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(WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) – Snowflakes can come in so many intricate shapes and patterns but still look the same to the naked eye. Upon closer look under a microscope, you can see the beautiful designs that ...

Most of us have heard the phrase “no two snowflakes are alike.” But the idea that every snow crystal is unique traces back to ...

Believe it or not, there are many different types of snowflakes, and the bigger ones that occurred recently are called dendrites. When viewed at close range or under a microscope, these snowflakes ...

No two snowflakes are alike. You probably learned that at an early age. But you might not know the man who discovered it. The lesson can be traced back to Wilson Bentley, a farmer from Jericho, ...

You’ve heard it before, “no two snowflakes are alike.” Of course, scientists can’t possibly put every flake that flies under the microscope, so how can we be sure? The type of snowflake depends on the ...

You’ve seen snowflakes before, but not like this. Each of these images is a composite of 100 to 500 individual photographs taken on a custom-built 100 megapixel microscope camera. Nathan Myhrvold ...