Science (skill)

Science

Scientists working on the Group Science Project.

For other uses, see Science (disambiguation).

Science is a skill introduced in The Sims 3: University Life. Science skill can be increased by reading any of the 3 skill books, by using the Science Research Station or the Group Science Project, by taking classes in the Science building, or by using scientific socials with others.

Having the Science skill will boost job performance in the Science and Medical careers. Sims with enough points in the skill will begin these careers at a higher level when accepting job offers.

Having the Science skill is also helpful when fishing, gardening, and collecting. Items that a scientific Sim acquires in these ways will have a chance to be higher quality. Samples can be gathered by analyzing minerals, plants, fish and insects. These samples can then be researched to gain even more scientific knowledge.

Interactions

The Group Science Project activities are: Study the Red Pad Tie Node, Interface with the Green Mind Melder Module, and Adjust the Blue Magnatomic Pulse Array. These experiments gives sims various moodlets and abilities:

Experiment	Color of Beam	Moodlet				Notes
		Picture	Name	Mood	Time
Interface with the Green Mind Melder Module	Green		Hive Mind!	No Mood Effect	6 Hours	Sim gains skills faster
Study the Red Pad Tie Node	Red		Uninhibited	+20	4 Hours	Sim wants to streak
Adjust the Blue Magnatomic Pulse Array	Blue		Power Nap	+10	2 Hours	Everyone nearby knocked out, after 3 hours waking all motives are filled
All three experiments at the same time	White		Meteor Shower!	+30	3 Hours	On lot is raining moneybags, gems, metals and spacerocks and sometimes magic gnomes. Note that the player doesn't need all three Sims at the same time to activate this. Have one Sim gradually fill a light to one third of the machine and repeat with the other two. This way, the player can achieve this state more easily.

The Science Research Station activities are: Research Science, Gene Splicing Experiment, Horticulture Experiment, Clone from Sample, Research Sample, Herb Experiment, and Radiation Experiment. Experiments may fail or succeed:

Experiment	Ingredients	Failure	Success	Epic Success
Gene Splicing Experiment	Seed	Destroyed or decreased quality	Changed from one seed into another seed	Transformed into a Forbidden Fruit Seed
Horticulture Experiment	Seed or coffee bean or plant	Destroyed or decreased quality	Increased quality	Transformed into a perfect Empanada (food)
Herb Experiment	Herbs	Destroyed or decreased quality	Increased quality	Transmute into a Bottle of Super Spice
Radiation Experiment	Bugs	Destroyed	Bug stays alive	Transmute into a Plasma Bug

Resulting Item		Use
	Forbidden Fruit Seed	Can grow Forbidden Fruit to become Plantsim
	Empanada	Eat
	Bottle of Super Spice	Use this on food to add spice (foods quality increases) or on PlantSims to cure them
	Plasma Bug	Very expensive bug (§4,000)

Statistics

• Experiments Completed
• Objects Created
• Experiment Epic Failures
• Plants Analyzed
• Fish Analyzed
• Insects Analyzed
• Minerals Analyzed
• Sims Tested
• Simoleons Earned from Correlating Scientific Data
• Simoleons Earned from Selling Scientific Samples

Challenges

Free Range Scientist

Analyze a total of 100 Plants, Fish, Insects, and Rocks to reduce the cool down time on Correlating Scientific Data.

Experienced Experimentalist

Complete 100 Experiments using the Science Research Station and/or the Group Science Project and receive an International Science Achievement Award Plaque and Cash Prize!

Abilities

Level	Ability	Gifts
1	Research Science at the Science Research Station
2	Research and sell Scientific Samples	Scientific Samples: Fish Sample Insect Sample Mineral Sample Plant Sample
3	Analyze Minerals (Gems and Metals)	Metal and Gem
4	Analyze Plants	2 Herbs
5	Correlate Scientific Data at the nearest Science Building	-
6	Analyze Insects	2 Bugs
7	Analyze Fish	2 Fishes
8	Analyze DNA samples from other Sims	2 DNA Samples
9	Clone from Scientific Sample at the Science Research Station	-
10	-	Group Science Project (in household inventory)