In a first, physicists have directly seen Hofstadter’s butterfly—a long-sought-after fractal in the quantum realm ...

The butterfly effect, a theory that's taken social media by storm, is being credited by many as the reason they've found ...

In 1972, the US meteorologist Edward Lorenz asked a now-famous question: "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" Over the next 50 years, the so-called ...

In Brazil, a butterfly flaps its wings, setting off a chain of events that ends with a tornado in Texas. 1 In layman's terms, chaos theory states that the most unpredictable and seemingly ...

Still looking to learn from winged animals, a team of researchers from Princeton University is exploring how feather-like flaps on aircraft wings could improve stability and maneuverability.

I will often see them in the butterfly house floating down from the ceiling without moving their wings, like they are gliding. 'As they approach the floor they will slowly flap their wings once, and ...

The Guardian's media editor, Jim Waterson, explores how different the world would look were it not for the occasional, well-timed flap of a butterfly's wings.