Any science involved in studying phenomena or laws of the physical world: physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and so on.

A room in a school set aside for instruction in the sciences.

(applied science) A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.

Any scientific discipline concerned with the study of phenomena occurring in space, or with space flight.

A competition in which contestants, usually children, create science-related projects or demonstrations.

The creation story found in Genesis in the Bible or the Qur'an, presented by fundamentalists as if it were a literal scientific truth.

An interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information.

The theory and study of the safe storage, cataloguing and retrieval of documents and items.

(philosophy, uncountable) The study of the assumptions, foundations, and implications of science, including such questions as what distinguishes science from non-science, what are the aims of science, or what is a successful scientific explanation of a phenomenon.

(humorous slang) Synonym of microwave oven