A monarch butterfly (Dannaux plexippus) flaps its wings in Piedra Herrada Sanctuary, Mexico. Might this start a chain of events that results in a tornado in Texas? Photograph by Jaime Rojo In 1961, ...

Is the 2004 Ashton Kutcher vehicle The Butterfly Effect a good movie? Definitely not, no—but try telling that to me at age thirteen. And then wrap your head, once more, around the fact that if you had ...

Over the next 50 years, the so-called “butterfly effect” captivated the public imagination. It has appeared in movies, books, motivational and inspirational speeches, and even casual conversation. The ...

Just as the flap of a butterfly’s wings can theoretically influence the course of a hurricane, the tiny choices you make in your relationship can shape its destiny. The butterfly effect, a concept ...

Short hair is having a moment, and our social feeds are flooded with bobs, lobs, and various cuts above the shoulder. Equally ...

The butterfly effect may even be the source of the compounding impact connected to increasing wealth.(Photo by Tezos on Unsplash ) The butterfly effect, also known as the ripple effect or the chaos ...

In 1961, MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz was inputting numbers into a weather prediction program. His model was based on a dozen variables, the value of one being .506127. When he ran the model again, ...