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The hero's party has just purchased a pricey relic from a backwater vendor, why is the regional economy not inflating?
Awarded Nov 14 at 22:17
Why do high-orbit space stations fall once destroyed?
Awarded Oct 9 at 21:32
How could Nomadic scholars effectively memorize libraries worth of information
Awarded Aug 17 at 13:07
Elf eye proportions, feasible?
Awarded Jul 16 at 14:21
How feasible would it be to "kill" the Sun by using blood?
Awarded Jun 27 at 6:12
Would a higher altitude make solar power 'more effective'?
Awarded May 12 at 15:36
What can cause (military) rank DEflation instead of rank INflation
Awarded May 9 at 17:55
Why would a staff increase the magic power of a mage?
Awarded Mar 31 at 13:09
Evolutionary reason for conception to occur only if a female orgasms during mating?
Awarded Mar 24 at 22:40
How to have good public opinion of police in a dystopian dictatorship with low or no crime?
Awarded Mar 18 at 10:30
How could I justify a fast apocalypse?
Awarded Feb 28 at 6:50
Can a war in an 1800's level society kill a billion people in 17 years?
Awarded Feb 26 at 17:16
How could farmers prevent Unicornification?
Awarded Feb 16 at 17:17
What would be the best way to capture a Giant?
Awarded Feb 5 at 7:11
How much damage would a cupful of neutron star matter do to the Earth?
Awarded Jan 31 at 16:31
Snowshoe design for satyrs and fauns
Awarded Jan 29 at 22:46
How can I develop scientific names for my species'?
Awarded Nov 23, 2024 at 2:51
Could a Black Market exist in a cashless society (digital currency)?
Awarded Oct 13, 2024 at 3:23
Is it possible to live without killing?
Awarded Sep 20, 2024 at 23:54
What would a planet need to have a sustained blood-based water cycle?
Awarded Aug 14, 2024 at 13:07
Why would sperm cells derived from women's stem cells always produce female children?
Awarded Aug 8, 2024 at 14:35
How to create tides in a small sea?
Awarded Jul 25, 2024 at 10:40
Valid reason for not having plate armor in early medieval, low-magic fantasy setting?
Awarded Jul 6, 2024 at 13:21
What single change in history would make rear steering cars a standard?
Awarded Jun 14, 2024 at 7:20
Why raise livestock only in newer planetary settlements?
Awarded Jun 7, 2024 at 15:12
Why machine worlds?
Awarded Apr 23, 2024 at 19:51
How can the stars be wrong, so that an observer realises they're not in our world anymore?
Awarded Mar 27, 2024 at 14:42
How might it be possible to move a star?
Awarded Mar 11, 2024 at 18:45
Creating a realistic world map - Landmass formation
Awarded Mar 8, 2024 at 16:18
Why can't the alien's particle shield be replicated despite using common elements?
Awarded Feb 24, 2024 at 20:33
How early could we have had nukes?
Awarded Feb 15, 2024 at 3:42
How Would the Square-Cube Law change Medieval/Ancient Warfare Between Tiny Humanoids
Awarded Feb 1, 2024 at 18:35
Why isn't the Solar System infested with space pirates?
Awarded Feb 1, 2024 at 17:07
Why would newer spaceships still have core ejection systems despite the proliferation of fusion reactors?
Awarded Jan 18, 2024 at 6:27
Why can't escape pods be opened from the inside?
Awarded Jan 16, 2024 at 14:57
Why would the mouth of a creature evolve to be away from the head?
Awarded Jan 14, 2024 at 21:57
How to prevent theft in a society where everyone has hyperspace storage?
Awarded Dec 6, 2023 at 15:34
Are stainless steel railway tracks worth it?
Awarded Nov 1, 2023 at 19:22
Would the "Rods from God" satellite actually create an explosion?
Awarded Oct 16, 2023 at 9:27
How to appease the Goddess of Traffic Lights
Awarded Aug 27, 2023 at 18:10
There's no space to construct a runway. Are early planes still useful and promising technology?
Awarded Aug 25, 2023 at 13:32
How long could a person survive on nothing but water, salt, and sugar?
Awarded Aug 19, 2023 at 10:17
I'm stranded on an alien planet. How can I tell what's good to eat?
Awarded Aug 18, 2023 at 9:11
Would we notice ridiculously healthy birds?
Awarded Aug 16, 2023 at 6:31
How will our world change if all men suddenly die?
Awarded Aug 8, 2023 at 1:27
Does it make sense to build a wall to protect a city from radioactive wasteland?
Awarded Aug 3, 2023 at 21:21
What are the evolutionary benefits of mating for life, as opposed to serial monogamy?
Awarded Jul 28, 2023 at 20:08
WW1 soldier in WW2 : how would he get caught?
Awarded Jul 27, 2023 at 21:10
All this salt, and it's useless! Why?
Awarded Jul 21, 2023 at 7:10
How would you get a medieval economy to accept fiat currency?
Awarded Jul 20, 2023 at 5:08
How should a time traveler be careful if they decide to stay and make a family in the past?
Awarded Jul 18, 2023 at 11:34
If magic is programming, then what is mana supposed to be?
Awarded Jul 7, 2023 at 17:52
How do I store enormous amounts of mechanical energy?
Awarded Jun 29, 2023 at 15:36
How would humans adapt to suddenly gaining new senses?
Awarded Jun 22, 2023 at 22:43
Are there ethical ways to profit from uplifting?
Awarded Jun 16, 2023 at 20:26
How easy is it to fake being in a different social class?
Awarded Jun 14, 2023 at 15:47
Why might a civilisation of robots invent organic organisms like humans or cows?
Awarded Jun 8, 2023 at 14:21
Why don't my hover tanks fly?
Awarded May 29, 2023 at 23:47
Can too much data cause brain failure?
Awarded May 26, 2023 at 17:35
Will disallowing inheritance reduce corruption?
Awarded May 24, 2023 at 4:32
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