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, ...

In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" The image of the tiny flapping butterfly has come ...

Picture a monarch butterfly soaring over the still, blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. It flaps its orange and black wings in a sweet, simple and modest way. Yet, the consequences are dire. As this ...

A new study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on butterflies, turning their species-rich, mountain habitats from refuges into traps. Think of it as the 'butterfly effect' ...

Opening with a line from Chaos Theory, The Butterfly Effect states that even the smallest flutter of a butterfly's wing can cause a hurricane to form halfway across the world. By meshing this with the ...

The Butterfly Effect in real life with mirrors and a laser ...

For the first time, researchers in China have accurately quantified how chaos increases in a quantum many-body system as it evolves over time. Combining experiments and theory, a team led by Yu-Chen ...