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, ...

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 ...

Plus, relationship therapists share how the trend can be a tool for mindfulness Leave it to TikTok to take an abstract philosophy, spread it across the app, and use it as evidence for how they ...

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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 ...

Like the burnt toast theory, the butterfly effect isn't just some buzzword trending on TikTok. At its core, the theory is a powerful reminder that you can have more influence over your life than you ...

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, ...