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Sending small objects 10 minutes into the future using quantum entanglement
- tdimes
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(How) would we detect a passing-by relativistic object?
- xpell
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Decelerating warp drives: How to detect them?
- Smattering
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Boron-nitrogen life with ammonia solvent: abundance and environment
- KristijanT
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Stratified gravitational constant system for Star Trek fanfiction
- Ryuu
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FTL, avoiding time travel issues?
- justsomeguy
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Making an electricity-powered superhero character scientifically realistic
- choopie
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The correct usage of self driving cars in SF
- Czcibor
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Equations for time machine with parallel universe transmission
- Vitaly Verlov
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The Darth Vader/Dr. Doom Builder Book List
- Khatti
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How would light appear when crossing between normal and slow time zones?
- AlanMC
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How can the lift produced by animal wings be calculated?
- Necronox
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Anthropomorfic Fundamental Forces
- BalcaenDimitri
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What is the role of realistic physics in military science fiction writing?
- Kyuuketsuki
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Parallel computing, AIs and the cloud
- Czcibor
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Radioactive Decay: Alien Element Unstable Isotope
- Ogi
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Megaengineering time machines for advanced civilizations
- Artribution
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Planet with mass imbalance oscillating near tidal lock
- DET
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Time-travel company brings back the deceased for 24 hours
- skujesco2014
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Checking astronomy dialogue about tidal disc instability and Neptune
- DHF
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Consequences of denser atmosphere on Earth-like planet
- Czcibor
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Looking for assistance on writing project
- UKDisasters
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Properties of X Element for Sci-Fi Story Writing
- Ogi
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Stealthy Orbital Re-Entry for Combined Arms Warfare
- johnandersoni
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Ship to ship combat with an unknown invader
- novaprime
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Sweet Spots in Gravity Wells for the purposes of fiction
- Grarr McGrarr
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Transmission rate of grey goo across the universe
- newjerseyrunner
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Underground biosphere, what can be the possibilities?
- GTOM
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What animals are good example of natural enemy in PA setting
- Graw
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What Political System Best Suits a Rebuilding Society on a Distant Planet?
- Czcibor
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Genesis Drive physics and lunar colony placement for sci-fi world
- Durakken
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Future time measurement units for a tidal locked exoplanet
- Czcibor
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How long would it take to travel to Eris?
- Karl Coryat
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Proton-proton fusion engine for 40-year Alpha Centauri voyage
- DHF
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Speed of 72 kg person falling 287 meters
- Neil B
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A realistic mine turned in to an underground city
- Czcibor
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Shadows on an icy moon in a binary star system
- Ogi
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Making a murder weapon from frozen blood for a crime story
- Sciolet
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What is good time for Earth to begin new evolutionary cycle?
- Graw
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Total security communication system
- Czcibor
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How would Earth look like without life in 1000 years?
- Graw
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Need assistance with orbital dynamics questions
- Kkelloww
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The longevity of man-made objects and structures
- leroyjenkens
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What could you tell me about this planet?
- cbrons
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Properties of a fictional super element/metal
- cbrons
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Using a time gradient region in a sci-fi novel
- Zmunk
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Can closed wing aircraft take off as hydrofoil
- Czcibor
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Speed, acceleration, distance, time question
- texasman1979
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Is this idea remotely possible in the distant future?
- Zeedr
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Logistics of Lasers as Weapons in SF
- Hello_Jack
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How to change the earth's atmosphere to chlorine based?
- scifiwriter88
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World-building for fantasy story
- UKDisasters
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Planet w/ various atmospheres/colors/suns?
- petey0707
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Feasibility of hiding a colony within NGC 6543.
- krsnik
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How can we protect against laser weapons in future warfare?
- Khashishi
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Could energy shields like those in Star Wars novels be real?
- dontbearrogant
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Could Genetics Enable a World Where Only Women Reproduce?
- jk22
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What tools and industries are hardest to rebuild on a new colony?
- jimmylegss
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Habitable zone for binary star systems
- dbaezner
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Fictional physics for consistent sci-fi worldbuilding
- Jeff Rosenbury
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Complex Genetics: 15 Possible Alleles for Height Priority
- caters
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Weak points of a hollowed asteroid superweapon with mining shafts
- GTOM
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Breaking through Kain, the legacy of Kain vampire
- Physics quest
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Ground effect for blended wing body turboprop planes
- Czcibor
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Best planetary composition for flight
- slarty
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The Aesthetics of impossible or unreal physical phenomena
- Riccardo Lardi
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Telescope probes and warp track
- Durakken
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How to quickly survey an exoplanet before colonization?
- Czcibor
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Creating a character with a PhD in theoretical physics by age 24
- Durakken
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Can Magnetic Beams Enable Faster Space Travel?
- caesartherome
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Physics-Friendly Super-Speedster
- The Great Hippo
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Can Aliens Perceive Time as a Dimension?
- hatfair
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Writing fiction, steam power, hydrogen internal combustion engine
- lesah
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I want to pour a Sol sized bucked of water on the sun
- evictor480
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Overpowered technology and Murphy's law
- BluePepper
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Advice needed about rocket performances
- Dr Wu
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Killing Earth with a cosmic flashlight
- AmoebaMan
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Designing a Fantasy World - physics advice needed
- CordaHed
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Dense exoplanet atmosphere, choice zeppelin vs. plane
- Czcibor
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Girl Hit Wall with 110 lbs Force After "Falling" Sideways
- Jenifer
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Designing a breathable liquid atmosphere for a sci-fi world
- Duckwagon
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Could You Avoid Objects Traveling at Near Speed of Light?
- bballwaterboy
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Dynamic Casimir effect drag on reflective starship hulls at relativistic speeds
- dbmorpher
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Planet with dense neon atmosphere and streams of CO2
- Czcibor
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Can an exomoon stay permanently in the shadow of a gas giant?
- thursdaypostal
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Split someone into Subatomic Particles?
- Mynameiscommon
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Can a Dragon Direct Lightning If It Can't Create an Opposite Charge?
- RJ Ashby
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Does a Jerrycan Full of Oil Float or Sink?
- Pidah Kloos
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Magnetosphere and space dust problems
- AotrsCommander
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Hard SF spacecraft designs: cargo ship, battleship, and fighter
- GTOM
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Laser-sail interstellar travel with 1g acceleration to Epsilon Indi
- Chinspinner
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Gravitational assist through a binary neutron star system
- Iulian Ionescu
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How to get really deep depresion on an exoplanet?
- Czcibor
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Would a floating ocean in Earth's sky crush someone entering it from below?
- Bruno Carbone
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Brand New Elements in the Same Old Universe
- Khatti
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Properties of a supernatural element?
- cbrons
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A Space Ship with 3 main power sources
- Tony Montana
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Physically plausible explanation for artificial supernova
- Prospero1
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Theoretically, how much energy would it take for a wormhole
- The Un-Observer
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