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Editor's note
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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.
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Gemma Ware
Society Editor
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Ready to greet the US president.
Andrew Atchinson.
Aidan McGarry, Loughborough University
The changing aesthetics of protest allow many more voices to be heard.
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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?
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Artist’s impression based on real picture of Icecube lab.
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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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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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Politics + Society
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Dan Plesch, SOAS, University of London
A new strategy from the UN secretary general challenges the world to explain why it's not doing more to defuse the nuclear threat.
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Robert J Downes, King's College London; Armida L. M. van Rij, King's College London
From awkwardness and confusion to rancour, Trump certainly left his mark on the 2018 NATO summit.
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Deirdre Duffy, Manchester Metropolitan University
The broader nature of today's pro-choice movements show that a specific injustice can be a vehicle for highlighting wider social inequalities.
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Claudia Hillebrand, Cardiff University
A life sentence for the neo-Nazi who murdered ten people. But questions remain about how she evaded authorities for more than a decade.
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Science + Technology
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Rachel Harcourt, University of Leeds
England's out of the World Cup, but the UK can at least enjoy the weather... can't it?
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Iwan Morus, Aberystwyth University
One of America's favourite sons is slowly losing his reputation, and he might just deserve it.
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Valentin Robu, Heriot-Watt University; David Flynn, Heriot-Watt University; Merlinda Andoni, Heriot-Watt University
Blockchains and AI could play a key role in the decentralised energy systems of the future.
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Arts + Culture
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Dominic Janes, Keele University
The flamboyant 18th-century 'Macaronis' were so called because they were said to prefer continental pasta to good old British roast beef.
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Sarah Steele, University of Cambridge; Todd Gillespie, University of Cambridge; Tyler Shores, University of Cambridge
In an era of fast news, The Simpsons' slow satire continues to reveal new truths about America.
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Environment + Energy
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Klaus Dodds, Royal Holloway
Under the terms of the current treaty all commercial mining is forbidden, but rumblings of discontent are stirring beneath the ice.
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Jan A. Zalasiewicz, University of Leicester; Mark Williams, University of Leicester
New findings from the Chagos Islands are a perfect parable for the Anthropocene.
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Health + Medicine
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Michael Smith, Northumbria University, Newcastle
A new study shows that writing about positive experiences for 20 minutes a day can reduce stress and anxiety.
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Cities
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Rachel Macrorie, University of Sheffield
Delivery bots, maintenance drones and care robots are all being tested in real world contexts – and that's just the beginning.
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