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Gasses that can be present on a planet habitable by humans
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Anyone read The Three Body Problem?
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Transformers Fans: G1 to Present Day
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Dark Matter Worlds - Explore the Possibilities
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Funniest Sci-Fi Episodes: What are the Top Picks?
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Is it possible to create a protest gas that sedates and lasts a long time?
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Time Travel & Unanswered Questions
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Harnessing the Force: A Look into How Lightsabers Could Work
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FTL: Who Proposed It & What Other Sci Fi Uses It?
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Remember the *Real* Star Trek Series?
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Terry Pratchett, Discworld author dies
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Babylon 5: Is Star Trek the Only Sci-Fi Show?
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Plausibility issues for a near-future thriller
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History Channel Show on Star Trek and Physics
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New Sci-Fi Series: Babylon 5 & Matrix Creators' Latest
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Science Reading List for Science Fiction Authors
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Could 'Interstellar' Inspire a New Generation of Space Enthusiasts?
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How would you organize arbitrary day cycle on an exoplanet?
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Anyone else see the new Mad Max?
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Time Travel Paradox Ideas - Except Grandfather
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True Stories, written in 2nd century
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What Makes Star Trek Continues So Awesome?
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Help with name of a nuclear movie
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Will Peter Jackson Adapt Tolkien's Silmarillion for the Big Screen?
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Discover Literary Science Fiction: Exploring Depth and Value in the Genre
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Can someone please explain this aspect of Interstellar
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What are the Best Sci-Fi Movies About Interstellar Travel?
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Movies with AI/Neuroscience themes
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HBO Will Make Asimov's Foundation
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Tesseract, Aether, Orb from parallel Marvel Universe
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Is Ancient Aliens More Comedy Than Conspiracy?
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What does science fiction really mean
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Is a Retirement Home Joke Suitable for Star Wars' Chewie, We're Home Scene?
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Mystery of Young Yoda Appears in Medieval Manuscript
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Superheroes & Electromagnetic Spectrum?
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What happens if you change the fine-structure constant?
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'Star Trek' icon Leonard Nimoy dies at age 83
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Can basic quantum physics explain the TARDIS from doctor who
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First Interstellar paper is out
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How to explain D&D to 3 or 4 newbies?
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What SciFi ladies wear to the club
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Calculating the Speed of a Space Dragon's Tail: Dr Who Episode Analysis
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Tachyonic antitelephones in a FTL-universe?
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What Would Happen to a Shattered Earth-Like Planet?
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Baxter novel factoid or fictoid?
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Interstellar: A Visual Masterpiece with Disappointing Writing and Physics
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Can anyone explain Interstellar Questions?
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Why does the Discovery ship from 2001: ASO need an airlock?
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If Aliens Existed, Would Inter-Galactic Travel be Possible?
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How much gravity could a space elevator survive?
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Interstellar -the movie, planet with slower time
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Can We Detect an Asteroid Before Impact Using Current Technology?
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Galactic Time-Keeping: Creating a Universal Calendar
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Interstellar Movie Poll: Rate the Sci-Fi Epic
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Birdman vs Big Brother: Urban Covert Ops
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Is Exotic Matter the Key to Advancing Human Technology?
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How much could an A.I. learn about physics
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What Neil deGrasse Tyson completely missed in Interstellar.
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Hypothetical earth destruction scenario
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Can Microscopic Black Holes Be Used to Safely Emit Light?
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Exploring Habitability of a Planet with Two Suns
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Physics Behind Hulk's Antimatter Feat?
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Understanding the Dual Nature of Light: A Science Layman's Questions
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How Long for Earth to Feel Effects of Blowing Up Sun?
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Intersellar - NY Times article on its science
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What type of energy does Superman absorb and how does he store it in his body?
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Fictional Space Station: Exploring Kalpana One Expansion
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Finding Optimism in Big Hero 6: A Reflection
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Interstellar Movie: What Do You Think?
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What Are the Scientific Explanations Behind Interstellar's Plot Points?
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I'm just obsessed with Star Trek. Anyone else?
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A Long Time Ago in a Completely Different Universe
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Help Finding a Sci Fi Short (possibly Heinlein)
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What is the fastest way to travel from Earth to Jupiter?
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Can a Nuclear Pile Power a Space Station?
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Steampunk Novels: Finding the Best Reads
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Did you know you can visit Tatooine?
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Is Writing a Sci-Fi Novel as Challenging as Becoming a Bestseller?
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Ultimate Star Wars Character Showdown: Who Will Be the Last One Standing?
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Ship Mounted Coilgun Measurements
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Heroine's Final Fight - Is Penetrating Chest-bone Physically Possible?
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Fleshing out a sci-fi setting - could use help
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Sci-Fi Swings towards Positivism
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Terry Pratchett and his creation: The Discworld
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Greetings (And help formulating an equation)
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Just signed up for steam - game recommendations please
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Did Ionizing Radiation Create Sandman's Superpowers?
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Increasing Planetary Rotational Speed
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Surviving the Aquarium: A Reality Check on Action Scenes
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Magnetizing protection (Spiderman 2)
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Anything other than matter and space
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Sci-Fi Survivalism Game: Challenge Your Mind & Resources in Space
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Traveling at the speed of light and time dilation
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Are You a Rick and Morty Fan? Watch the Hilarious Season 2 Teaser Now!
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A rather large interplanetary ship
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The 'Verse from Firefly/Serenity
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