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Questions tagged [science]

This tag is for questions on academia specifically applicable to students, researchers, and faculty in scientific disciplines.

Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge") is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.

In an older and closely related meaning, "science" refers to the body of reliable knowledge itself, of the type that can be logically and rationally explained.

Note : This tag wiki has content adapted from Wikipedia, used under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

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What's behind the teen prodigies inventing things?

Every once in a while you see a headline similar to "17 year old student finds a cure for cancer!". Here are some examples too. What's behind this? I find it hard to believe that a teenager without any academic education (or minimal education) can…
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Is it possible to create a bachelors programme that focuses on being able to read any/most scientific article?

I was thinking about whether it would be possible to create a 3/4 year bachelors programme which goal is to teach the student to be able to read any/most scientific article? If so, do you think this programme would be valuable? What would you think…
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Should "I" be used in a science fair conclusion?

I just want to know if I is appropriate to use in writing a science fair conclusion.
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Do scientists generally use their name in their discoveries themselves or does someone else do them the honors?

For example, was the term Newtonian physics coined by Newton himself or by someone else? What about Hamiltonian or Langrangian physics?
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Would I have to conduct an experiment to write a scientific paper?

I recently got a book named How to write and publish a Scientific Paper by Robert A. Day and Barbara Gastel. The book doesn't really explain the "background" of a scientific paper. Would I have to conduct my own, original experiment in order to…
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Why scientists don't share their research ideas?

A lot of scientist that I've talked to are worried about sharing their ideas with too many people. They get very protective of those ideas. Here are some reasons why: Ideas are harder to define on your own Ideas are hard to validate There is no…
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