What i'm wondering is why did Dumbledore, in all of his chats between Harry Potter, never talked about his past? Was Dumbledore afraid of something in his past? Is there something he did not want to tell Harry? Harry seeing Dumbledore young again was like "imagining a stupid Hermione or a friendl...

I remember a sci-fi movie when I was a kid (70's-80's) where a robot character fell into a junk pit and scavenged a battery from a similar robot. Does anyone know anything about this movie? I'm sure it was a B movie.

Which is correct, A or B? "As he turns over the command, Kirk says, (A) 'You have the COM' [as in Command], or (B) 'You have the CONN.' [as in ???] I've always assumed the former, A, is correct, but a recent television commercial for the new Star Trek app, claims B. I'm thoroughly confused. ...

I'm trying to recall the name of a book. No idea about the publication date, but I guess I read it roughly 10 years ago. It was a young adult sci-fi, the premise of which was that teens (no one older, maybe something about adult brains being too developed) could "jump" to another planet using tec...

Back when the site was relatively new, I used Flickr to use to post Pottermore pictures to answer questions, when Pottermore was not copy-able. It's been so long that I don't remember which questions I used the images in, but in downloading my Pottermore file from Flickr there were 54 images in t...

Does anyone remember a children's sci fi book that features boneless alien pets that are highly squeezable? My extremely fuzzy recollection is that these aliens are furry and friendly, perhaps like dogs. The book is possibly from the '80s. It is geared towards early elementary school kids, alon...

The book might be older than the 80's. It starts out about a young genius who becomes a rock star he's out practicing in a field sings to a flower and he realizes he's sensitive enough to hear the flowers vibrational reaction. Next a major city in the USA and one in the USSR are threatened with ...

In Little Shop of Horrors, particularly the musical, Audrey II seems to be able to see and hear without having any visible eyes or ears. How does the plant do this?

I been searching for the title of this movie I watch a while back, don't remember much. The movie was black and white, I don't remember if spaceship lands or caches on earth, I think on a city. The door opens and a men comes out, people where expecting an alien but it was a human being. He explai...

I have been looking for years for a short film, I think it was called Asylum, about an alien crew (one was kind of amphibian looking in a space suit, and the other was a crastation like bug creture) transporting a ship full of criminals and they accidentally get released. It was made in the early...

In the BSG universe, the Colonials seems to struggle quite a lot to be able to determine their position in the galaxy. In the episode Scattered of the new series, it takes 20 minutes for the Galactica to check it's position and thus be able to compute new jump coordinates. In the pilot of the n...

In the BSG universe, before the Cylon attack and destroy the Colonial civilization, did the Colonial engaged in any kind of space exploration? Whether by sending probes or ships to nearby systems or other parts of the galaxy, to look for resources, study interesting spatial phenomenon or just lo...

I am looking for a movie which ended when a group of young people emerge from a kind of spaceship in the far future where mankind had ceased to exist. The spaceship is a kind of intelligent spaceship (presumably with AI) which has used genetic technology to produce many babies that are also relea...

I saw an anime (watched within last 5 years) and just cannot remember the name. It features school kids and one of them has a special power and is the queen bee sort of character and the others are trying to kill her.

I have had compounding explained to me about ten times, but I just don't understand it. Help Me!!! I understand the basics of allomancy and feruchemy, but I'm unsure of how exactly the powers support eachother. Namely: where does the extra investiture come from when compounding? How does it prov...

Apart from being villanous, Hulk has two (though likely related) main differences from usual version of Hulk: He shows monstrous strength even in his human form and he is also freakishly big in his Hulk form, like 3 or 4 times regular Hulk Is this ever explained?

In Harry Potter series Harry's parents go to hiding by using a Fidelus Charm which needs a secret keeper. So they chose Peter Pettigrew as their secret keeper and was betrayed. So why didn't they made each other their secret keeper? James could have made Lily secret keeper(of his and Harry's secr...

I was re-watching both Marvel and Star Wars films, and had a question: Could the force of the Death Star break Captain America's shield? Assuming all the energy was on the shield, not spilling around it.

