Can the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil really set off a tornado in Texas? That’s the question at the heart of the Butterfly Effect — one of the most fascinating ideas in chaos theory.

Scientists concluded that many real-world systems — the stock market, the Texas tornado season — must be similarly unpredictable, and the "butterfly effect" has continued to be invoked as an ...

Following the 2011 tornado that left much of Joplin in ruins, the town came together in similar ways to look to the future with hope of recovery. This hope manifested itself in the form of mur… ...

Remember the butterfly-triggers-tornado adage? Chaos theory says calculating turbulence to find out if that's true must be impossible. Now, physicists are latching onto turbulent patterns with ...

Saint Louis Zoo staff swiftly rescued butterflies from a dome damaged by a historic tornado. Tornado hit the Mary Ann Lee Butterfly Wing, breaking plexiglass panels. Skip Navigation.

(TNS) - Butterfly sculptures are beginning to pop up around Joplin as a way to mark the fifth anniversary of the May 22, 2011, tornado. Nearly two dozen sculptures, sold by the Joplin Area Chamber ...

Remember the butterfly-triggers-tornado adage? Chaos theory says calculating turbulence to find out if that's true must be impossible. Now, physicists are latching onto turbulent patterns with ...

It's poetic, the notion that the flap of a butterfly's wing in Brazil can set off a cascade of atmospheric events that, weeks later, spurs the formation of a tornado in Texas.

Saint Louis Zoo staff swiftly rescued butterflies from a dome damaged by a historic tornado. Tornado hit the Mary Ann Lee Butterfly Wing, breaking plexiglass panels. Skip Navigation.

It's poetic, the notion that the flap of a butterfly's wing in Brazil can set off a cascade of atmospheric events that, weeks later, spurs the formation of a tornado in Texas. This so-called ...