The Science Machine is the tier 1 Science station and looks like this:
It costs
1 Gold Nugget,
4 Logs, and
4 Rocks to craft and is available from the start of the game
Gold Nugget: Mined from gold-laced rocks
Logs: Cut from trees
Rocks: Mined from both rocks and gold-laced rocks
After initially surviving for a few days around the map, this is going to be the first thing you build when you are ready to establish a more permanent settlement
Once you have the resources simply go to the crafting menu, down to the science tab and it will be right there to build
Achievement Unlocked! Congratulations!
Like other crafting stations, standing near the Science Machine allows prototyping new recipes. Prototyping items for the first time will grant the player 15 Sanity. Once prototyped, items can be crafted without being near a Science Machine