Questions tagged [adaptability]
For questions about how a certain species or object can change to fit a new criteria of living or other.
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Could an alien plant composed of purely stem cells, be very adaptable?
In terms of scientific realness, I want to have a bioengineered plant that is composed primarily of stem cells. I want it that way so it can grow in any environment, and adapt to any changes in ways ...
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How could life possibly evolve to the extreme conditions of the day side of a tidally locked Earth? [closed]
I'm currently brainstorming on a post-apocalyptic Earth. I initially thought of a massive asteroid collision event that drastically slowed down Earth's rotation to be around 1 Earth day = 1 Earth year ...
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What effects to expect from 100+ generations living subterranean with constant low doses of radiation
Back story is that humans settled a foreign planet and the star began to die so humans went subterranean until the worst of the star death cycle passed (yes I know this process theoretically takes ...
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On a planet with a 2 atm atmosphere, how would atmospheric pressure affect plant evolution?
Leaving aside the atmospheric composition (let's say there's the same amount of oxygen, despite the higher pressure), would the pressure itself have any effect? Would plants need to be stockier and ...
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Which natural process could make the surface of a planet temporarily uninhabitable for some, but habitable for other species?
I want to tell a story about two sentient species inhabiting the same planet, but never meeting. Essentially, some kind of random event (every couple of days up to every couple of months) causes ...
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How would humans adapt to suddenly gaining new senses?
I'm working on a magic system for my story. One of the ideas I'm toying with is magic users gaining extra senses, depending on the kind of magic they can use.
One example is Reachsense (WIP name), ...
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Why won't Venusians just explode in our own atmosphere when they're not even wearing protective suits?
So "Venusians" are these Star Trek-y humanoid aliens that evolved on a planet with more than 75 times Earth's atmosphere. In a lot of ways this makes them not too dissimilar from deep sea ...
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What adaptations would be needed for life and water around a blue star?
Of course it's very obvious that blue stars are insanely hot and would boil away most things if they got too close. BUT I'm curious if with just the right adaptations and fiddling, could there, ...
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Can land plants absorb carbon dioxide into their leaves without the need for sunlight?
We all know by now that plants need light to absorb carbon dioxide--whether it be sunlight, moonlight or even artificial cave light.
But what about total darkness, like a cave or a forest floor ...
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Elliptical orbit verses extreme axis [closed]
What could be the differences between adaptations to a planet with extreme axial tilt and one with a highly elliptical orbit? The only difference I think is the tilt world's winters could be avoided ...
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Is this sort of life cycle on a megamangrove feasible?
Point of departure--56 million years ago, in which the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum lasted three to four times longer than it did in our timeline. Today, on this alternate Earth, the twilight ...
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Survival on a dark hycean world
As a follow up to my previous question: Surviving a dark hycean world I ask this: how could life adapt to a tidally locked ocean world with thick atmosphere and perpetual storms? That's the definition ...
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Would a species of giant ape be able to live in an taiga?
In my world, I plan on having a species (not a race) of giant apes that inhabit an island around the size of Italy. This island is still heavily forested in many places, although the development of ...
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I need help with aquatic arthropods
How would an arthropod (invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton)replace and or evolve into a fish-like animal (using terrestrial fish as an example)the question is how would they recrate a ocean ...
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What adaptions would a human need to open their jaws as wide as a snake's?
Would it be a simple change of bone shape? Muscles? Keep in mind, this adaption is not for swallowing bigger food, as the human throat path makes that difficult, but is instead is for intimidating ...
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