What is the Goal of Science?

Reading a recent creationist blog post and the ensuing thread, I found out that the goal of science is to replace real religion with a government/state religion. I know what I think the goal of science is. But I’m curious as to what others think the goal of science is.

Intelligent Design Gets Peer-Review… Sort Of

In a previous thread, I asked for publications that support Intelligent Design. Of all the ones listed, only one actually seemed to provide supporting evidence for ID. The others were interesting ideas, but mainly dealt with how evolution can’t have done x (produce complex folding proteins or whatever).

But the paper I want to talk about today was different. The title suggested, in no uncertain terms, what to expect.

EVIDENCE OF DESIGN IN BIRD FEATHERS AND AVIAN RESPIRATION