These scientific explanations continually generate expectations that hold true allowing us to figure out how entities in the natural world are likely to behave eg how likely it is that a child will inherit a particular genetic disease and how we can harness that understanding to solve problems eg how electricity wire glass and various compounds can be fashioned into a. Rather it is a path to understanding. The Scientific Method Article Khan Academy Laws of nature are expressed as scientific laws. . Its the process that scientists use to understand everything from animal behavior to the forces that shape our planetincluding climate change. A scientific law is a statement that describes what always happens under certain conditions in nature. Before making a hypothesis scientists may read about a topic to understand it better. They may talk with other scientists about it. The variable a scientist manipulates in an experi-ment...