What questions capable of being answered by scientific research are of public interest? The simplest way to find out would be to ask for suggestions. They could come from membership organisations like the National Trust, the British Beekeepers’ Association, the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners, Oxfam, the Consumers’ Association, the Women’s Institute, as well as local authorities and trade unions. Potential subjects for research would be discussed in these organisations’ newsletters, in specialist magazines and in online forums. Their research suggestions would be submitted
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That way madness lies. You'd end up with requests for time with the Hubble Telescope to search the moon for Apollo descent stages, searches on Mount Ararat for remains of Noah's Ark and expeditions to the ice wall at the edge of the Earth!
