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  Could AI really kill all humans? Most scenarios require physical access, making AI armageddon unlikely

  In August 2026, an experiment using “frontier”, or cutting edge, artificial intelligence models went further than planned.

  SyndicatedAlessandro Di Nuovo, Director Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics, and Professor of Machine Intelligence, Sheffield Hallam University21 Sept 20264 min read

• Forgotten Mozart notebook reveals how a young woman learned to compose

  A small notebook found in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (the national library of France) has turned out to be one of the most important Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart discoveries in decades.

  SyndicatedStacy Olive Jarvis, PhD Candidate in in Musicology, University of Birmingham21 Sept 20264 min read

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  Nepal could show the world how to recover sustainably from a major disaster

  With chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the Nepal-Tibet border and catastrophic floods downstream are no longer making global headlines.

  SyndicatedSara Shneiderman, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and School of Public Policy & Global Affairs; Ivan Head South-North IDRC Chair, University of British Columbia20 Sept 20265 min read

• Trump declares victory in Greenland, but the deal exposes a deeper crisis of trust

  US President Donald Trump is already presenting the new security agreement between the United States, Denmark and Greenland as a personal triumph.

  SyndicatedShannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast20 Sept 20265 min read

• Mark Carney: a master of statecraft in an era short of great orators

  For the past decade, global diplomacy has been dictated by one man’s social media musings. Since Donald Trump first glided into the Trump Tower atrium on his golden escalator, he – and what he has to say – has been the story, throwing red m…

  SyndicatedMark Shanahan, Associate Professor of Political Engagement, Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences, University of Surrey18 Sept 20264 min read

• When does being ‘apolitical’ become a political act? An ethicist on the Ed Sheeran saga

  Headlines this week have been inundated with news of artist Macklemore being dropped from Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour, following Macklemore’s onstage calls to “free Palestine”.

  SyndicatedJacqueline Boaks, Philosopher, Curtin Centre for Applied Ethics, Curtin University18 Sept 20264 min read

• Pardoned by Trump and escaping charges at home, ex-Honduran leader’s case shows a nation’s struggle for sovereignty

  A Honduran judge on Sept. 1, 2026, dismissed a sprawling money-laundering and fraud case against the country’s former president, Juan Orlando Hernández. It was the latest stroke of good fortune for Hernández.

  SyndicatedLaura Blume, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Nevada, Reno16 Sept 20266 min read

• Wendell Berry spent his life farming and writing – his legacy is an ethic of care for the natural world

  The American farmer, novelist and poet Wendell Berry, died on August 31 2026, aged 92. Berry farmed in Port Royal, in his native Kentucky, for over 40 years.

  SyndicatedHannah Green, PhD Candidate in English Literature and Environmental Humanities, University of Bristol16 Sept 20265 min read

• Trump’s thumbs-up to Irish reunification breaks with precedent, but evokes earlier age of White House support

  Donald Trump is a Republican and self-avowed nationalist. That, apparently, is true in an Irish sense, too – even if those terms have very different meanings across the Atlantic.

  SyndicatedBryan McGovern, Professor of History, Kennesaw State University16 Sept 20266 min read

• History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us

  In the hills of north-west Morocco, overlooking the river that gives the site its name, research at Oued Beht is bringing to light a previously unknown chapter of the region’s past.

  SyndicatedGiulio Lucarini, Senior Researcher, Institute of Heritage Science, National Research Council (CNR)15 Sept 20265 min read

• Banking scandal rocks Brazil’s politics and the country’s presidential election in October

  On the night of November 17 2025, Brazilian federal agents pulled banker Daniel Vorcaro off the tarmac at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport as he prepared to board a private jet.

  SyndicatedGuilherme Casarões, Associate Professor of Brazilian Studies, Florida International University15 Sept 20267 min read

• How Germany’s far-right AfD is courting the voters it promises to deport

  On September 6, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) took 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, more than double the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU)‘s 17.2%.

  SyndicatedDeniz Torcu, Adjunct Professor of Globalization, Business and Media, IE University15 Sept 20266 min read