hypothesis
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According to this hypothesis, ecosystems can benefit from occasional, moderate disturbances that prevent any single species from becoming too dominant.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Q: How did you feel when you learned that a machine may have overturned this hypothesis?
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The researchers call their proposed explanation the adaptive aging hypothesis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026
A new paper looking at the chemical reactions between water and disintegrating plastic offers a potential hypothesis for how microplastics might make us sick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Such a hypothesis led to the next logical question: Was Whitehorn the father of her baby?
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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China’s biotech hubs also have a dense network of specialized contract research organizations, or CROs—which are critical for running clinical tests—allowing researchers to quickly transform scientific hypotheses into results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
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
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
The continuing delay, he argues, points to competing hypotheses, unresolved leads and possible mechanical issues that have yet to be fully explained.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
But historians are nevertheless able to evaluate related hypotheses by retrospective tests.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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