hypothesis
proposed explanation for an observation, phenomenon, or scientific problem
Lipid hypothesis
hypothesis
niche hypothesis
theory of how animals communicate
Southwestern United States and East Antarctica
plate tectonics hypothesis
threshold hypothesis
hypothesis that a minimum threshold in language proficiency must be passed before a second-language speaker can reap any benefits from language
Stolen body hypothesis
hypothesis
liberation hypothesis
effect on sentencing of extra-legal factors
nominative determinism
hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their name
Twin deficits hypothesis
hypothesis in economics
Hills cloud
location in the extreme Solar System
Blending inheritance
obsolete theory in biology
Desert
theorized gap in energy scales, between approximately the electroweak energy scale (about 246 GeV) and the the Grand Unified Theory (GUT) scale of particle physics
body memory
hypothesis in psychotherapy
primary and secondary gain
aspect of a disease
Wood-pasture hypothesis
ecological theory
chronology protection conjecture
conjecture that the laws of physics prevent closed timelike curves
thrifty gene hypothesis
Evolutionary biology hypothesis
one-electron universe
Physics postulate describing all electrons/positrons as one time-independent entity
activation-synthesis hypothesis
neurobiological theory
bold hypothesis
concept in the philosophy of science
broad spectrum revolution
Kent Flarina
Buddhist influences on Christianity
hypothesized impacts
common disease-common variant
hypothesis for alleles
imprinted brain hypothesis
conjecture on the causes of autism and psychosis
Jerusalem school hypothesis
hypothesis for the synoptic problem, developed by Robert Lindsey, that Luke and Matthew both relied on older texts now lost
portal hypothesis
possible mechanism for obesity health effects
slab gap hypothesis
explanation for several instances of crustal extension that occur inland near former subduction zones
swoon hypothesis
hypothesis regarding the death of Jesus
dynasty replacement theory
alternate theory of Japan's royal lineage
Russian occupation of Crimea
military occupation by Russia
Khazar theory of Ashkenazi ancestry
debunked antisemitic theory that Ashkenazi Jews descended from Khazars
Inversion
hypothesis that during the course of animal evolution, the structures along the dorsoventral (DV) axis have taken on an orientation opposite that of the ancestral form
venom optimization hypothesis
hypothesis that venomous animals have control mechanisms for delivering their venom
hypothesis
statistics
critical brain hypothesis
hypothesis that states certain biological neuronal networks work near phase transitions
ovulatory shift hypothesis
hypothesis that female mating behaviour changes throughout the menstrual cycle
anti-exhaustion hypothesis
theory of birdsong
green world hypothesis
hypothesis that predators are the primary regulators of ecosystems