Research Report Topics

Choose a subject that has a controversial aspect, i.e., problem(s) surrounding it.

   

 

acupuncture

ADD or AHDD

Agent Orange

airbags

airline accidents/commuter lines

Alzheimer's Disease American vs. Japanese factory workers

anorexia/bulimia

Apple Computer and the future

aspirin to prevent heart attacks

baseball cards and profits

beef and health threats

bottled water vs. tap water

breast enlargement/reconstruction

cable and phone company mergers

cell phone fraud

chemotherapy/options

chiropractic

classified singles ads

cold fusion

computer dating (shopping, etc.)

congressional lobbying

copyright law 1998

cows milk and hormones

crack babies

credit card fraud

cybernetics

defense budget

deficit spending

designated-hitter rule

diet pills

dioxin

DNA testing

ethnic cleansing

exorcism

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

fluoridation of water

foreign takeovers of US businesses

frozen embryos

gambling boats/casinos

gene therapy

gene research

genetic engineering

Glasnost

high-fiber diets

holistic medicine

Hooters restaurant/night club

 

IQ test results

Japanese trade competition

job quotas

junk bonds

jury consultants

jury nullification

Kwanza

lead poisoning

legal insanity

lie-detector tests

Microsoft Corporation and Windows 95/98 &/or Browser wars

Minoxidil/baldness treatments

national debt

Norplant

oil spills

organ transplants

ozone depletion

Peristroika

phobias (in particular)

poltergeists

prenuptial agreements

preservation of historical buildings

prisoners' rights

pyramid profit schemes

radiation treatments

rap music and women

reincarnation

reverse discrimination

right-to-work laws

savings and loan scandals

solar power

state lotteries

sun tanning

surrogate motherhood

televangelism

test-tube babies

tobacco industry cover-up

use of federal lands for mining/forestry/etc.

vegetables vs. meat in daily diets

vegetarianism

vitamin C (E, etc.)

web TV

yoga and health

Y2K issues

Or...fill in a topic of your own and have it approved by your instructor

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