I received an email from ScienceDebate2008 asking to complete a survey designed by the National Academies to find out what matters most to interested participants.  At the site you will read this statement:

The National Academies want to develop websites, podcasts, and printed information featuring the topics in science, engineering, and medicine that concern you the most, and that you’d like to understand better.

It’s only a 2 minute survey, and you can take the survey at this site.   There are 21 topics, and you are asked to select five from the list as shown below.

The graph below shows the percentage distribution of topics as of a few days ago.

Follow the link above and participate in the survey.

Here is the latest data on the NAS survey results as of January 18, 2009. There have been some shifts and changes in percentages as more people have completed the survey. Energy and Climate Change still head the list.