Why are no two snowflakes alike?

You've no doubt heard the old saying that “no two snowflakes are alike.” But with all those flakes falling to Earth and blanketing the ground every year, for eons, is it really true? read more

Although there are millions of snowflakes being born everyday, you may have observed that two of them never look alike. Truth be told, the chance that two of them look alike isn't necessarily zero. They can have doppelgangers too. The only thing is, that this probabilty is very small, so much so that it is insignificant. read more

As Joe Hanson of It's Okay To Be Smart explains in a new video, each snowflake really is unique -- only not for the reason you might expect. read more

The short answer to the question is yes -- it is indeed extremely unlikely that two complex snowflakes will look exactly alike. It's so extremely unlikely, in fact, that even if you looked at every one ever made you would not find any exact duplicates. read more