Many white plastic clothes hangers in a large box - Oksix/Getty Images Take a moment to see an everyday item in a new light. Plastic clothes hangers are common enough, but each one is a complex form ...

We're always looking for ideas for handmade Christmas decorations – and these cute crochet snowflakes have gone straight to the top of our must-make list. There are so many beautiful designs to choose ...

Snow can seem anything but delicate when you consider avalanches, nor’easters, and the fact that we generally stomp through it, shovel it, and drive over it. But on a microscopic level, each ...

Many of us love snow - but look a little closer at those delicate snowflakes and you'll be in for an even bigger treat. Every snowflake has six sides but did you know they come in different shapes and ...

When a snowflake lands on your sleeve, it's the end of a 20-minute tumbleweed journey through clouds. But its touchdown is not the end of the story. Grab a hand lens or magnifying glass and discover ...

Decorate your house for the holidays with these beautiful and easy cotton swab snowflakes! Use this craft to discuss vocabulary words such as radial or talk about repeating patterns. It's snowing in ...

All of the snowflake photos on this page, believe it or not, were captured using a six-year-old point-and-shoot Canon camera and a standard 58mm SLR lens that was produced in the USSR sometime between ...

Three-dimensional snowflakes can now be grown in a computer using a program developed by mathematicians. Intricate, incredibly variable and beautiful, snowflakes have been puzzling mathematicians ...

Fluffy snowflakes fell on Trumbull, north of Bridgeport, Connecticut, on Tuesday, December 23, as the National Weather ...

There’s a lot about snow we don’t know. Where does it come from? Where does it go? What does it taste like? Admittedly there are tentative answers to these questions. But there are yet more complex ...