Sci-Fi Writing and World Building Forum

What Are the Possible Connections Between Magnetic Monopoles and Acupoints?

Is a play script the right format?

Can a planet maintain a stable polar orbit around its star?

How would one publish a non-mathematical theory?

Could large organisms on a nutrient-poor world be inflatable?

Closing the writing loop, again with thanks

Skinsuit acceleration limits in space for a flying brick character

Open Titanium Case w/ Steel Pins: Advice Needed

Can Flying Ships Defy Inertia and Make Instant 90-Degree Turns?

Tethered aircraft lifting power, low gee world

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SF code cracking vs real mathematics

Is it possible to move a black hole?

Causing periodic storm events on a fictional planet

Projection Maps for Alien World Navigation

Gravitational wave source triangulation

My inspirational epic -- Enjoy, correct and criticize to your heart's content

Weak Force Weapon Effects on Wall Elements

RF shielding to keep signals inside

Can Humans Metabolize Alien Life Forms on a Colonized Ocean World?

How many stars and planets could be catalogued within 100 parsecs by 2100?

Is Venus the key to economic success in our solar system?

Can Tiny Planetoids with High Density Retain an Argon-Oxygen Atmosphere?

Closing the writing loop, with thanks

How Do HEU and LEU Reactors Differ in Performance and Cost?

How the mass of a planet affects the evolution of life on that planet

Effect of time dilation on a satellite

Would a portable railgun make a lot of noise?

How would you adapt the laws of physics for two dimensions of time?

Evolving animals in a sci-fi D&D kingdom with accelerated time

Radioactivity-Warmed "Rogue" Planet

Could mushrooms be the key to sustainable living on Mars?

Can a humanoid alien race have combustible blood?

Could a colonized planet lack sulfur and charcoal for gunpowder?

A Structure or Material that can withstand a million years on Earth?

Real-world alternatives to sci-fi energy shields

How Would Earth Handle Alien Money?

What Is Logical To Trade Across Interstellar Distances?

Is there an intermediate material for matter/antimatter?

Using compressed space as a propulsion system in sci-fi

Creating Humanoid Alien Sci-Fi: Oxygen Trade-Offs

What's Worth Fighting For And The Logical Conclusion Of All Conflict

How Would Universal Responsibility Affect Global Outcomes in 2020?

Plausibility of sci-fi worlds: asteroid storms, binary planets, three-star systems

Trouble with fluid thermodynamics and nuclear thermal rockets

Scifi Starship Energy Harnessed Seems Massive

How Long Would Scifi Space Travel Really Take?

Giant Rocket Plume - Nuclear Saltwater Rocket Concept Discussion

I Think High Casualty Scifi Battles Are Unrealistic

What hull shapes work for high-thrust starships?

Why anti-gravity mass throwers beat anti-matter weapons in sci-fi combat

Can Antimatter Bombs Cause Explosive Destruction?

What effect would accelerated electrons have in the air?

Math/Physics Guidance for Sci-Fi Story Plot Element

Should humanoid aliens reproduce like humans or differently?

Best Raw Propellant Sources For A Scifi Spaceship

Expensive Quality VS Cheap Quantity Space Battles

Necessary Starship Jobs VS Optional Specialized Jobs

The Effect Of Biological Immortality On Technology And Society

How Fast Could a Saturn 5 Rocket Travel in Outer Space with FTL Mechanics?

Unobtanium trade: what materials could aliens want from Earth?

How Can Science and Physics Contain Fusion Ignition?

Fastest Nonmanned Spacecraft Possible?

What Would A World With Life and Vinegar Oceans Be Like?

Can Winged Humanoids Realistically Exist on Other Planets?

How Would The Manifestation Of The Internet Behave?

Which Scifi Alien Would You Rather Work With If You Had a Choice?

Technical term for this material structure?

How Hyperspace Time Variances Could Affect Commerce

Stationary spaceship between Earth and Mars, and how long Mars takes to cross your window

Can increasing the speed of light lead to more efficient photon rockets?

How society changes if everyone gets one random superhuman ability

What Fictional Alien Concepts interest You the Most?

What happens if I speed up an Apollo group asteroid?

What If Humanity Lost Anger and Sadness for a Year?

What if the Earth would have spin around itself twice as it's speed?

What Are the Essential Experiments for Studying a New Planet?

Can a cured patient's blood sample be enough to recreate a vaccine?

How to infer sky and landscape colors on alien worlds from star type and atmosphere

How far are we from these milestones/technologies?

Need a cancer to fit a fictional plot

Could a Martian solar storm help prisoners escape a remote colony?

Living in the Groombridge 34 system on a moonmoon

Could an Interstellar Gas Planet Heat its Moon Without Fusion Ignition?

Can powered armor use metal hydrides for dual power and waste recycling?

Nuclear explosions in deep space

The Great Physicists' Road Trip by Ms. Rachel C. Millison

How Does Mining Affect the Gravity of a Hollowed-Out Planet?

Do big ships perform better than smaller vessels in space warfare?

How can characters interact in a timeless space without implying time's passage?

Can the Infinity Stones inside the sun control gamma rays and create anomalies?

Can a human and an ammonia-based alien coexist?

Could Boarding Action in Space be a Reasonable Strategy for Capturing a Ship?