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Chapel Hill Shooting Labour's Pink Bus Homeless Veterans Campaign George Osborne Greece Michael Gove News >Environment >Nature Mysteries of the snowflake: The curious world of the ice-crystal experts Everybody loves snow, right? But not many of us are obsessed, like the scientists who study these icy enigmas. Nicola Gill enters the curious world of 'dendrites' and 'plates'
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Print Your friend's email address Your email address Note: We do not store your email address(es) but your IP address will be logged to prevent abuse of this feature. Please read our Legal Terms & Policies A A A Email Dr Chris Westbrook works in deepest Hampshire at the Chilbolton Observatory, home to the world