The phrase "allows us to speculate" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing possibilities or hypotheses based on available information or evidence.
Example: "The new findings in the study allow us to speculate about the potential causes of the observed phenomenon."
Alternatives: "enables us to theorize" or "permits us to conjecture".
Specifically, BAL 31 nuclease activity was found to be affected by the presence of guanine in ssDNA oligomers and the subsequent use of different G-tract containing substrates allows us to speculate on the likely mode of action of the enzyme.
Notably, the positive relationship observed between FRC and IC allows us to speculate that IC of the 'baby lung' could be a useful parameter to set a protective ventilation strategy to minimize VILI.
It allows us to speculate compassionately about a better outcome.
Mr. Graves writes, "Drawing by hand stimulates the imagination and allows us to speculate about ideas".
Similarly, drawing by hand stimulates the imagination and allows us to speculate about ideas, a good sign that we're truly alive.
The story allows us to speculate that Amy Bishop's accidental killing of her brother, followed by her parents' compassion-driven coverup, is what led her to become a "loaded gun" capable of massacring her colleagues.
Our results allow us to speculate about a potential use for naringenin in ADPKD treatment.
The comparative genomics approach used in this paper furthered our understanding of the soybean genome and allowed us to speculate on chromosomal regions produced by both recent and ancient duplication events.
It was the act of drawing that allowed us to speculate.
As much of a confection as our mental maps are, they allow us to speculate, rehearse and make plans.
And it ended as oddly and ambivalently as it had begun, never giving away its secrets but instead allowing us to speculate what all the lies, bloodshed and butchery had actually been about.
