Editing S.C.I.E.N.C.E. (section)

===Critical response===
Critics wrote favorably of the album's diverse style. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' gave it an 8.7 out of 10, stating "this CD successfully combines all sorts of shit without sounding like a mess. Here you have a song: it's got a phat-chunk bass beat twanging fast in back, some crazy electro squornks and bleeps coming and going, sudden snatches of full-blown guitar-jam, a rapid-fire Patton-esque vocalist (Brandon Boyd), all the while someone scratching vinyl and a drummer back there hammering merrily along."<ref name="Pitchfork"/> [[AllMusic]] reviewer David Thomas wrote that the band "manages to make their songs upbeat and danceable as well as tunes to headbang to. An admirable feat in a genre that tends to reward decibel levels instead of quality."<ref name="Thomas"/>

On April 11, 1998, Darren Kerr of the [[Vancouver]] publication ''Drop D'' praised the album's incorporation of [[turntablism]] and trip hop.<ref name="Kerr"/> Kerr also noted similarities between Faith No More, who would announce their breakup just nine days later, writing "I would not dispute that Brandon of the Jungle's evil-lounge-singer-morphing-into-teeth-gnashing-maniac vocal style is emulative of Mike Patton. I also would not argue that a couple of these songs would not sound out of place alongside FNM tracks like 'Caffeine' or 'The Gentle Art of Making Enemies'. However, guitarist Michael Einzinger and bassist Alex Katunich are mining a groove vein uniquely their own."<ref name="Kerr"/> ''[[CMJ|CMJ New Music Report]]'' wrote in their September 1997 review that, "you've heard this kind of hip hop/metal fusion from bands like Faith No More, [[Living Colour]], [[Rage Against the Machine]] and [[Biohazard (band)|Biohazard]], but Incubus has got a bit more funk in its trunk than any of those artists."<ref name="cmj97"/> They noted the album "distinguishes itself from run-of-the-mill surf/skate metal by including a real live DJ (DJ Lyfe) who thrashes as hard on the turntable as the rest of the guys."<ref name="cmj97"/> The review goes on to state that the band manages to create "monstrous riffs",  saying "''S.C.I.E.N.C.E.'''s most memorable songs are the ones in which Incubus proudly bares its metal muscles."<ref name="cmj97">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhGxd6mX1UUC&dq=%22incubus%22+%22funk%22+%221997%22&pg=PA13|title=CMJ New Music Report|date=September 8, 1997|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}</ref> ''Spin'' in 1998 pointed out not only the band's usage of turntables, but also their usage of the didgeridoo and djembe instruments.<ref name="spin98">{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PeGUjNqTnGcC&dq=%22incubus%22+%22science%22+%221998%22+immortal&pg=PA90|title=SPIN|date=August 5, 1998|publisher=SPIN Media LLC|via=Google Books}}</ref> In his August 1998 review, Jason Hradil of ''[[The Lantern]]'' wrote that Boyd has "an intense voice similar to Faith No More's Mike Patton."<ref name="lan"/> He further wrote, "Incubus changes tempo and style at least two to three times per song" and "one thing I'll guarantee, is that these young men will bring home their report cards with an 'A' in science."<ref name="lan">{{Cite web |url=https://www.thelantern.com/1998/08/incubus-blinds-listeners-with-science/|title=Incubus blinds listeners with "S.C.I.E.N.C.E."|date=August 2, 1998|website=[[The Lantern]]}}</ref> In an October 1997 article focusing on an Incubus concert with 311 and Sugar Ray, Dan Nailen of the ''[[Moscow-Pullman Daily News]]'' had a positive view of the band's music. He wrote, "combining super-phat beats, rap-style turntable-scratching and crunchy heavy-metal guitar riffs, Incubus is nothing if not unique. Add to the musical mix the pilable vocals of frontman Brandon Boyd, reminiscent of Faith No More's Mike Patton, and you have music as interesting as Sugar Ray's is lame."<ref name="pull">{{cite news |last1=Nailen |first1=Dan |title=Skip Tull and hit George Jones instead |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |date=30 October 1997}}</ref> Matt Peiken of ''[[Modern Drummer]]'' magazine awarded it three and a half out of five stars in March 1998. He praised the band's technical ability but noted a lack of focus on the album, saying "Incubus plays with listeners' minds in Faith No More-ish fashion [and] at times it's hard to tell whether the band is attempting to dish out some serious music or simply kicking out kitsch."<ref name="md">https://www.moderndrummer.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/md220cs.pdf</ref>