Kat Thompson is the audience editor of Eater’s Southern California/Southwest region. Every year I look forward to shaved ice season (which, if I’m being honest, is almost year round in Los Angeles).

Unlike typical ice cubes, extra-large ones don’t plop out of an ice machine that cranks them out 24 hours a day. Most big ice ...

"Ice in the rest of the universe has long been considered a snapshot of liquid water – that is, a disordered arrangement fixed in place. Our findings show this is not entirely true." Water ice is ...