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, ...
It was a roller coaster of a year for the Butterfly Effect Project. After a tough start to 2025, the Jamesport nonprofit ...
It’s always fun to hear about magical coincidences and serendipitous moments, like when someone decides to take a last-minute road trip and ends up meeting the love of their life. On TikTok, many ...
A Yale-led study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on many butterfly populations worldwide, turning their species-rich, mountain habitats from refuges into traps. Think of ...
Small changes can have incredibly large and unintended consequences, whether for good or for ill. And no matter how smart you (think you) are, there’s absolutely no way that you can predict all of the ...
In science, there has been a concept called the "butterfly effect" for many decades - when a completely random and seemingly insignificant impact as a result of subsequent situations has a key ...
Coined by MIT professor Edward Lorenz, the butterfly effect is a powerful reminder of the interconnectedness of all things. Lorenz devised a model showing that two near-identical starting weather ...
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, ...
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