The Scientific Method

First: wonder. Something happens that shouldn't— an apple falls, a mold kills bacteria, a child asks "why is the sky blue?" and you realize you don't know. That not-knowing is the beginning of everything. Second: guess. Not randomly— educatedly. Hypothesis is just a fancy word for "I think maybe" with a lab coat on. Third: test. Break things. Mix things. Heat things until they change or until you do. Experiment comes from the Latin for "to try," which means science is just organized trying. Fourth: fail. This is the step no one puts on the poster. But most experiments fail. Most hypotheses are wrong. Most of science is a graveyard of good ideas that didn't survive contact with reality. Fifth: adjust. Not quit—adjust. The failed experiment is not wasted. It's a map that says: not this way. And knowing where not to go is almost as valuable as knowing where to go. Sixth: repeat. Again. Again. Again. Until the universe confesses its small secrets— not because you demanded but because you kept asking politely. Science is not certainty. Science is the courage to be uncertain— to hold a question like a living thing, feed it data, walk it through evidence, and let it grow into an answer you didn't expect. Every discovery began with someone saying: "That's strange." Be the person who notices the strange.