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In lab situations, it is possible to grow "identical twins".

Some various coverage on Professor Libbrecht and his snow flakes...

KEQD: https://www.kqed.org/science/1536955/identical-snowflakes-sc...

Quartz: https://youtu.be/N2oJaW7Xiek

Veritasium: https://youtu.be/ao2Jfm35XeE

And if you want to dig deep: http://snowcrystals.com




The article's title would be better if it was something like "the Vermont farmer who was the first to photograph snowflakes". The article isn't about the chemistry / physics, it's about how he collected lots of pictures. It's a cool achievement, just not reflected in the title




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