scientific theory
explanation of some aspect of the natural world which can be tested and corroborated
Semiotic theory of complexity
scientific theory
tired light
class of hypothetical redshift mechanisms
third-party punishment
theory applicable to biology, anthropology, and sociology
cell theory
scientific theory that living organisms are made up of cells, that they are the basic structural/organizational unit of all organisms, and that all cells come from pre-existing cells
nutation
type of motion in astronomy. A component of the rotating motion of a planet under the influence of gravitational pull by moons, other planets or the central star
Bose-Einstein statistics
statistical description for the behaviour of bosons
abiogenesis
natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds
adenoma-carcinoma sequence
scientific theory
Cassini Division
gap in the rings of Saturn
voting paradox (Condorcet)
Marquis de Condorcet's observation regarding times when voters' collective preferences are cyclic, even when voters' individual preferences are not
perturbation theory
quantum mechanics
Bell test experiments
experiments in quantum mechanics
SIR model
Compartmental model in epidemiology
Bell state
quantum state of two qubits that exhibits maximal quantum entanglement
Mars ocean theory
theory that nearly a third of the surface of Mars was covered by an ocean of liquid water early in the planet’s geologic history
Dyson series
perturbative expansion of the time evolution operator in the interaction picture
chiral anomaly
non-conservation of chiral current in physics
organizational ecology
theoretical and empirical approach in the social sciences that is considered a sub-field of organizational studies
growing block universe
past and present exist while the future does not
Hipparchus star catalog
ancient astronomical map by Hipparchus
Penrose diagram
two-dimensional diagram that captures the causal relations between different points in spacetime
Nascent state
superseded chemical theory
probability axioms
axioms that are relevant to the probability theory
Kerr metric
exact solution for the Einstein field equations
static universe
model of the universe that is not expanding or contracting, e.g. one in which the cosmological constant exactly balances things
Fresnel zone
region of space involved in radio propagation between a transmitting and receiving antenna
Fresnel diffraction
diffraction
superseded scientific theory
scientific theory rejected by modern mainstream scientific consensus
State/space theory
Socio-political geographical theory
Unified neutral theory of biodiversity
theory of evolutionary biology
sea levels sinking
scientific theory that the level of the sea is sinking
theory of evolution
any scientific theory of biological evolution
Rainbow Gravity theory
physics theory sometimes referred to as "gravity's rainbow"
Interpretive Theory of Translation
theory in the field of of translation studies formulated by Danica Seleskovitch
Dyson sphere
hypothetical megastructure, originally described by Freeman Dyson
boson
quantum system invariant by exchange of two identical instances
spontaneous generation
disproven theory of life arising from nonliving matter
germ theory of disease
prevailing theory about the cause of infectious diseases
Wilson effect
Perceived depression in sunspot umbrae
neuron doctrine
concept that the nervous system is made up of discrete individual cells
Large extra dimension
Theory in particle physics
epigenetic theories of homosexuality
Possible causes of homosexuality