alternative

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Now, with support from the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, an international group of physicists has taken a closer look at alternative explanations known as quantum collapse models.

From Science Daily • May 3, 2026

With the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed, oil and other commodities produced in the Middle East can’t easily reach global markets through alternative routes.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026

His fundamental difference with the SNP remains the independence question, even if Labour's support for new nuclear power stations does offer an alternative dividing line.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

The bread and butter of Boston asset management has been actively managed equity mutual funds, a business that has been crimped by investors choosing exchange-traded funds, index funds, and alternative investments instead.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Before 1611 the competition between the three alternative accounts of the cosmos—the Ptolemaic, the Copernican and the Tychonic—represents a genuine case of under-determination.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton