Engineers developed a programmable computer in the form of a single elastic fiber that can be sewn into a garment. Base-layer clothing with these fiber computers is being tested in the Arctic to monitor U.S. service members’ health and safety in extreme environments.

In the latest episode of the Curiosity Unbounded podcast, President Sally Kornbluth asks Brent Minchew to describe how he went from being a 17-year-old U.S. Marine to a geophysicist studying glaciers and their impact on ocean levels.

Stefani Spranger wants to discover why some cancers, like lung and ovarian cancer, don’t respond well to immunotherapy. “We’re working on understanding what exactly the problem is, and then collaborating with engineers to find a good solution,” she says.

Via @mit.figureskating on Instagram: “When your campus freezes over…of course you skate on it! We had a blast taking advantage of the cold weather this week”

Three payloads developed at MIT will hitch a ride to the moon in a step toward establishing a permanent base in the south polar region, which may host reservoirs of frozen water. “This mission has deep MIT roots,” Ariel Ekblawmedia.mit.edu says. “It’s a bold attempt.”

New high-speed videos show exactly what happens when a droplet splashes into a pool. The findings may help researchers predict how rainfall and irrigation systems spread particles and pathogens into the air.