In the iconic "Sound of Music" score, "My Favorite Things," a young Julie Andrews lists snowflakes as objects that bring her ...

Miriam Rossi, a professor of chemistry at Vassar College, offers the following reply: Snowflakes are symmetrical because they reflect the internal order of the water molecules as they arrange ...

They say that no two snowflakes are the same. That may be true, but snowflakes share some striking similarities. Take a look at these snowflakes: See a pattern? It may not be immediately clear, but ...

Exquisitely detailed and beautifully symmetrical, the snowflakes made by a mathematician are icy jewels of art. But don't be fooled; there is some serious science behind a mathematician's charming ...

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It is 94 degrees outside Ken Libbrecht’s Caltech lab. Inside, within refrigerated coolers, tanks and glass boxes, it is a cool 5 degrees, and Libbrecht is busy making snowflakes. For the past 16 years ...

Mathematician Katie Steckles explains just why the proliferation of snowflake decorations this time of year is deeply ...