I think that covers most of the more interesting topics for most people!
Research
OK I like Physics, you know the 'How It Works - The Universe' subject. I couldn't really study it at school and while I have tried to spend time on in over the years life conspires to stop me getting on with it (that and maybe living fatigue!). However I do spend some of my time reading 'The New Scientist' and follow up a few things I'm really interested in.
So I was really really bugged by the recent cuts into the physics budgets. What a stupid foolish thing to do! OK particle physics may seem to be on the fringe of things that are useful but all knowledge is useful and the applications of the work done in physics populate our daily lives. It is a sad day for our country and the long term damage (who would trust us to help fund something now) will hamper us for decades to come. Instead of it being us that gains an edge from that quirky bit of research it will be France or Germany or Russia or....
The Environment
A possible replacement for concrete with a fragment of the CO2 footprint of the portland based product! Why are the big corporations not snatching it up and trialling it? Ignorance? Maybe. Anyone interested should look here and check out the BBCs The Material World.
Religion
I heard that some states in the US are considering giving creationism equal standing with evolution... obviously some minds in Florida etc. have devolved not evolved. I'm not a great fan of most religions but this is just brainwashing.
