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Could humans be culled by a more advanced species without knowing it?

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Can constant electrical current heat water?

  • callie123
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Gravity and Life: What's Too Much for Existence?

  • Lren Zvsm
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What would happen if a Pokéball expelled 999.8kgs of air in 1 second?

  • MatNX
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Juvenile Brontosaurus spotted on Isla Nublar beaches

  • DaveC426913
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Just finished Game of Thrones season 1

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Is it madness if someone thinks that telepathy is possible?

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Biomechanical constraints on vagile autotrophs

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Asimov on Science Fiction: the Reaction, not the Action

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Theoretical Higher spatial dimensions question

  • Ryu
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New metal gear 3D model in Blender

  • ElliotSmith
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Could survivors use computers after civilization collapse

  • stevendaryl
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Did You Enjoy the Hilarious Alternate Realities of the '90s?

  • rootone
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Star ship building: What elements are needed to build the ship?

  • Khatti
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How easily can a high amperage electric fence be shorted out?

  • callie123
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Good sci-fi movies about the afterlife

  • Azurite
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Handwavium and other precious elements

  • Khatti
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What sci-fi TV shows am I missing?

  • kiki_danc
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Could Terraforming Ceres with a Smart Diamond Shell Be Possible?

  • Rubidium_71
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Other hypothetical types of life

  • José Ricardo
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Calculation of the distance between planets on a given date

  • member 656954
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Plasma Projectiles Versus Metal Armor

  • gibberingmouther
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Virtual Revolution Sci Fi Movie [2016]

  • almostvoid
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Can Magical Particles Emit Light When Agitated by Magic?

  • gibberingmouther
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Can the Heat Radiation Formula Enhance Magical Fireballs in Tabletop Gaming?

  • gibberingmouther
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Engine design -- Fusion powered rockets

  • Xforce
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Neutrino vs. Photon Momentum at Fixed Energy

  • bob012345
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EM Wave Amplitudes and Fictional Force Field

  • gibberingmouther
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Do alien depictions in sci-fi movies make biological sense?

  • profbuxton
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Aliens with Control over Gravitons in the KHz Range

  • cuallito
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Light sabers from the movies to the piste

  • gleem
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G-Force Tolerance and Heart Rate

  • gibberingmouther
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Artificial Gravity in Science Fiction

  • ZapperZ
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Engineering (Science) Fiction - An Introduction

  • Anil Chadha
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Why are Armor Piercing Rounds Pointy?

  • gibberingmouther
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This arxiv.org article talks about a "maximum force"

  • gibberingmouther
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Solo: A Star Wars Story

  • DennisN
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No Charge Matter: Understanding Ki Blasts in Games

  • gibberingmouther
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How does kinetic energy work when a knife concentrates force at a point?

  • gibberingmouther
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Can Ant-Man Reach Below the Planck Scale?

  • dahoa
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Swinging a Hollow Tube vs. Solid Cylinder

  • gibberingmouther
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Lasers Versus a Psychic Force Bubble

  • gibberingmouther
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Death by light saber - YouTube video

  • scottdave
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What fantasy universe would you live in?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Mortal Engines movie - Wired magazine looks at the science

  • scottdave
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Flying saucer. Picture, project of a spacecraft

  • MasterJgon
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Can blind people develop radar-like senses through echolocation?

  • kiki_danc
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Superman created virtual particles?

  • RosutoTakeshi
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Is the Expanse's portrayal of science and technology realistic?

  • Howie BL
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Why the explanation of wormholes using paper grinds my gears

  • Alex Petrosyan
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Can Telekinesis Replace Magnetic Fields in Lightsaber Design?

  • gibberingmouther
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Can humans survive minutes on Mars with just a helmet and oxygen?

  • Elon303
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Outside Space-time sci-fi genres

  • kiki_danc
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Could The Purge Concept Be Realized in Modern Society?

  • kiki_danc
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What are your best sci-fi short films?

  • Duplex
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Research for a book - question

  • shemerk
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Empire Strikes Back Documentary (1980)

  • DennisN
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Quicksilver's true ability discussion

  • YoungPhysicist
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Upgrade and new good original Sci-Fi

  • dahoa
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Strange Time Travel Stories on Ars Technica

  • jedishrfu
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What is your favorite Star Trek series

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Unlimited Possibilities: Replicating ID4's Force Field

  • YoungPhysicist
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What Black Mirror episode is your favorite?

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Is 'Avengers: Infinity War' worth the hype?

  • Auto-Didact
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Science review of the movie Contact?

  • LLD1231
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How to protect spaceship occupants from high-G acceleration

  • momo666
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Effects on the body if cells can't divide

  • Fullmetal_Potato
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Time Trap ending and the cave's nonlinear time mechanics

  • dahoa
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Do Predators Truly Rely Solely on Thermal Vision?

  • dahoa
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What three books would you take?

  • Ivan Seeking
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Is the New Meg Movie Scientifically Accurate?

  • BillTre
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Time related story plot device question

  • TheQuestionGuy14
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How to calculate fusion conditions for a miniature star and avoid black holes

  • MichaelCadeOwen
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Skyscraper's Fire Supression System

  • dahoa
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Sci-fi with light speed in matter at human walking pace

  • rootone
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Sci-fi Great Author Harlon Ellison has Died

  • jedishrfu
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What is the largest possible Rotating wheel space station?

  • jms4
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The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict

  • Gamma
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Amazon's $1B Lord of the Rings TV Show

  • Greg Bernhardt
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Could Opening Gateways to Hell Be Possible Like in Hellraiser?

  • cube137
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Push Mercury out to Venus' orbit?

  • Yemmy
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Would a planet opposite Earth stay hidden behind the sun?

  • Johnnyallen
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Will Star Trek Teleportation ever be possible?

  • TheQuestionGuy14
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What happened at Heathrow airport on Star Wars Day?

  • DennisN
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Is Yellow Submarine Still a Must-Watch 50 Years Later?

  • Helios
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New Jurassic Park in Eugene Oregon?

  • BillTre
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Ready Player One: Don't Miss This Immersive VR Experience

  • jtlz
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Artificial gravity on a ship without the whole ship rotating

  • caters
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Lost In Space (Netflix Original)

  • trailogy
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What should Star Wars Episode IX explore after The Last Jedi?

  • star apple
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Sci-fi devices that tap the Higgs field for energy or weapons

  • jtlz
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How Do Time Slips Work in Physics?

  • TheQuestionGuy14
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What Sci-Fi clichés do you resent?

  • chad hale
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New Klingon Travel Center in Stockholm

  • BillTre
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Differences between Fictional and Scientific Time Warps

  • TheQuestionGuy14
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Why is Groundhog Day style time reset impossible?

  • TheQuestionGuy14
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How Is a Star Wars Blaster Magnetic Field Maintained?

  • moumento
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Ursula K. LeGuin has passed away

  • scottdave
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Any SF that foresaw the present?

  • GTOM
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