* The role
of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement
of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge,
ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell
research,
evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction
of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use
of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)