We've seen a lot of snow over the last few weeks in both the U.S. and Canada. But snow that doesn't melt when held to a blowtorch or lighter? Videos of this strange phenomenon went viral last week.
However, as Johanna Wagstaffe explains in this week's Science Smart, there's a perfectly reasonable explanation.
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