In the idealized version of how science is done, facts about the world are waiting to be observed and collected by objective researchers who use the scientific method to carry out their work.
Neil deGrasse Tyson thinks facts are not dependent on politics, but should be established with the scientific method, a process of finding the truth through testing and experimentation.
When preparing his 1840 volume, The Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences, Reverend William Whewell wanted a single word to refer to a practitioner of the scientific method and came up with " scientist."
Through previous excavation and studies of historical relics, it is a scientific method used to discover, deduct and interpret the laws of human society, and keep improving discoveries by accepting inquires and frequent tests.
A group of liberal strategists he brought together in the early 2000s led to the creation of the Analyst Institute, a secretive firm that applies scientific methods to political campaigns.
We'll learn how to become germ detectives and equip ourselves with scientific methods that let us spot, track, defend against, and even eradicate the pathogens behind infectious diseases.
Meanwhile, though they spent their professional lives categorising the natural world, both found themselves obsessed with points at which the scientific method broke down.
In proceeding toward this unpleasant conclusion I have not guessed or speculated or conjectured, but have used what is commonly called the scientific method.