Editor's note

Saturn’s largest moon Titan is one of the most intriguing places in the solar system. Not only is this icy world eerily similar to our own planet, it may be able to host some form of primitive organisms – making it the ideal place to study how life arose on Earth. But it is difficult to peer through the moon’s smog-filled atmosphere, meaning we don’t know much about what’s going on on its surface.

Now a team of scientists have used radar to create the first ever global map of the moon, uncovering many secrets about its terrain. David Rothery explains.

Back on Earth, it wasn’t long ago nationalisation wouldn’t have been mentioned in an election. But polling suggests it can be a vote winner, and Labour’s manifesto launch today can be expected to bang the drum for public ownership. But does it make economic sense? Kevin Albertson says it does.

Meanwhile, Stephen Coleman reports from Leeds where he watched the election debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn with 100 undecided voters. With abundant evidence that debates have an effect on undecided voters, he explains who came across best.

Miriam Frankel

Science Editor

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Titan imaged in the near infrared by the Cassini orbiter on November 13, 2015. NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/University of Idaho

Titan: first global map uncovers secrets of a potentially habitable moon of Saturn

David Rothery, The Open University

Saturn's largest moon has been fully mapped for the first time.

Julie Clopper / Shutterstock

Why Labour’s plans to renationalise certain public services make economic sense

Kevin Albertson, Manchester Metropolitan University

A breakdown of the theory behind nationalisation and privatisation of key public services, as well as what has happened in practice.

Which did you hate least? ITV/Jonathan Hordle

I watched Johnson and Corbyn’s debate with 100 undecided voters – here’s how they reacted

Stephen Coleman, University of Leeds

Both party leaders seem to elicit stronger negative responses than positive.

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