The phrase "a lost science" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a field of study or knowledge that has been forgotten or is no longer practiced.
Example: "Many believe that alchemy is a lost science, overshadowed by modern chemistry."
Alternatives: "an abandoned discipline" or "a forgotten field".
Although there are a handful of scientists responsible for GMO tech abuse the rest of the scientific community is a sensitive bunch, and if you blame science for the issue you lose sciences support of your concerns.
Not only are D.I.Y. fecal transplants likely to be less safe than procedures administered by doctors but each one also represents a case lost to science.
But hard problems will never get solved, and some of the magic of science is lost" Biomedical science today is in a similar position as the computer industry of the early 1980s.
Later in the episode Nick also reveals that he lost a science competition and Grissom tells him to let it go.
Though such a device has been lost to science fiction comics and spy movies of the era before smartphones, the smart watch might soon become a reality, in the form of a curved glass device made by Apple.
Peck's Boletus bicolor describes the Eastern North American species that is the familiar "two-colored bolete", while Raddi's Boletus bicolor describes a separate European species that is lost to science.
His specialist subject was the skinning and preserving of specimens, using a technique that has since (mercifully) been lost to science.
When you consider the steamed bacon sandwich, blown to smithereens on its virgin flight and seemingly lost to science, the situation becomes a tragedy.
Her campaign speaks of a foregone black vote, as if it were lost to science or bad luck.
Another point is if you are teaching Muslim sixth formers in a school and you tell them they can't have their God and Darwin, there is a risk they will choose their God and be lost to science.
