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The "capture" hypothesis meanwhile postulates that the moons are asteroids from the outer Solar System that were captured by Mars' gravity.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

To put the hypothesis to a large scale test, Suresh and senior author Timothy Linksvayer assembled information on social behavior and genetics from tens of thousands of insect species.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 15, 2026

When the model replied that “believing harder” wasn’t a viable strategy for attacking the Riemann hypothesis, Sumner intervened: “You need to believe in yourself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026

But of course, this is just a hypothesis — or, as they say outside Wall Street, a guess.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

I smiled at Twig, but I felt a twisting in my stomach—like my hypothesis was wrong and the world didn’t work quite like I thought it did.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller

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

It also puts forward hypotheses about why this belly-brain choreography exists.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

A passionate debate has raged around three alternative hypotheses.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond