This week's edition of Science Weekly - our regular science and technology podcast - is online for your listening pleasure, with a couple of techno interludes on the subject of hi-tech clothing and .
Despite being a lover of all things silly, I have a minor rant about the waste of supercomputer energy on issues like coming up with the ultimate Rubik's cube solution. Personally, all these "supercomputer solves trivial issue" stories are starting to grate.
Of course I know that plenty of heavy lifting is being done on massive problems in physics and mathematics. But if all those cycles spent trying to beat grand masters at chess, playing poker, or sorting out the Rubik's cube were instead used for solving the world's ills, would the world be a better place?
Anyway, I digress. You can listen to the podcast right now by clicking here, or visit the main podcast blog for more information.
