causes

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Stillbirths in England and Wales are recorded as babies that die at any time from 24 weeks of pregnancy, from both natural causes and clinical errors.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

Plus, the destruction of the environment causes viruses to spill over from animal hosts into us.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Clinicians call this the “prescribing cascade”: An antidepressant causes insomnia, so a sleep aid is added; a stimulant causes irritability, so a mood stabilizer follows.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Vince, 64, says that every technological innovation initially causes a stir and sparks curiosity among audiences.

From Barron's • May 10, 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