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analysisAnger and hurt across AFLW after Sydney Swans allegations MBy Marnie VinallTopic:AFL Women’sPosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 10:09amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 10:09amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 10:09am, updated Thu 2...
Alex de Minaur stunned by Arthur Fils at Cincinatti Masters, misses top-four seed for US OpenTopic:TennisPosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 10:06amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 10:06amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 10:06amAlex de Mi...
liveLive: Erin Patterson's fight to appeal mushroom murder conviction continues in courtBy Judd Boaz, Melissa Brown and court reporter Kristian SilvaTopic:CourtsPosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 9:53amThu 20 ...
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...
Astronomers have found the fastest known star in the Milky Way, a faint object racing around Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy.
FIFA vice-president Csanyi withdraws support for Infantino as Montenegro and Israel followTopic:SoccerPosted Thu 20 Aug 2026 at 7:48amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 7:48amThu 20 Aug 2026 at 7:48amThe pressure on ...
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.
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...
IBM's new modular cryogenic system links quantum chips to overcome major infrastructure hurdles and pave the way for a powerful system by 2029.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has spotted the crater gouged out on the moon by a SpaceX rocket on Aug. 5, finding it to be about 60 feet (18 meters) wide.
Miniature models of the brain don't seem to follow the same developmental timetable as real brains, which matters for research.
I’m 17, ankle-deep in a muddy pitch, and screaming at the referee. I should note that he is a fully grown adult and technically outranks me. This cotton-headed ninny muggins has waved play on when I’m...
These are the books that inspired our favorite science fiction worlds on the big and small screens, including novels from Andy Weir, Emily St. John Mandel and Mary Shelley.
A star is whipping around the Milky Way's central black hole incredibly fast, setting a record for the tightest orbit ever observed
I understood the science and had seen thousands of eclipse photographs, but nothing prepared me for the emotion of watching totality unfold above the icebergs and fjords of East Greenland.
A personalized mRNA cancer vaccine succeeded in a late-stage melanoma study, results that could herald a new, powerful approach in oncology.
"This isn't what we expected at all."
Adobe By Anil OzaAug. 19, 2026 General Assignment Reporter Anil Oza[email protected]Anil Oza is a general assignment reporter at STAT focused on the NIH and health equity. You can reach him on Signal ...
An Iron Age grave has been discovered in the Scottish Highlands. The person was buried within what may have been a ritual well.