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Editor's note
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After five hours of deliberations, Theresa May was able to step out of No 10 Downing St last night and say there was a “collective decision” of cabinet to support the Brexit draft withdrawal agreement. But Robin Pettitt says the stage is now set for a huge confrontation in parliament, where it seems unlikely to win approval. Andrew Glencross outlines how we got here and what’s next in the Brexit process. Follow The Conversation on Twitter for more expert analysis of the draft agreement as details emerge
that will strain the already taut fault lines of British politics.
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The cabinet hangs together, for now.
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Robin Pettitt, Kingston University
Theresa May still faces a huge hurdle to get MPs in Westminster to agree to the Brexit deal.
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Andrew Glencross, Aston University
The deal now needs to be agreed by UK MPs and each EU member state.
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Jake Bicknell, University of Kent; Eleanor Slade, University of Oxford; Matthew Struebig, University of Kent
Boycotting palm oil would increase production of other crops, such as soy, which actually require more land.
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Five become four: the Spice Girls announce their 2019 tour.
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Filipa Antunes, University of East Anglia
The girl group is hoping that hordes of 1990s 'tweens' will buy into their reunion.
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Science + Technology
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Laurence D. Hurst, University of Bath
Natural selection isn't the only factor deciding human evolution.
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Kevin Pimbblet, University of Hull
The international prototype kilogram keeps changing weight so scientists have come up with a new way to calculate.
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Stephen Hamer, University of Bath
Astronomers have suspected them for ages –now a team as finally spotted a 'fountain' in a galaxy far, far away.
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Dylan Korczynskyj, University of Notre Dame Australia
When water turns from a gas into a liquid, it forms droplets. Whether those droplets are dew or rain depends on where the droplet forms.
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Education
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Louis Volante, Brock University; John Jerrim, UCL
Conventional wisdom across much of the Western world says there's a strong link between education and upward social mobility. Really?
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Lorele Mackie, University of Stirling
Is it really the best use of time for children, teachers and parents?
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Oludayo Tade, University of Ibadan
Government remains the major funder of universities. But it hasn't met its obligations even though many institutions face serious infrastructure decay.
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Health + Medicine
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Adam Taylor, Lancaster University
Pins and needles are a warning to tell us to move our limbs about, because long-term nerve entrapment can cause permanent damage.
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Laura Wilkinson, Swansea University; Angela Rowe, University of Bristol; Charlotte Hardman, University of Liverpool
This is what happens when emotions eat you up.
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Politics + Society
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Emma Parker, University of Leeds
A series of recent comics are trying to shift the narrative about refugees.
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Colin Provost, UCL
Will Obamacare – and Donald Trump – survive?
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Arts + Culture
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Gil Greengross, Aberystwyth University
The way you and your partner use humour can shape your relationship, and even break it up.
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Emily Mark-FitzGerald, University College Dublin
The famine caused a million deaths and scarred the national psyche for generations. How do you even start to try and represent that in film literature, or art?
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Environment + Energy
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Liana Chua, Brunel University London
Calls to ban palm oil could get a very different response among people who live in the same forests as orangutans.
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Business + Economy
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Crystal Fulton, University College Dublin
Studies looking at a cross section of the UK population have long recognised FOBTs as contributors to harmful gambling.
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