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New Idea/Twist for a Time Travel-Like Story
- Jarvis323
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Why build a Dyson sphere when you could use a hollow planet core
- Whipley Snidelash
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Which of these technologies would be hard to do in Star Wars?
- Maximum7
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All science fiction movies are wrong
- Lars278
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What would teleportation sound like?
- leroyjenkens
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Time Travel -- The Flash or Avengers:Endgame?
- FireAP
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Roswell and the aliens invading since
- gabriel alexander
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Phil Dick's Warnings About Building Robots in Our Own Image
- gabriel alexander
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What happens after we explore everything?
- dsaun777
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Is the Protagonist Reading Hawking to Understand Quantum Physics in Fantasy?
- sayetsu
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Redesigning K.I.T.T. for turbo boost jumps without hull damage
- Whitestar
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Any Analog (Formerly Astounding) Readers?
- dkotschessaa
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In that Twilight Zone episode with the bookworm bank teller, why is--
- Eclair_de_XII
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Does Wakanda technology come from aliens, and why hasn't it solved everything?
- Secan
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What's going on with mining carbon from the atmosphere?
- Khatti
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Netflix series DARK - Taking Sci-Fi Writing to a New Level
- FourEyedRaven
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Weapons of the future in Sci-Fi
- GTOM
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My arXiv preprint on a crewed interstellar spacecraft
- spacefan
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Evaluating the Scientific Accuracy of an EMP in a Hard Sci-Fi Novel
- Quotidian
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Could ball-lightning weapons be feasible in the future?
- Lren Zvsm
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Awesome Sci Fi Series that’s hard to explain
- jedishrfu
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Anybody read the Three Body problem trilogy from Cixin Liu? (SPOILERS)
- GTOM
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How would gravity wells affect an Alcubierre warp drive fold?
- MaxSterling
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Library classification of mathematical fiction
- nomadreid
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What’s a good name for a phenomenon where time moves differently?
- Maximum7
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Is There a Maximum Mass Limit for Black Holes?
- dcheme7373
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Force Required To Destroy Three Planets
- Uberhulk
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Ghostbusters: Afterlife (upcoming sequel)
- DennisN
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Will the Government Authorize Killing Zombies in a Zombie Apocalypse Scenario?
- Trollfaz
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Could psychohistory work in Asimov's galactic civilization?
- Lren Zvsm
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Is Shrek Hypocritical in Its Message on Appearance?
- timmeister37
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What Are the Most Fascinating Exotic Weapons in Sci-Fi?
- GTOM
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Ray Kurzweil and What elements could exotic baryons create?
- Maximum7
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Taika Waititi directing new Star Wars film
- etotheipi
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George's secret key to the universe teaches kids astrophysics
- GiriBang
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Can FTL Travel Be Used as a Weapon in Sci-Fi?
- some bloke
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Graviton generator/emitter/antennae
- SPL
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What hypothetical properties would negative energy have?
- Lren Zvsm
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Virus and Zombies (Resident Evil and ?)
- chirhone
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Star Trek: Picard series premiere reactions
- StatGuy2000
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Can Time Travel Films Address Ecological Catastrophes and Pandemics?
- chirhone
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Wigner's Friend and algorithmic information
- sayetsu
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Altered Carbon Season 2 -- Better to have read the novel or not?
- member 656954
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How realistic is the Seaquest DSV submarine design?
- Whitestar
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Why Do Sea Levels Change Differently Around the World?
- gabriel alexander
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Some hypothetical limits for the Star Wars universe?
- Maximum7
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Finding the Strongest Low-Density Material
- jhami
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L. Ron Hubbard - the art, not the man
- gabriel alexander
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Does the brain execute a predetermined sequence of commands?
- jk22
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Maximum mechanical actuator strength allowed by physics
- jhami
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Teleporting a modern smartphone in 1980
- dendros
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Will the Einstein Ring Change as the Mass Moves Towards the Observer?
- theneedtoknow
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Why Underwater sacrifices deep-sea physics for monster movie tropes
- member 656954
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Could Monomolecular Blades Realistically Cut Through Tank Armor?
- GTOM
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Eccentric winter and summer cycles
- GTOM
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Mass of the Earth Traveling at 500,000 mph?
- Uberhulk
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Different Loudness Sound Waves and Destructive Inteference
- Just a dude
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Star Wars Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker (Spoiler thread)
- DennisN
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What are your thoughts on 'Ad Astra' and Will Smith's upcoming Gemini Man?
- member 656954
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How plausible would be an object like The Way from Greg Bear's Eon?
- dendros
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Star Wars Episode 9 - The Rise of Skywalker (Upcoming)
- DennisN
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Which of these would be the hardest to do (based on known science)?
- Maximum7
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Is ablative laser propulsion a better option than Ion engines?
- Maximum7
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DS9's Odo and Other Shape Shifters
- Lren Zvsm
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Advice for a Chemistry-Based DND Concept
- Bracken
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I'm attempting to train a quantum dog (Rusty), suggestions?
- tholepin
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Watching movies on blu-ray vs streaming
- BillTre
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Is the New Terminator's Technology a Step Backward from T2?
- new6ton
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep vs Blade Runner
- eNtRopY
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The Mandalorian (upcoming Star Wars tv series, 2019)
- DennisN
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Did 1950's sci-fi have it right?
- Stephen Tashi
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Can the Invisible Man Reboot Exceed the Success of Kevin Bacon's Hollow Man?
- new6ton
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Why is the 1995 Ghost in the Shell better received than the 2017 version?
- new6ton
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Why Do Some Sci-Fi Reboots Fail to Impress?
- new6ton
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Was KSP a somewhat accurate space flight simulator?
- Xforce
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Earth-like planet with 2x surface area, but same surface gravity?
- AndromedaRXJ
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War of the Worlds 1988-90: Remembering a Dark, Dystopian Episode w/ Denis Forest
- bearcat
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Do you have to be beyond smart to be an engineer in the Star Wars galaxy?
- Maximum7
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Can the USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) Dephase?
- new6ton
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The Origins of Vampires and Werewolves: Tracing the Myth Throughout History
- new6ton
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Building a Planet: Considerations for a Habitable Solar System
- dranthor
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Can the big bang be compared to how video games start?
- CynicusRex
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How Can Drones Create Holograms in the Sky?
- lucas_
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The Matrix and quantum mechanics
- lucas_
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Can a Death Star weapon actually be built?
- lucas_
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Krypton Humanoids: The Possibility of Aliens Evolving to Look Like Humans
- lucas_
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Is is just me, or is FTL dead in SF?
- BWV
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Tidal force in the sci-fi book "The Integral Trees"
- AnneLysa
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China develops laser weapon that burns skin from nearly 1km away
- e-pie
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Implications of a closed universe and recollapse
- Zealous_shad
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Air leak on a Star Trek-style shuttle - what happens?
- dbaezner
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Why is Avatar the Number 1 Movie of the Century?
- cube137
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Creating slag through magnetic compression
- Thurirl
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What avenue of physics can a scientist in the Star Wars galaxy study?
- Maximum7
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Horror Movies that give you chills
- mieral
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TV shows, movies, and books that are ruined for you by physics
- hsdrop
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What will the world be like with immortal Hitlers?
- Rainbows_
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Could a satellite laser weapon realistically harm someone?
- GTOM
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How do 3-D wormholes work/shift space compared to 2-D portals?
- greswd
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