<P> Data mining is the most common tool used in discovery science, and is applied to data from diverse fields of study such as DNA analysis, climate modeling, nuclear reaction modeling, and others . </P> <P> The use of data mining in discovery science follows a general trend of increasing use of computers and computational theory in all fields of science . Further following this trend, the cutting edge of data mining employs specialized machine learning algorithms for automated hypothesis forming and automated theorem proving . </P>

Compare and contrast discovery science with hypothesis driven science