I have always, however, found it good policy to be friendly with men of scientific ability.

"Well, we defeated them also, thanks in large part to my superior scientific abilities."

He rarely made fundamental mistakes and never, she suspected, about a man's scientific ability.

Only the young wizard of science whom he himself taught has ever excelled him in scientific ability.

You talk about my scientific ability, yet I cannot pilot a simple one-man space gig.

"Common sense tells you, 'Yes there's something wrong here,' but do we have the scientific ability to show the cause and effect at this present time?"

You are needed for your scientific abilities in this type of situation, Captain.

Social factors might account for these tiny differences, which in any case have an unclear connection to scientific ability.

And if they arrived from another planet, what has happened to the scientific ability that brought them here?

While the clinicians thought highly of him, there is a question mark over his scientific ability.