snowflakes
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Growing Snowflakes In A Lab Is Science At Its Most Beautiful
Video: There’s a wonderful irony to the fact that every single snowflake is a unique masterpiece, but they’re too small for the human eye to enjoy. Thankfully they can also be grown in a lab by scientists like Dr Kenneth Libbrecht, the “Snowflake Consultant” for Disney’s Frozen, who also films his microscopic creations so they…
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Why Snow Is White Even Though Snowflakes Are Clear
When you look at pictures of individual snowflakes, the snowflakes are clear. So why is snow white and not clear?
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Is Every Snowflake Actually Unique?
You’ve been told that “no two snowflakes are alike” more times than you can count. But is that actually the case? And if so — why? Fortunately, Joe Hanson of It’s OK to Be Smart has done us the favour of breaking down the science of snowflakes, how they become so intricate, and why, even…
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So How Exactly Do Snowflakes Become Frozen Works Of Art?
We probably all have a rough idea of how exactly a snowflake forms high above our heads, but BytesizeScience breaks down the specifics of why every flake has six sides, how they can become so intricate, and why there might actually be plenty of them that look exactly the same.