In this final episode for Season 2, Stacey and Clinton journey from the darkness of space to the deepest parts of the sea to untangle the science of cloud computing. Launching with a tale that connects Genghis Khan, the International Space Station, and Steve Jobs, it's not just about servers in the sky; it's a deep dive into Sputnik, submarine cables, and the surprising energy required to stream your favorite shows. From the garden hoses on the ocean floor and power consumption of AI to finding the coolest places on Earth to house our data and to how the cloud is accelerating science endeavours around the world. It’s a mission like no other to answer WTF is the cloud.

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Science as a Human endeavour: Technological advancements in computing and internet infrastructure, ethical considerations of energy consumption and environmental impact of data centres, the role of international collaboration in large-scale science projects.

Physics: Electromagnetic waves and their use in data transfer, the principles of light transmission through fibre optic cables, energy transfers and transformations in computing systems, and the relationship between electricity, resistance, and heat generation.

Technology: How data is stored and protected, the basics of binary code and electromagnetic memory, and future technologies such as liquid cooling, quantum computing, and DNA data storage.

Space technology: The history of space exploration and its influence on the development of internet and cloud computing, and the use of cloud computing in modern space research and data analysis.