No two snowflakes are alike, but do all have one thing in common — perfect sixfold radial symmetry. It sounds complicated, but all that really means is if you divided any snowflake into six equal ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Mr. Freeze: The snow is beautiful, don't you think? Clean, ...

Look closely at a snowflake, and you’ll observe a one-of-a-kind gossamer lattice, its growth influenced by ambient conditions like temperature and humidity. Turns out, this sort of intricate ...

In London, where I live, you can forget about a white Christmas. The best I can hope for is a pitiful flurry of flakes. So, this year, I am on a mission to create my own snow. And not just any snow: ...

‘How full of creative genius is the air in which these are generated!’ exclaimed Henry David Thoreau on inspecting the minute forms of snowflakes. But in popular culture some of them appear to be more ...