Neither quantum mechanics nor general relativity made apparent sense, are irreconcilable, yet quantum mechanics works fine when applied to subatomic physics, and general relativity works fine when applied to astronomy. Because of that irreconcilability, physicists have developed the as yet untestable string theory, according to Brian Greene.
and defies the laws of science.
What laws might that be?
What puzzles me is why you have to ask.
IMHO, the honest student of science is the first to admit, "I don't know." The simple fact is that we don't know, by definition, what we don't know. But, we keep on learning new stuff. Just look at what has been learned in the last decade about RNA.