The answer is a theory or a model.
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While controlled experiments can offer compelling evidence to support a hypothesis or theory, not all ideas are tested this way.
The theory is evaluated in the context of the new information. The information may support the theory, it may require a tweak to the theory to accommodate the new information or it may require a major re-think of the theory.
The information-processing theory is a cognitive theory of learning that describes the processing, storage, and retrieval of knowledge in the mind.
The theory is modified.
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While controlled experiments can offer compelling evidence to support a hypothesis or theory, not all ideas are tested this way.
The big bang theory
Not necessarily... it simply means the earlier theory was based on information available at that time it was proposed. Humans are pretty good at making advances in the scientific world... experiments almost always bring new information to light - allowing us to adapt or update existing information.
The endoplasmic theory is the theory that states that eukaryotes were originally formed (and can be formed) by prokaryotes absorbing/taking in other prokaryotes to from certain membrane-enclosed organelles.
nebular theory
The theory is evaluated in the context of the new information. The information may support the theory, it may require a tweak to the theory to accommodate the new information or it may require a major re-think of the theory.
The fission theory, the capture theory, the condensation theory, the colliding planetesimals theory and the ejected ring theory.