{"podcast":{"title":"Science Magazine Podcast","slug":"science-magazine-podcast-925602","podcast_index_feed_id":925602,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/AAAS8717073854","website_url":"https://www.science.org/podcasts","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/ced64e52-63a7-11ee-a0a8-87aeb796287a/image/image.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Science Podcast","episode_count":647,"summary":"Weekly podcasts from Science Magazine, the world's leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T06:22:28.368682+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-magazine-podcast-925602"},"episode":{"title":"How to keep quantum computers cool, whether prediction markets harm public health, and podcasting on podcasting","slug":"how-to-keep-quantum-computers-cool-whether-prediction-markets-harm-public-health-and-podcasting-on-podcasting","published_at":"2026-04-16T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-magazine-podcast-925602/how-to-keep-quantum-computers-cool-whether-prediction-markets-harm-public-health-and-podcasting-on-podcasting","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-magazine-podcast-925602","url":"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.zukg0u9","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/AAAS7994405250.mp3?updated=1776292182","summary":"First up on the podcast, quantum computers require extremely low temperatures—less than 1°C away from absolute zero. But getting down to those temperatures has usually required dilution fridges using the extremely rare and increasingly expensive isotope helium-3. Freelance science journalist Zack Savitsky joins host Sarah Crespi to discuss up-and-coming technologies that can drive down temperatures while staying helium-3–free. Next on the show, Nizan Packin, a professor of law at the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College, talks about prediction markets as a public health threat. Early on, prediction markets were proposed as a way to make reliable forecasts from crowdsourced wisdom. With the appearance of commercial, for-profit prediction markets linked with cryptocurrency and sports betting, Nizan and colleagues ask what studies should be done to better understand potential harms to the public. Finally, in a Working Life column this week, recent Ph.D. graduate Filippo Dall’Armellina wrote about how his foray into science podcasting helped him regain enjoyment of research. He talks about why having a science-adjacent hobby was life changing. This week’s episode was produced with help from Podigy. About the Science Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"First up on the podcast, quantum computers require extremely low temperatures—less than 1°C away from absolute zero. But getting down to those temperature…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3031,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/science-magazine-podcast-925602/episodes/how-to-keep-quantum-computers-cool-whether-prediction-markets-harm-public-health-and-podcasting-on-podcasting/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/science-magazine-podcast-925602/how-to-keep-quantum-computers-cool-whether-prediction-markets-harm-public-health-and-podcasting-on-podcasting.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}