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, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. The butterfly effect, a concept rooted in chaos theory and ...

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The term butterfly effect stems from the idea that small things, including change can have much greater impacts and conditions that may alter the outcome. A caterpillar cannot wake up and just become ...

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Meteorologist Edward Lorenz has died. He laid the foundations for the field of scientific study called chaos theory. He famously suggested that a butterfly flapping its wings in Brazil could ...