He then went on to state that discovery-driven research is hypothesis-free, and thus independent of the preexisting bias of traditional biology. I listened patiently, because I have heard this ...

A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon. For a hypothesis to be put forward in science or engineering, the scientific method requires that one can test it. Scientists/engineers ...

Systems biology methods accumulate a vast array of information to generate hypotheses and discover new cellular relationships. A combination of 'omics' technologies now provides important proof of ...

The early lineages of hexapods (broadly defined insects) have long been debated. Researchers at University of Tsukuba and collaborators critically examined the newly proposed "Protura-sister" ...

So far, so not science. However, in 2018 two University of Cambridge scientists named their paper The Silurian hypothesis: would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the ...

The early lineages of hexapods (broadly defined insects) have long been debated. Researchers at University of Tsukuba and collaborators critically examined the newly proposed "Protura-sister" ...