Hey, Dr. Science-Patterson! Is it true that no two snowflakes are identical? - Snow Blind in Syracuse, NY

Dear Snow Blind – That is true. Sometimes the difference is very slight, sometimes it’s quite drastic. For example, I once witnessed a pair where one was quite small, white, and took on a star-shaped crystalline pattern whilst the other was gray, significantly heavier, and mall-like in its sheer size and in its store- and kettle korn vendor-esque structures full of people partaking in commerce-esque type activities.

Hey, kids. Please send more of your science questions if you feel you need to.

Non-identical snowflakes

Is that true? – Luminous in Los Cruces, NM

Dear Luminous – Yeeeeah…And, remember, the moon is made of cheese. Listen, many of the early tribes of man knew not how to explain the mysteries of the universe visible to them. So they would often ascribe what they didn’t understand to the doings of some animal god or, in the case of luminous transport, to dm/dr=4r³p.

Please send your science questions! I like to answer them!