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• n  a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations
• n  a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena
  a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory
• n  a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• The second major hypothesis, according to Donald Leung, head of pediatric allergy and immunology at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, is "food-induced .
• Scientists don't know yet whether male circumcision can also provide protection for female partners a new study on the hypothesis is forthcoming next year.
• When I draw a chart, I start with a hypothesis.

• possibility
• theory
• guess
• conjecture
• supposition
• surmise
• surmisal
• speculation

News & Articles

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• Does Facebook Promote Narcissism?
  According to a new University of Michigan study, some of our favorite social media sites serve as a vehicle to self-promote. Researchers Elliot Panek, Ph.D., Yioryos Nardis and Sara Konrath, Ph.D., explored the hypothesis that social media reflects and amplifies growing levels of narcissism within our culture. In a study published online in Computers in Human [...]
  June 13, 2013 - Psych Central
• Hopkins students may know secret behind 'Game of Thrones'
  Well, it's a hypothesis, anyway, about a two-star planet When a passion for "Game of Thrones" meets up with the kind of inquisitive mind it takes to be a physics grad student at a school like Johns Hopkins University, what you get is the "circumbinary" hypothesis of weird weather seasons in Westeros.        
  June 12, 2013 - Baltimore Sun
• For Now, NVIDIA Corporation Leads Tech's Race to Cross 'Uncanny Valley'
  Robotics professor Masahiro Mori's "uncanny valley" hypothesis, formulated in 1970, holds that the more human characteristics a robot is bestowed, the more likable it becomes to a human
  June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq

Quotes

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• Luis Tellez in FOXNews
  There are no indications that would support any hypothesis other than that this was an accident,said Transportation Secretary Luis Tellez, though he added: "We will investigate until all possibilities have been exhausted."
• Paul Henderson in Forbes
  Our hypothesis is that it is that ingredient that in fact represents the highest probability as to the cause,Henderson said. "But we have been unable to prove that through scientific information."