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{{short description|Practical application of scientific knowledge}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} [[File:Testing MAP for carrots.jpg|thumb|[[Food science]] is a branch of applied science.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Warner |first=Andrew |date=2023-10-30 |title=What Can You Do With a Food Science Degree? |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/what-can-you-do-with-a-food-science-degree |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240320132927/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/what-can-you-do-with-a-food-science-degree |archive-date=2024-03-20 |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=U.S. News}}</ref>]] {{Science|expanded=Branches}} '''Applied science''' is the application of the [[scientific method]] and scientific knowledge to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines, such as [[engineering]] and [[medicine]]. Applied science is often contrasted with [[basic science]], which is focused on advancing scientific theories and laws that explain and predict natural or other phenomena.<ref>{{Citation |last=Bunge |first=M. |title=Technology as Applied Science |date=1974 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2182-1_2 |work=Contributions to a Philosophy of Technology: Studies in the Structure of Thinking in the Technological Sciences |pages=19β39 |editor-last=Rapp |editor-first=Friedrich |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-94-010-2182-1_2 |isbn=978-94-010-2182-1 |s2cid=110332727 |access-date=7 February 2023 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=31 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210331144907/https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-94-010-2182-1_2 |url-status=live }}</ref> There are applied natural sciences, as well as applied formal and social sciences.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Roll-Hansen |first1=N. |date=2017 |title=A Historical Perspective on the Distinction Between Basic and Applied Science |journal=Journal for General Philosophy of Science Article |volume=48 |issue=4 | pages=535β551 |doi=10.1007/s10838-017-9362-3|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10838-017-9362-3|hdl=10852/65274 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Applied science examples include [[genetic epidemiology]] which applies [[statistics]] and [[probability theory]], and [[applied psychology]], including [[criminology]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wertz |first1=J. |date=2018|title=Genetics and Crime: Integrating New Genomic Discoveries Into Psychological Research About Antisocial Behavior |journal=Psychological Science|volume=29 | number=5 | pages=791β803|doi=10.1177/0956797617744542|pmid=29513605 |pmc=5945301 }}</ref>
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