science

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[L. scientia, knowledge]
The intellectual discipline that uses all available mental and physical resources to better understand, explain, quantitate, and predict normal as well as unusual natural phenomena. The scientific approach involves observation, measurement, the accumulation and analysis of verifiable data, and the replication of experimental results.

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[L. scientia, knowledge]
The intellectual discipline that uses all available mental and physical resources to better understand, explain, quantitate, and predict normal as well as unusual natural phenomena. The scientific approach involves observation, measurement, the accumulation and analysis of verifiable data, and the replication of experimental results.

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