causes

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“Obviously, the aggression causes rifts, and that reduces the willingness of those who are attacked to cooperate,” Romero said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

This research represents the first detailed examination of GLP-1 resistance, but scientists still do not know exactly what causes it.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

In many parts of the island, the soil’s high clay content causes deep fractures to form as it dries.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Epilepsy is a condition that affects your brain and causes seizures, otherwise known as fits.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

‘The treatment of natural things differs greatly from that of other sciences...In the explanation of natural causes, we must necessarily have recourse to a different kind of principle, called “hypothesis” or “supposition”.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton