hypothesis

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Ultimately, the nanozymes hypothesis is intended to provide a broader framework that may help reconcile long standing disagreements among competing origin-of-life theories.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

This jibes with the challenge hypothesis, which says, in multiple species, testosterone levels rise when males battle for attention from potential mates and go down when it’s time to take care of the young.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

When one examines statistical deviations from trend for output and employment, economies look similar before and after recessions, and he sees little support for the Schumpeterian creative-destruction hypothesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

To test this hypothesis investigators needed to seize McCullagh's computer, but given his media work, including as a part-time assistant audience editor at the Belfast Telegraph, this would require additional steps.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

It is from this line of thinking that we get, it would seem, the first reference in English to an hypothesis as a theory that needs to be tested.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton