In 1961, MIT meteorologist Edward Lorenz was inputting numbers into a weather prediction program. His model was based on a dozen variables, the value of one being .506127. When he ran the model again, ...

Ripples. Consequences. Repercussions. In daily life, the butterfly effect is the idea that small, seemingly trivial events can trigger a series of events leading to massive, unpredictable outcomes.

Bryan Nelson is a science writer and award-winning documentary filmmaker with over a decade of experience covering technology, astronomy, medicine, animals, and more. You've probably heard of the ...