Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. It’s spring, so it’s a great time to talk about “snowflakes.” We’re talking about people, not frozen water crystals ...

Though the term “snowflake” is now considered a pejorative for Millennials and was put forward as the defining insult of 2016 by The Guardian, there’s at least one person in history who wore the label ...

Mineralogists study snowflakes to learn more about how water in its solid phase behaves. Abigail Eisenstadt The original photos from late 1800s by famous snowflake photographer Wilson “Snowflake” ...

Although the images sold for just five cents at the time, they are now regarded as having helped shape the world of science photography. With their delicate symmetry and unique crystalline structures, ...