Podcast: Quantum dots in consumer electronics and a faceoff with the quiz master

Science Magazine Podcast

Science Podcast

Science, News, News Commentary

4.3 • 842 Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Sarah Crespi takes a pop quiz on literal life hacking, spotting poverty from outer space, and the size of the average American vocabulary with Catherine Matacic. From the magazine You can already buy a quantum dot television, but it’s really just the beginning of the infiltration of quantum dots into our everyday lives. Cherie Kagan is here to talk about her in depth review of the technology published in this week’s issue. [Image: Public domain; Music: Jeffrey Cook] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:47.0	I'm Sarah Crespi.
0:48.4	In this week's show, Sherry Kagan discusses adding quantum dots to electronic devices.
0:54.1	And Catherine Mattisick is here with a peek
0:56.4	at the science news quiz. Catherine Madisonik is here for something a little different. In addition to
1:07.9	being an editor for our daily news site, she's the editor for our weekly
1:12.1	news quiz. I'm sometimes a contributor to the quiz, but this week, I've really staunchly avoided
1:19.0	any quiz, even a lot of science news, which is really tough in this building and in everyday life.
1:25.6	But anyway, she's going to give me some quiz questions on the air right now,
1:30.5	and I'm afraid it's not going to be pretty.
1:32.9	I really haven't been paying attention,
1:34.2	so this is going to be mostly just whatever has gone into my head
1:37.6	through osmosis or possibly from past knowledge.
1:40.4	We're only going to do a couple, so if you want to hear more
1:43.2	or you want to read more,
1:44.4	anyway, you'll have to go to the site. Okay, Catherine, hit me with your best shot.
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