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, ...

I have always found the ‘butterfly effect’ to be quite an interesting concept. This idea, taken from chaos theory, basically says that small input changes I have always found the ‘butterfly effect’ to ...

According to Wikipedia, the Butterfly Effect theory is “ a metaphor that encapsulates the concept of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory; namely that small differences in the ...

When people talk about the butterfly effect, they miss a large part of what makes chaos theory so incredible. Lets talk about ...

The “butterfly effect” describes a nonlinear relationship between elements of a system, whereby changes to one element of the system cause subsequently larger and more complex changes to other ...

TikTok's latest obsession is chaos theory but it's a little less complicated than it sounds. People are using the butterfly effect to make connections between personal and pop culture events. The ...

The big thinkers at Aperture explore the butterfly effect and the principles of chaos theory.

You know the Butterfly Effect theory, right? It’s the idea that little causes lead to great effects, like a butterfly flapping its wings on one side of the world eventually causing a hurricane on the ...