NORFOLK, Va. — While most of us grew up cutting out snowflakes from construction paper, with six points, the truth is, many snowflakes don’t look like the star-shaped dendrites we are used to seeing.

Miriam Rossi, a professor of chemistry at Vassar College, offers the following reply: Snowflakes are symmetrical because they reflect the internal order of the water molecules as they arrange ...

Winter snowstorms, like the Nor'easter that just slammed New England, transform gray days into winter wonderlands. So while you're stuck inside, or within snowshoe-walking distance, here are six fun ...