Pica Pica Arepa Kitchen closed in August of 2020, a victim of the pandemic shut-downs, and then, just as suddenly, reopened this March. Owner Adriana López Vermut and her father launched the ...

NASA is working on two heat shield materials. Two ablative materials for heat shields, AVCOAT and PICA, are being tested. Both materials proved successful in previous missions to space. AVCOAT, which ...

Mission Local has even more matching funds! Every dollar you give in June is doubled until we hit $85,000! About 65% of our revenue comes from individuals like you — help support a growing local ...

Last summer the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) safely landed on the rocky surface of Mars. One of the key components in the successful landing of its rover, Curiosity, was the Thermal Protection System ...

Erin Perkins is an editor of Eater’s South region, covering Atlanta, Nashville, Miami, New Orleans, and the Carolinas. She has been writing about the food scene in the Carolinas and Savannah for 12 ...