"What If...?" isn't just a popular Marvel animated series exploring alternate history (just imagine a kind Thanos or a zombie Thor), it's also a favorite question for ...

Picture a monarch butterfly soaring over the still, blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. It flaps its orange and black wings in a sweet, simple and modest way. Yet, the consequences are dire. As this ...

Small changes can have incredibly large and unintended consequences, whether for good or for ill. And no matter how smart you (think you) are, there’s absolutely no way that you can predict all of the ...

A Yale-led study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on many butterfly populations worldwide, turning their species-rich, mountain habitats from refuges into traps. Think of ...

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, ...

To most people, one thousand dollars spent is just that. It’s one thousand dollars you don’t have anymore. Spend one thousand dollars on an expensive meal or clothes and you’re less wealthy by one ...

What if I told you all your favorite time-travel films and books were actually created by big tech in order to wrest control of the time-travel industry from the proletariat? Think about it. Back to ...

The Butterfly Effect movies are about an individual who travels through time, and then has to deal with unexpected consequences. The title refers to the butterfly effect, a popular hypothetical ...

"I am strong, I am beautiful, I am intelligent, I am thankful, I am the future." Those powerful words are the oath members of The Butterfly Effect Project recite at their meetings. It was created by ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Living in suburbia already has enough of a bum rap, but the lives of Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher ...