hypothesis

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Dr. Gregor Hartmann of Helmholtz-Zentrum research center, said: "Our method provides an unbiased way to recognize variation in footprints and test hypotheses about their makers. It's an excellent tool for research, education, and even fieldwork."

From Science Daily

Duesberg’s embrace of a dangerously wrong hypothesis to the point that it destroyed his career is almost a Shakespearean narrative.

From Los Angeles Times

“For instance, there’s never been clear evidence that ghosts exist. So my prediction—and our hypothesis—is that the Spirit of the Sea isn’t real.”

From Literature

To investigate their hypothesis, Salomon and his colleagues relied on decades of experience studying lipid oxidation, along with chemical insight, to predict that pseudo leukotrienes existed.

From Science Daily

"These notches in the wheels and the deformation observed in the track are compatible with the fact that the track was cracked," it wrote in what it called a "working hypothesis".

From Barron's