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A research collaboration has developed a simple model to help inform the complex decision-making that goes into managing water quality and fishery output in Lake Erie and similar ecosystems. There's a ...

The views expressed herein are mine alone as a 45-year power sector expert since 1980. In addition, I have been the pioneer Chairman and CEO of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), ...

(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 ...

Living in a simulation wouldn’t get rid of the need to solve climate change – in fact, it may amplify it. If reality is a simulation, then it must have been created for some purpose. Since the most ...

This psychology-based problem-solving quiz reveals whether you solve problems through logical analysis, gut instinct, emotional intelligence or strategic manipulation.