Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets.
Recent Examples on the WebLikewise, Ralls theorized in the 1976 study that larger females may be better mothers—providing good-quality milk, transportation, protection and other care.—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2024 Some theorized that the image had been generated by artificial intelligence; one viral tweet suggested Middleton’s face was lifted from an old Vogue cover.—Reece Rogers, WIRED, 12 Mar. 2024 In the early 1900s, scientists theorized that a hormone was the cause.—Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2024 Xia and colleagues theorized that the lack of tails in apes likely improved their locomotion.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2024 While this may seem like a grab bag of unrelated aspects of cognition, Vinod Menon, the director of the Stanford Cognitive & Systems Neuroscience Laboratory, recently theorized that all of these functions may be helpful in constructing an internal narrative.—Nora Bradford, WIRED, 3 Mar. 2024 The number of people walking their dogs seemed to have picked up, even as the day got colder; Winslet theorized, without resentment, that maybe word had gotten out.—Susan Dominus, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024 This curiosity seems to defy the teachings of Charles Darwin, who theorized that evolution discards what no longer serves the survival of a species.—Robert Pearl, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024 The late sociologist Erving Goffman used the allegory of the theater to theorize about everyone’s behavior, not just performers.—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 24 Feb. 2024
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