The process of science, on the other hand, entails connection of previously untested or insufficiently tested predictions in the form of theories or hypotheses with observations. Science as a practice is the means of gaining new knowledge about the operation of the natural world. What follows is a brief outline of my position. Part of what makes science fun is that authority should be questioned and overthrown when logic or observation rules against it. Trust your logic and observations more than you trust my words, and please let me know where you find departures.
Scientists try to guess, from limited observations, the rules by which nature operates.
As opposed to mathematics and the jargon of law, nothing can be proved in science, only rejected if its predictions are falsified by data. Even then, theories are not rejected until a better theory comes along. For that reason, and demarcating science most clearly from religion, science and its explanations are always regarded as tentative. There are many good guides to the practice of deductive science. I try to reread these two papers at least yearly to keep from getting stuck in an unproductive rut.