Wiktionary
n. An observation that contradicts an accepted law or theory.
Usage examples of "scientific problem".
She could go back to Argus, although no longer as director, and pursue any scientific problem she pleased.
Beller provided our group with virtually unlimited funds, established us in a secluded area in New Jersey, and posed us a scientific problem: could we or could we not develop a certain valuable process?
In this form, the author confronts his hero with a seemingly insoluble scientific problem and forces him to use his wits to overcome staggering odds.
Invention is a matter of problem-solving, and one of Leinster's favorite forms, especially in his later years, was what is usually called the scientific problem story.
Introductions were made and Samshow stood in a corner while Sand encouraged Kemp to explain his own scientific problem.