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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, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Evelyn Mousigian Picture a monarch butterfly soaring over the still, blue waters of the ...

The most dangerous AI failures are not the ones that remain confined to one particular area. They’re the ones that spread.

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect describes a small change that can have massive, unpredictable consequences. An insect flaps its wings and, weeks later, causes a tornado. The coronavirus is more ...

Is the 2004 Ashton Kutcher vehicle The Butterfly Effect a good movie? Definitely not, no—but try telling that to me at age thirteen. And then wrap your head, once more, around the fact that if you had ...

The concept of going back in time to fix mistakes only to face unintended consequences is nothing new. The video game Life is Strange has the main protagonist use her rewind powers to go back and ...

“Whatever happens to musicians happens to everybody,” said Bruce Sterling years ago, referring to the effects of free downloadable music on their industry; and so it has come to pass for pornographers ...

Free porn changed the world, and The Butterfly Effect explains how. It's a seven-episode podcast series produced by author and screenwriter Jon Ronson that tracks the wide-ranging impacts of the rise ...

Bad filmmaking meets bad science and bad philosophy in The Butterfly Effect, a science-fiction howler that suggests an entire season of a misbegotten Quantum Leap knockoff condensed into a seriously ...