Snowflakes are like letters from the sky, each crystal a note describing the atmosphere as it falls to the ground. They float effortlessly, but their creation is one of nature’s most complicated ...

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MOLINE, Ill. — Snowflakes are frozen water crystals that can never be an exact replica of another. However, snowflakes can be classified into these broader types: dendrites, plates, columns, needles, ...

Dear Carol, Jean and Cindy, The shape of the snowflake is determined by the temperature and the humidity at which the crystal forms. The most ideal temperature for dendritic growth (snowflake ...

Tuesday afternoon a few WHNT viewers noticed ice crystals that didn’t look like the traditional star-like snowflakes we typically expect. Instead, ice needles were found clumped together. Snowflakes ...

When Krupa Paranjape’s mother taught her to embroider as a child in India, she would make Paranjape rip out the stitches if they were not precisely lined up in the front and the threads were not ...

For centuries we have marveled at the diversity of snowflakes and told our children that each snowflake is unique (just like our little darlings!) But although each snowflake may be unique on a ...