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

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 ...

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

It wasn’t until Kenneth Libbrecht moved to decidedly un-snowy southern California that he finally began to appreciate snow. “I found it kind of funny that after I ended up as an adult and moved away ...