Some think that one has to choose between science and faith, and that these two pursuits are exclusive of each other.
The University of California Museum of Paleontology states, “Many simply acknowledge that the two institutions (science and faith) deal with different realms of human experience. Science investigates the natural world while religion deals with the spiritual and supernatural—hence, the two can be complementary” (https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/science_religion).
This same website also describes the different roles that faith and science have. “Moral judgments, aesthetic judgments, decisions about applications of science, and conclusions about the supernatural are outside the realm of science...In fact, topics like aesthetics, morality, and theology are actively studied by philosophers, historians, and other scholars. However, questions that arise within these domains cannot generally be resolved by science.” In conclusion, science helps us describe how the world is, and then we have to decide how to use that knowledge.
Dr. John C. Lennox, professor of mathematics, suggests that the Bible and science are not completely separate because the Bible describes some of the things that science talks about, like the origin of the Universe. The words of Psalm 111:2 are engraved on the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, “Great are the works of the LORD; they are pondered by all who delight in them.” But Lennox also points out that the Bible is not “a scientific treatise from which we can deduce Newton’s Laws, Einstein’s equations, or the chemical structure of common salt” (John C. Lennox, Seven Days That Divide the World (Grand Rapids, Michigan. Zondervan 2011) p. 37-38 (digital copy)).
Yes, there are many historical and current examples. Galileo Galilei, 1564-1642, was the Italian scientist who formulated the basic law of falling bodies that laid the foundation for future discovery. He also improved the telescope and discovered the four moons of Jupiter. He saw craters on the moon, discovered sunspots, and tracked the phases of Venus. He was the first to see the rings of Saturn. He famously said, “The Bible shows the way to go to heaven, not the way the heavens go” (www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/14190.Galileo_Galilei).
Currently, Dr. Francis Collins, the former director of the National Institute of Health in the United States, says, “The God of the Bible is also the God of the genome. He can be worshiped in the cathedral or in the laboratory. His creation is majestic, awesome, intricate, and beautiful” (www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/03/collins.commentary/index.html).
“Science can reveal the frequency of a G-flat and how our eyes relay information about color to our brains, but science cannot tell us whether a Beethoven symphony, a Kabuki performance, or a Jackson Pollock painting is beautiful or dreadful” (https://undsci.berkeley.edu/article/0_0_0/whatisscience_12).