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Content: Using science involves understanding its context in society and its limitations. Science and Society
Many questions that affect our lives require scientific information to answer, and many have inspired important research. But none of these questions can be answered by science alone. Scientific questions involve the society in which we live, our economy, and our laws and moral principles. For example, researchers test shellfish for toxins that can poison humans. Should shellfish 
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be routinely screened for toxins? Science, Ethics, and Morality  
When scientists explain “why” something happens, their explanation involves only natural phenomena. Pure science does not include ethical or moral viewpoints. For example, biologists try to explain in scientific terms what life is and how it operates, but science cannot answer questions about why life exists or what the meaning of life is. Similarly, science can tell us how technology and scientific knowledge can be applied but not whether it should be applied in particular ways.