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, ...

What Is the Butterfly Effect, Really? You’ve probably heard the phrase: A butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil and sets off a tornado in Texas. It sounds poetic—and it is. But behind that image is a ...

That day, a terrorist organisation’s desire to imbibe a little culture by paragliding into a music festival ended up ...

If you are wondering what these three things have in common, life has brought a special story full-circle at the 2025 NFR. "The butterfly effect is the idea that small, seemingly trivial events may ...