Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a “great conjunction” of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared as one ...

A newly recognised form of diabetes is changing how scientists understand the disease, especially in countries like India. In ...

ORLANDO, Fl. – As the days get shorter and the sun lowers in the sky, the intensity of sunlight decreases, signaling to trees that it’s time to prepare for winter. This triggers the leaves to stop ...

Why do some people love Impressionist paintings like Claude Monet’s “Water Lilies” (1906) while others can’t understand the hype? The question of aesthetic taste has stumped scholars for centuries.

An extra stage has been identified for the first time that helps explain why ice can have a liquid layer at the surface even ...

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The air particles that fall through will impact the shape they become. Warm temperatures tend to lead to longer shapes, like a needle. Colder temperatures create flat, plate-like snowflakes. Hahn said ...

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The Saarland researchers reveal that the slipperiness of ice is driven by electrostatic forces, not melting. Water molecules in ice are arranged in a rigid crystal lattice. Each molecule has a ...

This is essentially crystal formation. Snowflakes form when water droplets attach to particles in the sky, like dust or pollen. This creates a six-sided shape. The particles fall through different ...