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What’s cooler than being cool?

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The future of quantum computing depends on getting way colder than ice cold — down to some of the coldest temperatures in the universe. The quest to build these super refrigerators takes us to nuclear bomb stockpiles, the moon, and … Party City?
Guest: Zack Savitsky, science journalist, author of Cold Rush
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