causes

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After examining the evidence, they found no convincing proof that weight cycling itself causes long-term harm in people with obesity.

From Science Daily • May 17, 2026

During a large earthquake, sudden movement along the fault causes pressure inside the fluid-filled rock to drop rapidly.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

In addition to the four euthanized wolves, two wolves died from vehicle strikes, three were found dead of unknown causes, and three additional deaths are under investigation.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2026

The leading causes of cattle death are respiratory illness, digestive problems, calving complications and weather—not wolves.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

In Pascal’s account of why the mercury does not descend in the Torricellian tube the formal and material causes are so attenuated as to be uninteresting, and the final cause has disappeared completely.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton