Question: How will science improve over time

Jasmine answered on 6 Nov 2018:

Science will always look for explanations for what goes on in the natural world and test those explanations against evidence from the natural world — but exactly how this gets done may evolve. The scientific enterprise is not static. Science is deeply interwoven with society, and as it has changed, so too has science.

Here are just a few examples of how modern scientific practices have been transformed by increasing knowledge, changing societal concerns, and advances in communication and technology.

Publication and peer review – The rise of the Internet has enabled scientific results to be publicized more rapidly than ever before possible.

Specialization – As our scientific knowledge has advanced and the questions we seek to answer have become more complex, science has become more specialized.

Regulation – As society and the scientific community have become increasingly concerned about dangerous experiments, scientific and governmental organizations have set up guidelines to minimize potential negative impacts and ensure that research is carried out ethically.