cause and effect

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By identifying this previously unknown layer of interaction between gut bacteria and the immune system, the study shifts the field beyond simple associations and toward understanding cause and effect.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026

But 34 years later, Sims and Sargent would share in the 2011 economics Nobel for “for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

As we watch his experiments, we first see and then feel their reactions in recursive proof of cause and effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Another challenge is the need for larger patient groups and long term studies to determine cause and effect and to clarify how dysfunction in tanycytes may lead to tau buildup.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

But when it comes to cause and effect, there is often a trap in such open-and-shut thinking.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt