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Your Quora Weekly Digest Top Content For You This Week How can I contribute to science and research if I have an average I.Q.? 624 Anonymous My IQ is fairly average. I'm doing work in theoretical physics. Two things: don't tell anyone, and build your confidence irrationally high when it comes to learning things.... Read More » What are some interesting, lesser known uses of the quadratic formula? 2.2k Linus Hamilton (Courtesy of Razvan Gelca: Say we want to solve the cubic equation . ... Read More » Why are the orbitals shells called s, p, d, f, etc.? Is there a reason? 350 Elson Liu, Ph.D. candidate in electrical enginee... The s, p, d, and f stand for "sharp," "principal," "diffuse," and "fundamental," respectively, and are so named because they categorize the spectral lines generated by thos... Read More » What are some interesting theoretical limits? 516 Chris Rentsch, Chemical engineer The theoretical limit for the maximum height a tree can attain is 130m, limited by the maximum height to which capillary action can carry water. References... Read More » What do NBA players do after games? 630 Jeremy Lin, Point Guard for the Houston Rockets NBA players shower immediately after a game (or at least I hope so). After that, many players get into a ice bath or cryo chamber, stretch to regenerate their bodies, and t... Read More » What is a Loglog counter? 14 Jack Rae, Quora Data Scientist The LogLog counter, and its successor the HyperLogLog  Flajolet et al. 2008 are probabilistic data structures that aim to count the distinct elements of a set within of th... Read More » What are the best blogs for data miners and data scientists to read? 248 Ben Hamner, learning Here are some that I've found useful: http://blog.echen.me/ - Edwin regularly gives insanely clear and practical examples of data analyses, complete with code samples and ...  Read More » What is one bit of mathematics that you're surprised isn't taught more widely? 1.9k Helen Tseng, B.A. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley The Hexagon of Trigonometric Identities This powerful mnemonic is easily reproducible by memory, with functions on one side and co-functions on the other, a 1 in the middle... Read More » What is the strangest reaction shown by an object when it is released in space? 842 Skip Morrow, Questionologer How about a non-reaction for a living thing? The Tardigrade, otherwise known as a "Water Bear") is the only known living thing that can survive the vacuum of space Kinda c... Read More » What is the most unsportsmanlike conduct in any sport? 577 Nishith Rastogi, Programmer, Photographer, Traveler F1: Team Orders => Ferrari ordered Rubens Barrichello to allow teammate Michael Schumacher to overtake him. ... Read More »