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   Sci·ence

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   • 1. the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation, experimentation, and the testing of theories against the evidence obtained: "the world of science and technology"
   • ▪ a particular area of science: "veterinary science"
   • ▪ a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject: "the science of criminology"
   • 2. knowledge of any kind: archaic "his rare science and his practical skill"

   Word Origin Middle English (denoting knowledge): from Old French, from Latin scientia, from scire ‘know’. The main modern sense developed in the late 18th century.

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2. www.britannica.com › browse › ScienceScience Portal | Britannica

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   5 days ago · The field of science has developed over many centuries as a way of studying and understanding the world, beginning with the primitive stage of simply noting important regularities in nature and continuing through the rise of modern science.

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   Why is science important?

   • Science is a leading outlet for scientific news, commentary, and cutting-edge research. Through its print and online incarnations, Science reaches an estimated worldwide readership of more than one million. Science ’s authorship is global too, and its articles consistently rank among the world's most cited research.

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   What is Big Science?

   • Big Science, style of scientific research developed during and after World War II that defined the organization and character... Scientific theory, systematic ideational structure of broad scope, conceived by the human imagination, that encompasses a... History of science, the development of science over time.

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   What is the history of Science?

   • History of science, the development of science over time. On the simplest level, science is knowledge of the world of nature.... Scientific hypothesis, an idea that proposes a tentative explanation about a phenomenon or a narrow set of phenomena observed... Turtles: Fact or Fiction? Can turtles catch colds? Can turtles run?

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   Why is physics called a fundamental science?

   • Physics covers a wide range of phenomena, from elementary particles (such as quarks, neutrinos, and electrons) to the largest superclusters of galaxies. Included in these phenomena are the most basic objects composing all other things. Therefore, physics is sometimes called the "fundamental science".

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4. www.science.org › journal › scienceScience | AAAS

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   5 days ago · Science is a leading outlet for scientific news, commentary, and cutting-edge research. Through its print and online incarnations, Science reaches an estimated worldwide readership of more than one million.

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   2 days ago · Physics is the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. [1] Physics is one of the most fundamental scientific disciplines.

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   2 days ago · It can be thought of as a bubble with Earth at its centre. It is differentiated from the entirety of the universe, which is the whole cosmic system of matter and energy, including the human race. Unlike the observable universe, the universe is possibly infinite and without spatial edges.

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    4 days ago · Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology...

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