The popular concept has been depicted in everything from film to social media testimonials, but the real science behind the ...

What started as a brainy concept from chaos theory is now the internet’s latest obsession. The butterfly effect — the idea ...

A butterfly flaps its wings on a sunflower in Georgetown, Ontario. Judge gives Trump administration two days to release billions of dollars in blocked foreign aid Do EVs last as long as gas cars?

Put another way, in the "butterfly effect," an insect can flap its wings and create a microscopic change in initial conditions that leads to a hurricane halfway around the world. This chaos is ...

But when this butterfly flaps its wings, the undersides reveal a sharp contrast -- they are shades of dull brown that perfectly mimic a dead leaf, camouflaging the butterflies from predators.

It was a popular summary of chaos theory suggesting a butterfly flapping its wings in the Amazon could cause a tornado in Texas. Right now, a version of this is making it hard for us to predict ...

“The flapping of the wings of a butterfly can be felt on the other side of the world”, goes a Chinese proverb. Ponder the unstated coincidence between what some analysts see as terse greetings ...