NPR:
During the holiday season we see images of lots of
geometrically incorrect snowflakes.Chemist Thomas Koop thinks
ice crystals are masterpieces of natural beauty. Unfortunately,
he says, "This beauty is sometimes corrupted."Koop, a professor
at Bielefeld University in Germany, says the problem is that
many of these images show ice crystals with five or eight
sides. In other words, he says, they are scientific
abominations.
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