As the T-shirted regulars straggle in to Melinda Tarver's cardio-kickboxing class on a recent Saturday morning, it's obvious the gym's air conditioning isn't working properly. We always get a good ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Paris climate agreement is another example of an attempted grand solution to a ...

The term wicked problem has become a standard way for policy analysts to describe a social issue whose solution is inherently elusive. Wicked problems have many causal factors, complex ...

Over time, major social change spurred by technological change has led to unprecedented flows of people, information and resources impacting on global ecological systems. Unfortunately for all of us, ...

Guru Madhavan is the Norman R. Augustine Senior Scholar and senior director of programs at the National Academy of Engineering. His new book is Wicked Problems: How to Engineer a Better World (W.W.

Scientific research plays a big role in our lives. We have come to rely on it in so many ways. It seems that every day we hear someone say, “well, research has shown …” But we are coming up against ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The 63-year-old was killed in a head-on collision near Rich Farm Ice Cream, officials ...