hypothesis
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One hypothesis is that a giant impact released heat from the north.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
By April, it had the data to support its hypothesis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
A Sussex Police spokesperson said the investigation remained open, and the "current hypothesis" was that it was "a tragic accident, with no third-party involvement".
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026
Their hypothesis was confirmed when footage of a Ying Yang Twins performance went viral in 2025.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In 1966, Walter Gilbert and Benno Muller-Hill isolated the repressor protein from bacterial cells—thereby proving Monod’s operon hypothesis beyond doubt.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The 15 partnerships with global firms it has disclosed have an aggregate headline contract value exceeding $11 billion and suggest it can convert hypotheses into development assets and commercial transactions at scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Some medical researchers let AI models take the lead alongside human lab workers to gather information, stress-test hypotheses, interpret data and spit out plans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
But there are several hypotheses, says Dr Alex Gofton, a tick expert who led a recent study into the allergy.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Over the past century, scientists have proposed numerous hypotheses, most of them centered on chemical evolution occurring either on Earth or in space.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
Many hypotheses proposed by scientists as well as by nonscientists turn out to be wrong.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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