible for ... |
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"deluge/engine plume management system. In the expanse, one of the [concept arts](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/eaPrXw) shows",
"or landing infrastructure. ### Basic Rocket (launches straight up) The other category is",
"industrial amounts of cargo on and off the surface, how? Side-note --------- Sorry",
... |
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"that can use tools for them.* Since dolphins are aquatic, they model this",
"No piano playing or basketball for these guys. Another problem is that it",
"humans decide that rather than modify the dolphins to use tools, they should",
"tell zoologist to STOP #&\\*%ING PATRONISING THEM YES WE CAN JUGGLE BEACH B... |
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"form of cryoprotectant before his little space accident. What form should it be?",
"That is, what cryoprotectants could he naturally ingest with food and which will",
"[Is it possible for a human to be cryonically preserved in vacuum?](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/241442/is-it-possible-for... |
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"of fluid dynamics should be true of seawater as it is of wind.",
"do have currents, including predictable permanent currents. This got me thinking, could a",
"billow in the current and create a force that pulls it forwards? Thanks.",
"of wind. And the seas do have currents, including predictable permanent cu... |
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"their galaxies. I have seen some similar questions on here but the ones",
"universe has no FTL, warp drives, wormholes, quantum entanglement, vacuum energy and other",
"supermassive black hole enough to move it that way or use gravity to",
"for moving much smaller black holes. I am not sure if you can",
"i... |
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"a spell or magical ability someone had. The question is related to a",
"the ground that would create a small vacuum over a certain length of",
"I thought of while researching a bit about what happens to people in",
"on earth around someone would that person in the vacuum then sh\\*t their",
"so would it ha... |
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"has the ability to *not* match the orientation and velocity of the surface",
"wormhole approaches the ground, then cut or divert the gateway so you don't",
"around your gateway buildings to prepare for this 'recoil'? Assume the gateway is",
"pass through just as the wormhole approaches the ground, then cut o... |
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"by constant tidal flexing from the gas giant. It is half the mass",
"constant tidal flexing from the gas giant. It is half the mass of",
"akin to prehistoric Mars, its geological activity having been maintained by constant tidal",
"planet affects its surface gravity, could it still experience surface gravity... |
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"activity. Its heavily eroded surface is relatively uniform with no mountain ranges or",
"a group of people are attempting to turn an earth-sized exoplanet into a",
"a long story short, a group of people are attempting to turn an",
"to cut a long story short, a group of people are attempting to",
"from old ... |
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"to a velocity greater than the escape velocity. Their main ship just took",
"rate at which aexels are flowing towards the clumps increases. Once the rate",
"**Does my fictional system of physics obey the three constraints I have listed",
"of light and loops that move back and forth in some alternating fashio... |
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"does have a large number of volcanoes of varying sizes and levels of",
"a large number of volcanoes of varying sizes and levels of activity. This",
"volcanoes would be a sign of) as a source of energy. Their drilling",
"the heat from shallow chambers. All their power needs—electricity and heat—are met geothe... |
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"the continents and made the planet habitable. Hooray! BUT, when they look up",
"terraformers designing New Earth have completed the continents and made the planet habitable.",
"view of the night sky is entirely different. So, given that the inhabitants",
"this question: [Creating a second earth: How to make ... |
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"\"low-cost\" (it's a non-monetary world), and \"small size\" (I'm talking about a vessel",
"with the primary goals of low cost, small size and long duration.\"* –",
"create forward movement from this up-down motion. This [PDF](https://web.archive.org/web/20170810055753/https://www.ifremer.fr/lpo/gliders/donnee... |
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"that of chordates, which would be hard to overcome because...well it works. There",
"enough to have a society. This is because when cephalopods breed a hormonal",
"are relatively recent evolutions, appearing in the fossil record 55mya after the KT",
"because when cephalopods breed a hormonal kill switch is a... |
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"a three-star general corresponded to a corps, four star general to a field",
"next higher rank (e.g., in a force of 10 million personnel, if a",
"but I am not familiar with their etymology nor their role in military",
"also wondering whether fundamental doctrinal shifts would happen in military organization ... |
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"> engineer who invented anti-spalling net, which was the only thing > between",
"interceptor floated adrift, otherwise without any > radio-signature. The jellyfish-like leviathan of lashing",
"explosion), a nondescript tank of reaction mass (water), and a thick anti-spalling net,",
"both of them being > shre... |
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"but hunt on the surface * Live in hive like structures. When a",
"threat. How fast should monster be able to multiply and expand in order",
"monsters, where smaller ones develop and mature faster than bigger ones. * Cust",
"humans that comes their way * Posses enough intelligence to successfully hunt in",
... |
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"high-tech civilisation is looking to terraform Venus. This will first involve accelerating its",
"taken for the surface to cool down, quite simply, will. So, what are",
"Venus. This will first involve accelerating its rotation from 243 days to 24",
"This will first involve accelerating its rotation from 243 ... |
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"doesn't seem like that large an excess supply should have been created for",
"have reached a roughly even level, nearly as much mana is being used",
"naturally become a commodity, to be bought and sold using some other currency.",
"about creating a [stable economy](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/que... |
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"that the universe is a computerised simulation has led governments to found a",
"story set in a dystopian future, where the discovery that the universe is",
