Question

A team of researchers are working on a project to make a new kind of airplane fuel. During their experiment, there was an explosion that destroyed the lab. While they were cleaning up the debris, they discovered a number of pieces of frozen metal. The scientific community was amazed. The researchers were so excited to report that they had discovered a fuel that burns so hot that it becomes cold. They were not sure of the true importance of their discovery but they knew it was something that had never been seen before. The researchers quickly wrote up a report, created a press release, and applied for a patent. The news spread quickly through the world wide scientific community and soon other scientists were trying to replicate their experiment. Much to the relief of the original team or researchers, no other scientist could ever replicate their find. Would this example be considered science or pseudoscience? Why or Why not?

Answer 1

Well for a start, this makes absolutely no sense, "discovered a fuel that burns so hot that it becomes cold." 

And yes, it's not science if the experiment can't be repeated. In fact they should WANT it to be repeated so that you can get credit for discovering something new and then possibly harness this effect to produce useful applications. 

For all we know they had a fewer of LN2 in the lab that got shredded by the blast, LN2 could certainly have frozen many things (not metal though, since metal is already solid at room temperature, (except for mercury)), and afterwards would leave no trace.