the scientific method

noun

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: the process that is used by scientists for testing ideas and theories by using experiments and careful observation

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Now, researchers from the University of Naples Federico II, and Italy's National Research Council, have applied the scientific method to eggs in another way: determining how best to boil them. —

Michael Franco, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025 While Melissa, Janine, Ava, and Mr. Johnson do everything in their power to get their respective student to win, Morton drills Barbara and Jacob on rigidly abiding by the scientific method. —

Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025 Some scientists have criticized the use of indigenous knowledge as dangerous and characterized it as incompatible with the scientific method. —

Robert Schmad, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Jan. 2025 One of her most powerful quotes was about tenacity and relating it to the scientific method. —

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