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When Does A Theory Become A Fact?

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
Yahoo

5 fascinating facts about the Big Bang, the theory that defines the history of the universe

Albert Einstein stands next to Catholic priest Georges Lemaître in a black and white photo from 1900 In 1915, Albert Einstein published his theory of general relativity, which originally stated that ...
New Scientist

When does a theory become a fact and who decides? (part 2)

While all the previous responses (1 January) to this question correctly explain how theories never become facts, they refer to the phenomena being explained by theories as facts. It is erroneous to ...
Washington Examiner

PolitiFact retracts Wuhan lab theory ‘fact-check’

An awful lot of people in the press were eager last year, maybe a little too eager, to dismiss the theory suggesting the COVID-19 virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, China. It was foolish then to ...
New Scientist

When does a theory become a fact, and who decides? (part 3)

There is an underlying assumption in this question of there being a concrete “reality”, for which a perfect description can be found. This perfect description would then be an indisputable fact. Some ...