I'm looking for an aircraft maneuver described in (I believe science) fiction. In order to get going fast a jet climbs higher than it needs to, then in a powered descent or dive gains additional speed through acceleration by gravity. I think it might have been described in the novel Deception Po...

If Billy Batson time travels to the past or future and says "Shazam" will he still be transformed? I tried to Google the question and did not find an answer.

I read this book between 1985 and 1990, it was in English and it had a hardback red cover. It covered several depictions of the future, and was sparsely illustrated with humorous single-panel cartoons or drawings. Some of the content I remember includes: the standard depiction that we will co...

I'm pretty sure this was an Analog story from the mid-to-late 1980s. The protagonist is an engineer for an aircraft company, taking a long-distance flight. The setting has long-distance air travel provided by large flying wings that perpetually circle the globe; shuttle aircraft (up to 737-size...

What this referenced in the Star Trek: Picard or the Countdown comic? Or can we tell from his 2485 uniform?

The crew of the USS Enterprise destroyed the Doomsday Machine by using another damaged starship as a bomb. That destroyed the internal guts of the machine, but left the shell. What happened to the shell? Did the Federation send a science team to study it? Was i...

I recently watched *Birds of Prey8 and it was clear that it takes place after Suicide Squad but when? I want to know in comparison to other DC Extended Universe films where it takes place?

Can anyone help me identify some science/speculative fiction plot I remember from the 1980s? I'm pretty sure it was a short story I read in a book, though it's possible that I have gotten it confused with a television episode. Or maybe it was both—that is, maybe it was a short story that later ...

In the post-credit audio-scene of Birds of Prey, Harley say Batman is and then it cut to blank. What was she supposed to say? Is it about his secret identity? As she even named her Hyena also Bruce.

The Clone Wars are known as such because the Republic side fought with clones. Simple. What I cannot understand is why they did this; regardless of whether it's a military och economical point of view, they are almost always less effective. It definitely costs far more to produce a clone (10 ye...

I'm looking for a member of the Green Lantern Corps, somewhere during the Blackest Night run. I've looked through all the members listed here, but no luck. He was not widely used, but he was mentioned as making constructs crazy fast. I think he was noted as being some kind of general as well.

in harry potter and the philosophers(sorcerers) stone, harry and his parent are attacked by Voldemort and harry's parents die but harry lives because his mother died to save him and Voldemorts killing curse rebounded upon him and that's weird because if harry is the only one to have survived the ...

The glades are bad in Star city. So is suicide slums in Metropolis. The narrows have quite the reputation in Gotham. Out of these three or some fourth place I don't know about, which is the worst?

Batman-Gotham-Narrows Green Arrow-Star City-Glades Superman-Metropolis-Suicide slums Assuming this pattern of superhero-city- relatively rundown area, is there any other superhero in the DC universe that has all three? For example: Flash-Central City-? Supergirl-National City-?

I know that the Ruinous Powers are "fed" by souls feeling the corresponding emotions. And I know that the Tau's human auxilia have created something in the warp with their devotion to "the Greater Good". With this in mind, is there a warp entity that is the manifestation of humanity's devotion ...

Was it because it was contaminated? Please answer this question I've been wanting to know.

My best guess is biology; specifically evolution of various life forms. But what other topics in science are still being researched?