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Editor's note
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Space scientists will be waiting nervously to hear back from Cassini, which yesterday became the first spacecraft to dive between Saturn and its innermost ring. The earliest that Cassini is expected to dial home is at 08:00 BST today. Andrew Coates, who has worked on the mission, tells us what to expect from its “grand finale” of 22 daring orbits before it crashes into Saturn’s atmosphere and finally burns up.
As the June general election approaches, it’s time for Labour to embrace the idea of a hard Brexit. Vassilis K. Fouskas argues that globalisation and EU integration have failed the working classes – and if Labour wants to win back their support it must accept a few hard truths. Meanwhile, Tim Bale and David Jeffery reveal why it
may not be the end of Corbynism, even if Labour suffers a crushing defeat.
The Vikings were just a bunch of raucous, pillaging hooligans, right? Well, that’s what the Anglo-Saxons wanted you to believe – and they didn’t like them very much. Dig a little deeper, says Clare Downham, and a very different picture of the Viking Age begins to emerge.
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Miriam Frankel
Science Editor
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Saturn eclipsing the sun, seen from behind by the Cassini orbiter. Earth is the small dot between the rings on the upper, left-hand side.
NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute
Andrew Coates, UCL
One of the most successful space exploration missions of all time still has a lot left to uncover.
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Business + Economy
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Vassilis K. Fouskas, University of East London
Labour must develop its pro-social and pro-working class agenda for an electorate that has been failed by globalisation and EU integration.
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Craig Phelan, Kingston University
The restaurant chain may well be trying to head off union pressure and sidestep collective action ... but a win is a win.
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Politics + Society
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David Jeffery, Queen Mary University of London; Tim Bale, Queen Mary University of London
A crushing defeat in June could paradoxically make it easier to elect another leader from the far left.
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Tom Quinn, University of Essex
The particularities of the British electoral system make working together unrealistic.
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Balazs Szent-Ivanyi, Aston University
It could embolden other demands for diverting aid.
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Taku Tamaki, Loughborough University
There's nowhere quite like Japan – or at least, that's how the Japanese government tells it.
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Paul Simpson, Edge Hill University
The intimate needs of elderly people living in cares homes are being ignored – the system needs to change.
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Arts + Culture
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Clare Downham, University of Liverpool
Much of what the English know about the Vikings comes from the court of King Alfred – who didn't like them much.
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Federico López-Terra, Swansea University
Spain has specific laws on protecting historical memory, and yet some would rather forget about them altogether.
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John Jewell, Cardiff University
As the bombs fell, people flocked to the movies.
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Environment + Energy
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Francis Vergunst, Université de Montréal; Julian Savulescu, University of Oxford
Eat less meat, save the world
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