science from the Merriam Webster dictionary; "the state of knowing"...also, "a department of systematic knowledge as an object of study". There is a definition that says knowledge and study of the physical world and its phenomena but that's only one of the several definitions.
There is a pretty famous case of a person whose weight was closely monitored right before death and compared to the weight just as he passed on. It showed a minute difference just as he died and there was no known explaination for the difference. Maybe it was his soul leaving his body?
You are enamored of matter.