What are some interesting topics to research?

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What are some interesting topics to research?
Secession


The study of history


The proper roles of men and women at home and in society


Methods of education


The arguments for and against various political issues like abortion, gay marriage, national debt, etc.


The detrimental effect political correctness is having on our country.
Reply:Evolutionary ethics
Reply:This TOTALLY depends on what your interests are. Some people like researching diseases, while others like to research animals or the environment or even where an invention came from. There are just too many factors involved to figure out what YOUR view of interesting would be. besides, i don't even know what your specifications are (why you need a topic or what you're going to do with it).
Reply:A few fun research ideas:





- How we got the everyday necessities we think we couldn't possibly live without -- from simple things like "Who invented the paperclip?" to huge time savers like "Who invented the washing machine?" and "How did they make cloth before there were machines?"





- Also... diets and nutrition are interesting for research; every fad diet claims to be soooo good for your health and helpful for weight loss, and lots of them give conflicting advice. That might make for some fun research.





- Third and final idea: research people's attitudes/customs. Maybe do a survey to find out how different people celebrate a holiday... there's more variation than you might imagine. And finding the ways we differ while looking at the ways we're all the same sort of strengthens our bonds as a community.





- OK, one more... This one I'd love to see someone write a book on. Money saving tips. During the Great Depression, housewives came up with all kinds of ingenious ways to stretch what they had. For instance, they cut up the wax paper that came in packaging and used it to wrap sandwiches. They used a knife to flatten the toothpaste tubes so they could squeeze every little bit out. There are lots of other examples... you could interview really old people and find out all kinds of stuff about that. Actually, interviewing old people is a great way to do research because it's firsthand stuff and most eldery people (especially the ones in nursing homes) crave conversation with people who are interested and polite. So you're doing them a favor even as they do you one...