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Editor's note
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As MPs of all political persuasion lined up to attack the draft Brexit deal agreed between the UK and the EU yesterday, we asked a panel of experts to give us their take on what it says. Read about its implications for Northern Ireland, citizens, sovereignty, the transition, the UK economy and the EU. But Theresa May is battling to keep the deal alive. Following cabinet resignations and a drubbing in the Commons, Andy Price thinks it’s dead in the
water.
The galaxy W2246 was crowned the most luminous in the universe in 2016. But just how this object, which hosts a supermassive black hole at its core, could form and come to possess such immense power has perplexed astronomers for some time. Now research reveals that it is the result of the object gradually gobbling up a number of neighbouring galaxies. Andrew Blain explains how he and his colleagues made the extraordinary discovery.
What does an HIV virus look like? You’ll get a different answer, depending on who you ask. Viruses are too small to be seen with the naked eye, and so have to be visualised somehow. Scientists do so using powerful microscopes that fire beams of electrons at them. But artists can have an equally interesting perspective, as Greg Towers and Richard Milne found out when they started working with the artist John Walter.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Top stories
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Deal in hand.
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Katy Hayward, Queen's University Belfast; Adrienne Yong, City, University of London; Maria Garcia, University of Bath; Michael Gordon, University of Liverpool; Nauro Campos, Brunel University London; Nieves Perez-Solorzano, University of Bristol; Phil Syrpis, University of Bristol
Academic experts explain the key details of the draft Brexit deal agreed by UK and EU negotiators.
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Divided Britain.
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Andy Price, Sheffield Hallam University
Theresa May's Brexit plan has crumbled on contact with the reality of UK and EU politics.
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Artist’s impression of quasar W2246-0526.
NRAO/AUI/NSF; Dana Berry / SkyWorks; ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)
Andrew Blain, University of Leicester
A number of surrounding galaxies are slowly being devoured by the most luminous object in the sky.
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pH. John Walters, 2017. Photograph by Jonathan Bassett.
Greg Towers, UCL; Richard Milne, UCL
There are many ways of visualising scientific concepts, as we discovered when an artist got in touch about some of our work.
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Arts + Culture
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Andy Miah, University of Salford
People should be a bit more careful when signing off their emails and text messages. Not everyone wants a kiss.
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Sara Haslam, The Open University; Edmund King, The Open University; Siobhan Campbell, The Open University
How books can help veterans overcome physical and mental trauma.
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Health + Medicine
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Philip Crilly, Kingston University
Don't mix your statins with grapefruit, or leafy green vegetables with warfarin.
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Rebecca Sharp, Bangor University; Zoe Lucock, Bangor University
A simple method could vastly improve the quality of life of those with dementia.
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Politics + Society
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Tom Harper, University of Surrey
As the US excludes nations from the established system, China is offering them an alternative. And America will pay the price.
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Science + Technology
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Mike Bromfield, Coventry University
Huge progress has been made, but safety issues and environmental concerns mean plans are still up in the air.
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Environment + Energy
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Andrew Scott, Royal Holloway
We need to learn to coexist with wildfires the way many ecosystems do. We won't protect lives in the long term by trying to stamp the fires out.
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Business + Economy
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David BaMaung, Glasgow Caledonian University
From terrorism to drug smuggling and theft, the hostile insider is an often overlooked threat to airport security and safety.
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Cities
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Ian Mudway, King's College London; Chris Griffiths, Queen Mary University of London
London's low emission zone has started to reduce air pollution – but not enough to protect children's lungs.
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