Editor's note

A giant balloon of Donald Trump as a baby will greet the US president on his trip to London today. Aidan McGarry explains why visual humour like this can be such a potent form of protest. Back stateside, The Simpsons keeps serving up social satire about life in America – something Sarah Steele and her colleagues argue is needed more than ever in the age of Trump.

Meanwhile, as Trump was flying to the UK on Thursday, the government published a white paper on the future relationship it hopes to negotiate with the EU after Brexit. A panel of experts examined the detail.

For the first time in more than 30 years​,​ scientists have discovered a new source of neutrinos – extremely light particles that barely interact with matter – in space. The IceCube experiment at the South Pole has detected a neutrino coming from a “blazar”, a galaxy with a supermassive black hole at its centre. Simon Peeters explains how this exciting discovery can help us uncover the secrets of the universe.

England may have lost their World Cup semi-final to Croatia, but the national football team is a side reborn. Christopher Shoop-Worrall explains how this bright bunch of millennials have proved that sensitivity and emotional intelligence is a far better recipe for success than the “toxic masculinity” that has for so long dominated the beautiful game.

Gemma Ware

Society Editor

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Ready to greet the US president. Andrew Atchinson.

Trump baby balloon: why humour is such a powerful form of protest

Aidan McGarry, Loughborough University

The changing aesthetics of protest allow many more voices to be heard.

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Britain's Brexit plan revealed: experts react

Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway; Erica Consterdine, University of Sussex; Feargal Cochrane, University of Kent; John-Paul Salter, King's College London; Maria Garcia, University of Bath

It sparked a series of government resignations, but what's actually in Theresa May's Brexit plan?

Artist’s impression based on real picture of Icecube lab. IceCube/NSF

Scientists discover a new source of neutrinos in space – opening up another window into the universe

Simon Peeters, University of Sussex

A giant detector at the South Pole has observed a neutrino from a black hole in a distant galaxy for the first time.

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How emotional intelligence helped take a young England team to the brink of a World Cup final

Christopher Shoop-Worrall, University of Sheffield

Unlike squads before them, this exciting team of millennials have the capacity, courage and honesty to express their emotions.

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