science wire

Just hours before Donald Trump made international news by refusing to say he would accept the results of the Nov.

Those calling for a debate in advance of triggering Article 50 want to rerun the campaign, according to Gisela Stuart, MP for Birmingham Edgbaston and co-convenor of Vote Leave.

A Lancaster University lecturer has been appointed as an academic advisor to a House of Lords International Relations Select Committee.

Stanford sociologist Corey D. Fields finds that some African-American Republicans see issues of race and racism as more of a problem in America than others. Despite being a relatively rare breed, African-American Republicans are diverse in their political thinking and reasons for being part of the GOP, according to a Stanford sociologist.

AUSTIN, Texas - Exactly who will nominate the next Supreme Court justice is proving to be a leading factor for Texas voters as they make their choices  in the upcoming presidential election, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune statewide poll.

Dr Lee Jones from QMUL's School of Politics and International Relations writes about the death of Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Warwick Words History festival will showcase three University of Warwick academics in venues around the historic town of Warwick.

This past presidential election campaign was one in which few policies were put forth by either candidate.

The UK Constitution is profoundly ill equipped to cope with the complexities of Brexit, and the government has no mandate to determine the UK's future relationship with the EU, according to a research paper by Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott.

The Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship at McGill University and the Research Chair in Electoral Studies at the Université de Montréal will be hosting a public forum on the Canadian electoral reform on October 20.

Antarctica's surrounding waters are home to some of the healthiest marine ecosystems on Earth, but efforts to establish conservation areas in the Southern Ocean are being hobbled by political infighting and fishing interests.

"It has shaken me to my core. Yes. This resonates. Michelle Obama has just delivered the speech of her life  ? of the lives of many women who watched events in the presidential election since Friday with an increasing sense of disbelief.

Campus news The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has founded a department of political science: The TUM School of Governance will research and teach the politics of the technicalized society.

AUSTIN, Texas - As the 2016 election cycle draws to a close, the vast majority of Americans report that they are unsatisfied with how the news media have covered politics, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.

What does cultural heritage mean today? How is it identified, who preserves it - and what forces work to destroy it? These questions will be taken up at the Annual Conference of the Cluster of Excellence 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context? of Heidelberg University, from 12 to 14 October 2016.

Rhetorical Analysis Also Reveals Challenges She Faces Just Because She's Female Hillary Clinton made a campaign stop at Carnegie Mellon last spring. Political memoirs rarely reveal anything new or noteworthy. However, Carnegie Mellon University's David Kaufer and the University of Maryland's Shawn J. Parry-Giles ' analysis of Hillary Clinton's two political memoirs, "Living History” and "Hard Choices,” discovered links to the U.S democratic presidential candidate's public perception problems.

The Conservative Party risks losing the trust of voters as the party best placed to defend Englishness, delegates at the party's conference have heard.

FACULTY Q&A Colombians recently rejected by a narrow vote a peace agreement that had been carefully crafted by the government of President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) over more than four years of negotiations. The agreement would have put an end to a conflict that has lasted more than a half century, claiming more than 220,000 lives and displacing millions.

In 1966, when the conservative writer William F. Buckley launched a television talk show, it may not have seemed like a promising endeavor, on the surface.

Republicans and Democrats "simply do not like each other to an unprecedented degree.

The Labour Party is struggling to adapt to a shift towards English political identity, delegates at the party's conference have heard. The claim by researchers from Cardiff and Edinburgh universities came in response to data revealing substantial resentment, including among Labour voters, about the way that England is treated within the United Kingdom.

It might seem that equal rights have come a long way, but how far are we from true diversity and equality?

Reihan Salam, executive editor of the National Review, speaks during the Educate the Vote panel held Sept.

National election results in the UK could look vastly different if all immigrants had the right to vote, which they should, according to new research.

Dr Monica Poletti from QMUL's School of Politics and International Relations explores how different views among older and newer Labour party members shaped the outcome of the leadership contest, using survey data from the Party Members Project.

The Mile End Institute at Queen Mary University of London has announced a series of public events focusing on the lives and careers of prominent political figures in the UK.

An internationally-renowned researcher has been appointed as Head of Cardiff University's School of Law and Politics.

The United States can lead by democratic example, not imposition; invest in the international order and help it adapt to new challenges; and adopt a flexible, efficient approach to using military assets against an expanding array of threats, Stanford political scientist Amy Zegart says.

The 2016 American presidential campaign presents a view of how music and politics mix to excite or appease voters - or provide a break from dull policy speeches.

The 2016 American presidential campaign presents a view of how music and politics mix to excite or appease voters - or provide a break from dull policy speeches.

The 2016 American presidential campaign presents a view of how music and politics mix to excite or appease voters - or provide a break from dull policy speeches.

Four experts on American politics assembled Thursday at UC Berkeley's Institute of Governmental Studies to try to make sense of one of the wackiest presidential contests in United States history.

A magical mystery tour of 1960s youth rebellion, which launches this month at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, has to include a stop at UC Berkeley.

A magical mystery tour of 1960s youth rebellion, which launches tomorrow at London's Victoria and Albert Museum, has to include a stop at UC Berkeley.

A world-renowned expert on contemporary slavery has joined The University of Nottingham as a lead researcher in the world's largest group of Rights and Justice Scholars.

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies is launching a series of talks on cybersecurity featuring national thought leaders.

Immediately preceding the first presidential election debate Sept.

As the unprecedented presidential campaign continues, questions multiply: Have we entered a new age of politics?

Why did the pollsters get the 2015 election so wrong, why are estate agents trusted more than politicians, and who would Santa vote for?

Stanford history Professor Jack Rakove offers a long-term perspective on some of the changes and challenges facing the U.S. political system.

U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) announced today that she is donating more than two decades of her congressional papers to the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley.

ANN ARBOR?Brazil is enduring its deepest political crisis in decades, with President Dilma Rousseff facing an impeachment vote today.

The Hon Julia Gillard, who served as Prime Minister of Australia from June 2010 to June 2013, has joined King's College London as a Visiting Professor.

Questions of beauty and its politics will be discussed at a summer school and conference  next week (30 August to 3 September 2016).

Hurricanes are worse, but experience, gender and politics determine if you believe it Posted August 25, 2016; 10:00 a.m. by Chris Emery for the Office of Engineering Objective measurements of storm intensity show that North Atlantic hurricanes have grown more destructive in recent decades.

Stanford scholars offer insight and perspectives on Election 2016 through the Wide Angle project and stories about their research on a wide variety of political and democratic issues.

Is the 2016 election rewriting the rules of the game? From media and money to political polarization, Stanford law Professor Nate Persily identifies fundamental changes that could have lasting effects.

Study uncovers what exactly makes authoritarian and socially dominant people have an increased tendency to accept torture. Photo: F. Mariani A research group of psychologists from Lund University in Sweden have shown that authoritarian people and those who perceive their own group as socially superior to others are often more inclined to accept the use of torture.

US election graphic showing an elephant, representing the Republican party, and a donkey, representing the Democratic party, head-to-head.