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 ...

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 ...

According to our Founding Fathers, the proper role of government is to secure our unalienable rights to “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” The best way to do this is for our elected ...

SIR: In 2007, the Australian Public Service Commission published a report titled, “Tackling Wicked Problems: A Public Policy Perspective”. The report delineated problems that are complex and tasking ...

(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 ...