Here's a fun game: describe your research/interest in a similar way that Fox/Republicans use to describe research. The more misleading it is from the actual research, the better.
I'll start: watch how tired mice get when they get sick
(determine the mechanism of how microbial contact affects host circadian rhythms)
I study how fast pollutants leaking into the ground are neutralized by natural processes involving microorganisms, and whether it's possible to protect drinking water sources from pollution, by introducing the right microorganisms in the right place after an oil spill.
I honestly don't know how to phrase that so it sounds useless.
My company costs the government billions each year for weapons that haven't been used in nearly 80 years. Talk about inefficiency!
Nukes and nuclear nonproliferation.
Shout-out to republican department of energy head Rick Perry who wanted to get rid of the DOE thinking it was just solar panels and windmills. TEXAS MAN THINK GOVERNMENT ENERGY BAD.