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How much math does a particle physicist need? Jay Wacker, Researcher in particle physics. 60 votes Beyond your standard undergraduate math (differential equations, linear algebra, complex variables, partial differential equations) you shouldn't need another course in mat... Read More » If the element gold was created in dying stars, how did it end up clumped together in veins, in our planet? Joshua Engel, not a physicist 224 votes It's actually really complicated, and we don't know all of the details. But there are a few things about gold in particular that lead to it being accumulated in deposits: ... Read More » What companies have data science internships? Yuan Jiang, Harvard undergraduate 24 votes There are plenty of opportunities! You just have to look in the right places :) Many companies won't have the position "Data Science Intern" listed on their website the sam... Read More » How do Bill Gates, Larry Page, Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey manage their email? Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia founder and Wikia cofounder 2.5k votes Jeff Bezos once told me that he tells everyone that if you email him, you'll get an answer either within 10 minutes, or never. He's a funny guy, so this was a joke, but in... Read More » Why do Americans have their dinner so early around 7PM? Jon Mixon 72 votes I often eat dinner anywhere from 5:30 to 6:30 when I’m working on dayshift as I’d like my food to digest before I try to go to sleep. If I eat later, I stay awake later at ... Read More » What's the most indestructible vehicle in the world? Colin Baxter, Aerospace Engineering Undergrad at Ge... 518 votes I'm sure there are many land based, nearly indestructible vehicles, but I'm going to take this opportunity (as usual) to talk about planes. May I introduce the Fairchild ... Read More » How could Richard Feynman have been such a great physicist and done so phenomenally well on the Putnam competition and yet still have an IQ score of only 125? David Kahana, physicist unhinged 301 votes Richard Feynman was born in 1918. He would likely have taken an IQ test in school in NYC in 1930 or thereabouts, as that was when general intelligence testing in school was... Read More » Is it true that IDF soldiers are trained to not see Palestinians as human? Noam Kaiser, Live here. Like it. 650 votes That is - by far - one of the most bluntly outrageous false insinuations I have encountered on Quora. But first: Be it due to bias or misinformation, you all just got a gl... Read More » What is the best evidence for evolution? Stephen Charbonneau 161 votes Need to prove Evolution in a hurry? Just say "Woof." Dogs are not examples of evolution by natural selection-- aka "Darwinism"-- but they dodemonstrate evolution in a ve... Read More » What is more valuable than monetary wealth? James Altucher, Blogger, author, social media, invest... 3.2k votes I lost $15mm in one summer. It was about a million a week and then it picked up speed. I bought a house. I invested in bad companies. I started worse companies. I bought ... Read More »