Questions tagged [science-based]
For questions that require plausible (better than suspension-of-disbelief) answers based on Real World science that are not necessarily constrained to the known limits of Real World science. Contrast with the hard-science, science-fiction and internal-consistency tags. This tag may not be used alone. This tag may not be used with the science-fiction, hard-science, or internal-consistency tags.
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Are there one or two science-based/natural occurences that could rationalize the circumstances of my story?
Here are the conditions of my story:
A group of people (Group A) has become trapped on an island.
Something occurs ("The Event") that forces Group A to abandon the island.
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Can a plasma thruster (using water as fuel) bring a crewed vessel from Titan to Enceladus orbit in 30 days or less?
So I've been worldbuilding a hard-ish setting in the Saturn system (science-based in Worldbuilding's terminology). I am looking for an engine that could be a good, durable and cheap workhorse that ...
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What physical changes to the mouth would cause problems with articulation?
I’m sorry if this is not worded well, this is my first time asking a question.
The (human) character I’m asking about has elongated canines similar to that of classic vampire teeth. It’s important to ...
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Is it possible for a Mercury-type planet to form in lieu of an asteroid belt where one would normally form?
I am aware that the reason why we have an asteroid belt instead of a planet between Mars and Jupiter is because Jupiter stole most of the mass in that region (including some mass that would have ...
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What would the g-force be at the end of a rotating skyhook? [closed]
I'm talking about something like this:
With a rotating skyhook similar to this, but slightly more advanced, the kind where the tip "slows" down enough so that it is stationary relative to ...
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Energy released by the sudden appearance of an alien obelisk?
In the not-too distant future, mysterious obelisks made of unobtainium begin to materialise around the world. They do not fall from space, but appear suddenly; teleporting into seemingly random ...
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Why build an industrial space station in close solar orbit?
For a somewhat hard science-fiction setting, set roughly around the 24th century, I had envisioned an industrial space station in close solar orbit (closer than Mercury at least).
However, I started ...
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How big can a kaiju get before square cube law starts being a bum [closed]
So I like kaiju's and stuff and I know they cannot exist in real life due to energy demands, and the square cube law. I know I can get around the energy problem with a way to generate anti matter/...
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How could EMPs be used as a phase in hybrid warfare?
I'm writing fiction about an attack where an EMP (delivered by drone for the first phase) renders electronics inoperable, allowing armed forces equipped with shielding and not relying on electronics ...
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Consequences of a no i quantum mechanics+3d time universe on human technology [closed]
I would like to start writing writing, and write in the same sort of framework as a variety of Greg Egan stories, that is, internally consistent frameworks of physics that probably aren't true but ...
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Could we have sumatra but bigger? [closed]
The problem is the following: I've created a world first based on vibes with geography that "looked" good but without much thought behind. As I continued making the world though, I've fell ...
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At what speed does the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation become lethal
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Far future humanity has set its sight on widespread inter-galactic colonization. Due to advancements in a variety of technologies, the ability to move at an arbitrarily high fraction of the ...
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What is the most humane way to kill humans for meat?
On the world of Ruquelis, about which I have written many times before, there are three sexes, Men, Women and Lilim. Long in the past, the lilim were afraid that their biology was such that women ...
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What is the plausibility of living continent-like superstructures? Pt 1
Let’s say, there is a habitable moon with life, orbiting around a gas giant. The moon is a small body, about 0.7 Earth masses, so it has a low gravity. But I don’t know how it is going to hold all of ...
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If the sun were to be replaced with an equivalent mass neutron star, how long would it take for deep-sea life to be affected?
I'm assuming that total energy input onto the Earth would remain the same, so temperature fluctuations shouldn't be extremely relevant here. I think having the neutron star at 1 solar mass would do ...
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