Portal:Science/Intro

Science is a verifiable body of data estabilshed through experimental investigation empirical knowledge of phenomena that can be observed or repeated, and a set of techniques for investigating, through research, repeatable events using a systematic procedure known as the scientific method. Natural sciences such as physics, chemistry, biology, and astronomy study nature; social sciences such as economics, politics, psychology, sociology, and anthropology study human beings and society.

The concept of reproducibility is the unsung workhorse of the scientific method: Galileo relied on this concept to develop his law of falling bodies. Without this concept, scientists would be unable to verify the claims of others. Without it, technological products would fail upon second use. Reproducibility is a requirement for a law of nature.