Washington: The improbable rise of Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign presents an interesting question: why is Sanders, a self-proclaimed “democratic socialist,” running as a Democrat? “In any other industrialized country, Sanders would likely be the standard-bearer for a labor or social democratic party,” said McGill University sociologist Barry Eidlin, whose new study appears in the recent issue of the American Sociological Review. “But the US famously lacks such a party.”

Washington: The amount of media attention focused on the shooter in a mass killing sends the wrong message, says an Iowa State University associate professor of psychology. 

Birmingham: The 2016 campaign for president has been marked by behavior that can hardly be called gracious or dignified. Or presidential, according to Aaron Fobian, an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Washington: Islamic State group is once again in the headlines, with the organization taking credit for recent series of deadly explosions in Brussels. USC researchers have worked with a team of international experts to conduct a text analysis to understand the Islamic State group’s strategies.

Washington: Human voice pitch has been shown to influence how voters perceive candidates for elected office and appears to influence voters both in the laboratory and in real life as they tend to support candidates with lower-pitched voices. The remaining question is, how does this work?

Washington: More people in Europe are dying than are being born, according to a new report co-authored by a Texas A&M University demographer. In contrast, births exceed deaths, by significant margins, in Texas and elsewhere in the US, with few exceptions.

Washington: The Pulitzer Prize Board is launching a series of events all across the United States to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the prizes. 

Ithaca: A Cornell University project to enhance access to nutritious food in India is set to grow thanks to a $13.4 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. 

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend annual Conference of Parties (COP)-21 summit on environment and climate change at Paris, on November 30. 

London: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India's immense diversity is its speciality, pride and strength. Addressing a massive gathering of the British-Indian Community at the Wembley Stadium here, in the presence of UK Prime Minister David Cameron, the Prime Minister spoke of the great contributions of the Sikh community and of India's Sufi tradition. He recalled his meeting with the Sikh community, and said he shared their pain, understood their problems and was working to resolve them.