{"id":856,"date":"2024-07-10T22:51:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T22:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/?page_id=856"},"modified":"2025-07-06T04:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T04:14:44","slug":"topics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-850734ed gb-headline-text\"><strong><em>Current (2025-26) Topics<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3131b2234a0314cdfb3024fd7e859934\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Practice Problem 1<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/fpspi.org\/invasive-species\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"color: green; font-weight: bold;\">Invasive Species<\/a> &#8212; How will we safeguard the biodiversity of our ecosystems against the rising threat of invasive species in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8844d67d6fb9744ae90950940474af39\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Practice Problem 2<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/fpspi.org\/space-exploration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"color: green; font-weight: bold;\">Space Exploration<\/a> &#8212; How might space exploration change the way humanity exists on Earth and throughout our Universe in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c0d2d60d56f7d06717162fe47278ec44\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Qualifying Problem<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/fpspi.org\/video-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"color: green; font-weight: bold;\">Video Games<\/a> &#8212; How might evolving gaming technology, laws, and consumer expectations impact the business of video games in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1d2d1b4162fe808b257ea54e1721dea8\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>Affiliate Finals Problem<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/fpspi.org\/surveillance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"color: green; font-weight: bold;\">Surveillance<\/a> &#8212; How might surveillance be used responsibly to balance public safety with privacy and ethical considerations in the future?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5f6b15e74c003f6a3c28a58abe5b0623\" style=\"color:#000000\"><strong>International Conference 202<\/strong>6: To Be Announced in 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-dbca29a8 gb-headline-text\"><strong>Past Topics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-016ed6b3 gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/fpspi.org\/topics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FPSPI Topics<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"gb-button gb-button-3b5e452b gb-button-text\" href=\"https:\/\/fpspi.org\/50-years-topics-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">FPSPI Historical Topic List<\/a>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current (2025-26) Topics Practice Problem 1: Invasive Species &#8212; How will we safeguard the biodiversity of our ecosystems against the &#8230; <a title=\"Topics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/topics\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Topics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-856","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1470,"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/856\/revisions\/1470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mnfpsp.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}