Throughout the Wheel of Time series, it is almost comical how often Robert Jordan uses the phrase "crossed her arms beneath her breasts" to indicate a woman's displeasure. So much so that it seems merely an excuse to mention such anatomy, with a thin veneer of emotional expression. So I wonder. ...

I read this book many years ago. It is set on a double planet with a shared atmosphere. The people on the planet have a caste system, they are either military or thinkers. There are giant trees on the planet, which are used for almost everything, building materials as well as an energy source fro...

In volume 36 of the fairly entertaining Sandman written by Neil Gaiman, George calls Barbara and Wanda "the princess and the queen". Wanda appears to not take kindly to it. George: Heeheeeheeeheee. Wanda: What's so funny, George? George: You're the princess and the queen. Heeheehee....

We see in the Harry Potter universe, wizards or witches keep obliviating Muggles/NoMajs because otherwise it may lead to chaos or persecution of witches/wizards. However, the Dursley family cannot be obliviated since they have to give Lily's protection to Harry. Obviously they did not like Har...

When the fat Lady has left her photo and moved to another photo, and screams that Sirius Black is in the castle. Why does Dumbledore secure the castle and send all students to the great hall in Prisoner of Azkaban? Does he not know that Sirius is good guy?

If when the prophecy was made it didn't directly refer to harry potter (it could have been harry or Neville) why is it only voldemort and harry can retrieve it and not Neville? It only became about Harry after the fact when voldemort heard part of it and decided it meant harry.

In The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker leads "Rogue Group" at the Battle of Hoth: Rogue Group, use your harpoons and tow cables. Go for the legs. It might be our only chance of stopping them. In other media, this organization is referred to as "Rogue Squadron". While this movie came ou...

I know there is several questions on the stack about how long Anakin survived in Mustafar, or how does Vader's suit help keep him alive. But I am wondering, considering that wounds from a lightsaber are almost immediately cauterized, and Anakin already had survived losing one limb, could he have ...

In Back to the Future, when Marty goes back to 1955, he scares his dad by saying he’s “Darth Vader from Vulcan”. Obviously Darth Vader didn’t exist in 1955 as Star Wars didn’t come out for another twenty years. However, this scare inspires George to write sci-fi stories, such as the one that led ...

Apophis is the main antagonist of SG-1 for the first couple seasons. In The Serpent's Lair SG-1 destroys 2 Ha'tak vessels right before they attack earth. This is shown as breaking Apophis' hold on much of his territory, and even the people on what seem to be his capital world (Chulak) start to re...

Jamin Winans' 2014 movie 'The Frame' is a film loaded with symbolism and metaphor but the thing I keep coming back to is the violin. But I could be wildly incorrect and would like to hear other opinions.

It has often been mentioned on second-hand sources that the TARDIS can block unauthorized individuals (basically anyone that the Doctor or the TARDIS itself doesn't want inside) from entering it. What are the exact mechanisms behind this ability? What would happen if the door was left open and ...

I read this some time before 1994 so my memory is hazy. If I recall correctly it has three central characters who are from different, warring gangs representing different tiers of a Hive City. They are then recruited by an Astartes chapter and in the first part of the book we follow their induct...

In the event of a US government shutdown, as occurred in 1995-1996, 2013, and 2018-2019, would Stargate Command be shut down? It's part of the US military, but it also employs a large number of civilians. And with it being secret, I'm not sure what would happen. Unfortunately, Stargate SG-1 take...

As far as I know, Thanos killed half of a number of alien species before he got the six stones and did the rest. The races include Gamora's species Nebula's species The other children of Thanos's species We know Thanos can exclude certain beings from the lottery (see this question) My questi...

I read this fanfiction a while ago on fanfiction.net and I don't remember what it is called. Main character is called James, and while he is on earth he is taken by a Sith but then the Jedi arrive and he fights Ashoka and wins and I think he goes with the Jedi. The villain uses the power of a Ky...

Think about it for a second every person has dna and that is made up of 26 cells thirteen from the egg and thirteen from the sperm this dna comes from the humans and if there is a fault in the dna the human would be disabled or there would be a miscarriage. However gods dont have dna so the demig...