"incarcerating those responsible for using it. Just a reality check here: if a",
"simulation has led governments to found a “Reality Guard”; an elite de... |
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"in an accident when he was younger. He hides the stump under his",
"much smaller than human feet. Does Xolg need a tail to balance? I'm",
"jacket to avoid being embarrassed by having a short tail. Humans can walk",
"sure in nature the tail has another purpose, but when the creature stands",
"He hides the s... |
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"tall, and the faeries have wings and can fly. Fire-breathing flying wyrms. Dryads,",
"research on unwilling human subjects is illegal. In my world, around nineteen years",
"lamias with serpentine tails, water-breathing merfolk. Elves, gnomes, pixies and faeries that range",
"and nereids. Flying lilim with wi... |
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"as a generalization, looking at what a possible future ICF reactor does and",
"Kit infected with a retrovirus that is part of the [Keidran genetics program](https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/240715/how-to-make-chocolate-safe-for-keidran-basically-dog-people).",
"inciting event is a malfunction ... |
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"rings like a gas giant? Naturally they would not be made of ice,",
"this planet had a small moon which broke up, could the debris form",
"planet had a small moon which broke up, could the debris form a",
"if this planet had a small moon which broke up, could the debris",
"ice, but if this planet had a smal... |
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"(to keep things like melee weapons more balanced), but also be more industrial.",
"balanced), but also be more industrial. I'm justifying it by the simple idea",
"like melee weapons more balanced), but also be more industrial. I'm justifying it",
"Feel free to use any kind of tech from anywhere up to the",
... |
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"the giants without exploding under the pressure. The only successful attempts are giant-loaded",
"Would it be possible to make a sling for giants? Are there size",
"for giants? Are there size limitations to the projectile/ropes? And would it make",
"maybe not as good as a human, but as long as the object",
... |
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"not including creating new food. I would like to expand this further. By",
"supports and thrusters, tell me. Basically, as the very beginning of my question,",
"would like to expand this further. By comfortably, I mean with enough space",
"Rotating, obviously, to create artificial gravity. But I will welcome... |
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"1000 years in the future, wants to build spaceships to go into deep",
"story were an AI, 1000 years in the future, wants to build spaceships",
"am writing a story were an AI, 1000 years in the future, wants",
"of technology ceased. The AI is stranded in the moon, but it can",
"to them, and to many at the s... |
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"& PLANT COLOR ft. Worldbuilding](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9MNC45Jr6Q&ab_channel=Artifexian) Notes / Artifexian * 2a. [Script w/ Sources](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LxroJkoyy02A2yWra2z8fmcvYJMbX54X3Tl0Jv33poE/edit)",
"Assuming the skies are clear of suspended particles, what color should they be"... |
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"help with error control. One problem is to figure out how their time",
"photons to help with error control. One problem is to figure out how",
"themselves immortal by uploading themselves into the cosmic background radiation. These light creatures",
"error control. One problem is to figure out how their time... |
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"a lot around the planets? After all, deep sea has more pressure, therefore",
"as well). Space craft could be explained by some king of magnetic shield",
"pressure) that humans can breathe and survive in open space. I would like",
"space. I would like to use real world physics as much as possible,",
"be exp... |
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"behind the scenes. This is achieved by threatening them with orbital bombardment (or",
"and his cohorts run things from behind the scenes. This is achieved by",
"of a western nation from earth, with a prime minister and a parliament.",
"country?\" This country's government is in the style of that of a wester... |
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"is mass x acceleration, which doesn't reflect weight. So would a large sword",
"weapon that would normal be a bit too unwieldy and heavy without the",
"or am I mistaken somewhere? The only thing I can think of is",
"weight. So would a large sword with reduced weight but the same mass",
"of force when swung... |
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"doesn't have to be a gene. A long-lasting pharmacological intervention would work for",
"long-lasting pharmacological intervention would work for the plot, though a short-lasting one (a",
"they do alter people biologically in some way that makes alcohol not a",
"I'm writing a dystopia where the authoritarian... |
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"the other nations will band together against the US like they did against",
"they would travel to sometime between 1500 and 1800 AD but I don't",
"1500 and 1800 AD but I don't know enough specific history to get",
"sometime between 1500 and 1800 AD but I don't know enough specific history",
"military](http... |
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"fried by flares. Some found habitable pockets to cling to life within as",
"habitable pockets to cling to life within as the world literally crumbled around",
"around them. They thought they could claim the stars as gods, and the",
"still on board is pretty much guaranteed. But I want to know how",
"Earths... |
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"that there isn’t one. How can I keep this giant shell spinning at",
"demands huge quantiles of energy. Any civilisation that could produce this much energy",
"out) we seeded nanotech into the atmosphere, where it converted the carbon dioxide",
"soil is dumped on the layer, water is dumped on the rock, top",
... |
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"not sure of some of it's specification. Things like weight and mobility, and",
"component of a story I'm writing and I'm still not sure of some",
"resembling an arthropod.](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d4Tll.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/d4Tll.jpg) The commissioned mech-tank hybrid, pictured above, is a core co... |
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"come up with ideas for space launch without rockets for this sci-if project,",
"been trying to come up with ideas for space launch without rockets for",
"instead have the *occupants* go up and down? Here’s the idea: the ship",
"I have been trying to come up with ideas for space launch without",
"not have t... |