what do people mean when they say science is always changing, and what is the example of science changing?

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People don’t say “science is changing.” They say “*the* science is changing.” Science itself as a methodology – observation, analysis, peer review – doesn’t change much. The scientific method has been the heart of it for hundreds, arguably thousands of years.

When *the science* changes, it means the scientific knowledge within a particular field has developed or is in active development. So you might say, the science of climate is changing because we suddenly have more scientific interest, more research and better models in response to a global crisis, so our understanding is improving. Or you might say the science of quantum computing is changing because nobody’s figured it out yet and it *seems* like it should work (but there are massive holes in our knowledge).