Picture this heavyweight prize-fight match up: engineering’s logical and rational approach to problem solving versus the sometimes-street brawling style of public policy development. Put the two in a ...

(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 ...

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.

Our last two SMa.r.t. columns focused on the advantages of low-rise, 2- to 4-story buildings and how our typical low-rise beach-town environment is more sustainable, and has less negative impact on ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Elicker said the passenger of the vehicle was a young girl who has not been identified ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) According to a news release, the grant supported the remodeling of seven emergency ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Commissioners said they want a more complete picture of the operations at the site, ...