Not everyone realizes that science is not just about problem solving, it is about creativity too. You need to be able to look at data and observations and think about it in new ways, in order to model or solve complex things like climate. And sometimes, you also need to just have a creative outlet while you’re waiting for your water samples to come up from miles deep in the ocean. Remember the snowflakes we all created out of paper when we were kids? One of the scientists here has mastered this art, and decorated the inside of the lab with a few incredibly intricate snowflakes – makes the inside look a little like outside!
Happy Birthday to Lindsay, Sasha & Kensuke. LEOMHS.
Hi Daniella, thanks from all 3 of us for the birthday wishes! 🙂
Wow, those paper snow flakes look amazing! It makes me wish I could actually see one in real life. Unfortunely, Miami is not exactly the snow capital of the world…but I imagine the Arctic would be! Have you seen the different designs of the snowflakes in real life or are they too small and fleeting to get a good look at them?
Hi Audrey, I was so impressed with those paper snowflakes too! I hope you get to experience snow in your life, because it is so beautiful – and you’re right, Miami is not the place to see that. Snowflakes are so small that the designs are hard to see without some magnification, so I have only seen snowflakes here in general. But it’s awesome!
In reference to the title of this post, how did scientists discover that every snowflake is unique, and how can one possibly go about proving that? Oh, and those paper snowflakes are gorgeous!
Hi Jennifer, those paper snowflakes are beautiful, aren’t they? I need to practice and make some for myself later. You make a good point, that you can’t look at every single snowflake, but you can tell by looking at so many of them (and people have looked at a LOT) under a microscope, that there seem to be infinite combinations of patterns!