Adjectivescientific (comparative more scientific, superlative most scientific)
Derived termsRelated termsFrom Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Science (from Latin: scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise of gathering knowledge about nature and organizing and condensing that knowledge into testable laws and theories. As knowledge has increased, some methods have proved more reliable than others, and today the scientific method is the standard for science. It includes the use of careful observation, experimentation, measurement, mathematics, and replication — to be considered a science, a body of knowledge must stand up to repeated testing by independent observers. The use of the scientific method to make new discoveries is called scientific research, and the people who carry out this research are called scientists. This article focuses on science in the more restricted sense, what is sometimes called experimental science. Applied science, or engineering, is the practical application of scientific knowledge. A scientific hypothesis is an educated guess about the nature of the universe, a scientific theory is a hypothesis which has been confirmed by repeated observation and measurement. Scientific theories are usually given mathematical form, and are always subject to refutation if future experiments contradict them. In the modern world, scientific research is a major activity in all developed nations, and scientists are expected to publish their discoveries in refereed journals, scientific periodicals where referees check the facts in an article before it is published. Even after publication, new scientific ideas are not generally accepted until the work has been replicated. Scientific literacy is the ability of the general population to understand the basic concepts related to science. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License How can I use the scientific method to make cotton candy in a Science Fair? Q. We have a science fair coming up and we need to use the scientific method in our project. My group wanted to make cotton candy so it would be a popular project. Have any ideas how to make it and how we can use the scientific method as well? Thanks for all the answers! Asked by Kake - Thu Feb 18 16:30:46 2010 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments A. The scientific method is a process for testing ideas: 1) Ask a question 2) Do background research 3) Create a hypothesis 4) Design an experiment to test the hypothesis 5) Analyze the data you've collected and draw a conclusion 6) Communicate your results. What are you testing by creating cotton candy? What you could do is you could test something using cotton candy. You could start by asking the question, "Does everyone like cotton candy?" You could then do research on cotton candy, how the human tongue tastes things, and about why people have different opinions on the same things. From your research, you could create a hypothesis. An example could be "If I increase the sugar content of cotton candy, more people will like it." Then… [cont.] Answered by Chris P - Thu Feb 18 17:47:56 2010 How exactly would scientific discoveries like aliens existing or how the mind works be evidence against God? Q. Some people say that scientific theories such as those would contradict the existence of God, but I just don't see how that would work. Asked by Bruce McDonald - Thu Jun 11 17:02:11 2009 - - 25 Answers - 0 Comments A. It wouldn't. It's just wishful thinking by some atheists. Answered by Wild Sage - Thu Jun 11 17:06:39 2009 What distinguishes the scientific method from other ways of looking at the natural world is?
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