Why is science and technology inceperable?

Science is the acquisition of knowledge.

Technology is the creation of tools, made possible by applying acquired scientific knowledge.

However, as our technology advances, it allows us to better observe natural phenomena.

An example of this is:

- experiments with gases, thermodynamics, electricity, and magnetism --> yields knowledge of superconductivity

- superconductivity and theoretical physics --> allows for us to build more powerful particle accelerators

- more powerful accelerators + theoretical physics --> predicts and proves finer structure of matter

Using more advanced tools, made possible by previously-gleaned scientific knowledge, we are able to reveal more phenomena...which leads to more questions...which yields more scientific knowledge...which we apply to build better technology...and the cycle continues.