The Year's Biggest Breakthroughs in Science and Tech (Feat.: OK, But Seriously, What Is Quantum Computing?)

Plain English with Derek Thompson

The Ringer

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🗓️ 31 December 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Our final episode of the year is also my favorite annual tradition: conversations with scientists about the most important and, often, just plain mind-blowing breakthroughs of the previous 12 months. Today we’re talking about "organ clocks" (we'll explain) and other key biotech advances of 2024 with Eric Topol, an American cardiologist and author who is also the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. But first, Derek attempts a 'Plain English'-y summary of the most confusing thing he's ever covered—QUANTUM COMPUTING—with a major assist from theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson from the University of Texas at Austin. If you have questions, observations, or ideas for future episodes, email us at [email protected]. Host: Derek Thompson Guests: Scott Aaronson and Eric Topol Producer: Devon Baroldi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.0	favorite annual tradition, conversations with scientists about the most important and often just
1:10.5	plain mind-blowing breakthroughs of the previous 12 months.
1:14.4	Today we're talking about the key biotech advances of 24 with Eric Topol, an American cardiologist and author who is also the founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute.
1:26.4	But first, a breakthrough in quantum computing.
1:32.0	This past December, as you might have heard, Google announced that its new quantum computer,
1:37.2	based on a chip called Willow, solved a math problem in five minutes that would take one of
1:42.1	the fastest supercomputers, roughly 10 septillion years
1:46.7	to crack. For context, 10 septillion years is the entire history of the universe, about 14 billion
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