New Delhi: India is ranked as the 141st country in the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2016 released here, and is ranked fifth out of the seven countries in the South Asia region.

Washington: In a large study examining a nationally representative survey of American adults from 1973 to 2014, researchers from Florida Atlantic University, San Diego State University and Widener University have found that same-sex sexual experience has doubled, and acceptance of same-sex sexual experience has quadrupled. 

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.