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Rory McIlroy says LIV Golf stars returning to PGA Tour face 'tough road ahead'Topic:GolfPosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 9:46amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 9:46amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 9:46amRory McIlroy says players who ...
Socceroos star Alessandro Circati seals $33 million transfer move to Portuguese giants BenficaTopic:SoccerPosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 8:56amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 8:56amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 8:56amAlessandro C...
Queensland strawberry industry condemns labour hire company that misled Fair Work inspectorsBy Jennifer NicholsABC RuralTopic:AgriculturePosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 8:47amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 8:47amThu 20...
A private spacecraft tasked with boosting the orbit of NASA's Swift Observatory has failed in its mission, meaning the telescope will crash back to Earth later this year.
Will this underwhelming spinoff of "The Mandalorian" find new life in the streaming world?
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A jet erupting from a distant supermassive black hole-powered blazar is being gravitationally lensed by an unseen clump of dark matter, and that could tell us about the source of cosmic "ghost" partic...
Julia Bujalski/STAT By Rick BerkeAug. 19, 2026 Co-founder & Executive Editor Rick Berke[email protected] Dear Readers, When we launched STAT more than a decade ago, our mission statement promised that...
A Regeneron drug that treats an ultra-rare disease that causes bone to form where it's not meant to be has won approval.
A mysterious incident over the South Pacific forced a U.S. Air Force aircraft to turn around on Aug. 18, due to a possible space debris hazard.
The American Cancer Society had an optics problem: its annual Wine and Spirits Industry's Gala. It decided to do something about it.
What a view.
On Aug. 19, 1997, the Philippines launched its own satellite for the first time.
Here are our top picks on what to look for when using binoculars to explore the night sky.
For more than 150 years, leading archaeologists have assumed that women of the past never assumed roles of power. New genetic data shows how flawed that interpretation is, says Dr. Rachel Pope.
At Epic's annual meeting, the prevailing question behind closed doors is “What the heck is going on with Epic?”
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
Since January, many Cubans have lived a life of near-constant darkness. The Trump administration’s oil blockades have led the country into a worsening energy crisis, collapsing what was already an ero...
At the age of 23, Elisabeth Marnik approached her doctor with an unusual request: Vaccinate me. Against everything. She had never received a single vaccine. But now, angry and defiant, she was turnin...
Adobe By Arya Rao and Marc SucciAug. 19, 2026 Rao is an M.D.-Ph.D. candidate at Harvard Medical School and MIT, and a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow. Succi is an associate professor of radiology at Harva...