But nature’s tiniest designs can be just as transformative. Take snowflakes. Their shape is an iconic theme in winter décor, ...

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

What are snowflakes? They are clusters of ice crystals, forming unique six-sided structures. Learn about the shape of a snowflake, its size, and its color.

With a camera-equipped microscope of his own making, Kenneth G. Libbrecht shoots some of the world’s most stunning photographs of snowflakes. Since October, four of the physicist’s images have adorned ...

Snowflakes have been puzzling mathematicians for about four centuries. Still, scientists have never been able to fully explain snowflake shapes. For example, is this true that their six-pointed ...