Scientists build on the work of others to create scientific knowledge. Scientific knowledge is subject to revision and refinement as new data, or new ways to interpret existing data, are found.

How is scientific knowledge gained?

Scientific interpretations are based upon the author’s knowledge, which is gained through their experience, through their reading and through their analytical (inductive and deductive) skills. If these scientific interpretations are accepted by peer-review and published, they may then be considered scientific facts.

How does scientific knowledge grow or expand?

THE increase of scientific knowledge can be divided into three steps: first, the production of new knowledge by means of laboratory research; secondly, the publication of this knowledge in the form of papers and abstracts of papers; thirdly, the digestion of the new knowledge and its absorption into the general mass of …