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![Jonathan Franzen: critics right to suspect 'white male authors'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/4d/b9/5f/Jonathan-Franzen--critics-right-to--062663_small.jpg)
Jonathan Franzen: critics right to suspect 'white...
Jonathan Franzen, a writer beloved by millions of readers, likes coming to Europe where he doesn't face "the baggage" his public p...
![Rich nations to face climate pressure at pre-COP27 talks in DR Congo](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/49/ac/25/Rich-nations-to-face-climate-pressu-766165_small.jpg)
Rich nations to face climate pressure at pre-COP27...
Environment ministers from some 50 countries gather in DR Congo on Monday for the pre-COP27 climate talks, with rich countries exp...
![NASA, SpaceX study boosting Hubble to extend its lifespan](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/3d/77/de/NASA--SpaceX-study-boosting-Hubble--686864_small.jpg)
NASA, SpaceX study boosting Hubble to extend its l...
NASA and SpaceX have agreed to study the feasibility of awarding Elon Musk's company a contract to boost the Hubble Space Telescop...
![Hurricane Ian a 'catastrophe' for Cuba's vital cigar sector](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/af/a1/cb/Hurricane-Ian-a--catastrophe--for-C-971942_small.jpg)
Hurricane Ian a 'catastrophe' for Cuba's vital cig...
Western Cuba's tobacco growing heartland has been left devastated by Hurricane Ian with piles of wood and tiles where once stood f...
![New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigger than expected'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/77/b5/0a/New-asteroid-strike-images-show-imp-666844_small.jpg)
New asteroid strike images show impact 'a lot bigg...
The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their first images of a spacecraft deliberately smashing into an asteroi...
![First images of asteroid strike from Webb, Hubble telescopes](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/77/b5/0a/First-images-of-asteroid-strike-fro-643588_small.jpg)
First images of asteroid strike from Webb, Hubble...
The James Webb and Hubble telescopes on Thursday revealed their initial images of a spacecraft deliberately crashing into an aster...
![Tracing uncertainty: Google harnesses quantum mechanics at California lab](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/65/fc/6e/Tracing-uncertainty--Google-harness-164774_small.jpg)
Tracing uncertainty: Google harnesses quantum mech...
Outside, balmy September sunshine warms an idyllic coast, as California basks in yet another perfect day.
![High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/28/92/58/High-stakes-for-climate-change-race-156651_small.jpg)
High stakes for climate-change race in Brazil vote
The image would indelibly mark President Jair Bolsonaro's term: the sky over Sao Paulo turning dark at 3:00 pm as smoke from fires...
![Australia's largest carbon emitter to exit coal by 2035](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/67/aa/1b/Australia-s-largest-carbon-emitter--444617_small.jpg)
Australia's largest carbon emitter to exit coal by...
Australia's biggest carbon emitter AGL announced Thursday it will close one of the country's most polluting coal-fired power stati...
![Cristoforetti becomes first European woman to command ISS](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/28/b5/d5/Cristoforetti-becomes-first-Europea-232212_small.jpg)
Cristoforetti becomes first European woman to comm...
Italy's Samantha Cristoforetti on Wednesday became the first European woman to take over command of the International Space Statio...
![Fish fossils found in China offer clues on human evolution: researchers](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b2/66/e2/Fish-fossils-found-in-China-offer-c-060662_small.jpg)
Fish fossils found in China offer clues on human e...
Fish fossils dating back 440 million years are helping to "fill some of the key gaps" on how humans evolved from fish, researchers...
![Half world's birds in decline, species moving 'ever faster' to extinction](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a6/2f/74/Half-world-s-birds-in-decline--spec-723334_small.jpg)
Half world's birds in decline, species moving 'eve...
Almost half of all bird species are in decline globally and one in eight are threatened with extinction, according to a major new...
!['Incredible': Astronomers hail first images of asteroid impact](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b2/a0/ca/-Incredible---Astronomers-hail-firs-661616_small.jpg)
'Incredible': Astronomers hail first images of ast...
The asteroid is flying through space in the grainy black and white video, when suddenly a massive cloud of debris sprays out in fr...
![Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/39/16/21/Swiss-glaciers-melting-away-at-reco-463717_small.jpg)
Swiss glaciers melting away at record rate
Switzerland's glaciers lost six percent of their total volume this year due to a dry winter and repeated summer heatwaves, shatter...
![Cyber warfare rife in Ukraine, but impact stays in shadows](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5a/ff/78/Cyber-warfare-rife-in-Ukraine--but--346934_small.jpg)
Cyber warfare rife in Ukraine, but impact stays in...
Hackings, network sabotage and other cyber warfare campaigns are being intensely deployed by both sides as Russia's invasion of Uk...
![Climate change at 'point of no return': primatologist Goodall](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/26/50/23/Climate-change-at--point-of-no-retu-366663_small.jpg)
Climate change at 'point of no return': primatolog...
Earth's climate is changing so quickly that humanity is running out of chances to fix it, primatologist Jane Goodall has warned in...
![NASA says Artemis launch before November will be 'difficult'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/dd/2d/01/NASA-says-Artemis-launch-before-Nov-149166_small.jpg)
NASA says Artemis launch before November will be '...
It will be "difficult" for NASA to make a new attempt to launch its massive Moon rocket in October, an official from the US space...
![Colombia repatriates 274 priceless artifacts from US](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b9/01/f2/Colombia-repatriates-274-priceless--306014_small.jpg)
Colombia repatriates 274 priceless artifacts from...
From anthropomorphic figurines to 1,500-year-old Indigenous necklaces, Colombia has recently repatriated 274 ancient objects from...
![Underwater heat 'inferno' ravages Mediterranean corals](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a3/64/bc/Underwater-heat--inferno--ravages-M-690119_small.jpg)
Underwater heat 'inferno' ravages Mediterranean co...
In the temperate shallows of the Mediterranean, once-vibrant red and purple coral forests that provide a crucial haven for biodive...
![Biden laying foundation for green energy investments: Yellen](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/40/ff/a9/Biden-laying-foundation-for-green-e-994844_small.jpg)
Biden laying foundation for green energy investmen...
US President Joe Biden's push for green energy tax credits will help boost a massive ramp up in private investment that will creat...
![Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty climate study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a0/6f/c4/Scientists-urge-top-publisher-to-wi-026672_small.jpg)
Scientists urge top publisher to withdraw faulty c...
A fundamentally flawed study claiming that scientific evidence of a climate crisis is lacking should be withdrawn from the peer-re...
!['A new era': NASA strikes asteroid in key test of planetary defense](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5b/0f/7a/-A-new-era---NASA-strikes-asteroid--664263_small.jpg)
'A new era': NASA strikes asteroid in key test of...
NASA's DART spaceship on Monday struck the asteroid Dimorphos in a historic test of humanity's ability to prevent a cosmic object...
![Boost climate action or we'll see you court, activists tell governments](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/19/22/9d/Boost-climate-action-or-we-ll-see-y-446444_small.jpg)
Boost climate action or we'll see you court, activ...
Governments around the world must scale up climate action "or face further legal action", an open letter from campaign groups warn...
![NASA readies to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/45/88/b8/NASA-readies-to-deflect-asteroid-in-051253_small.jpg)
NASA readies to deflect asteroid in key test of pl...
A small point of light that starts to fill out the screen, revealing a never-before-seen asteroid, before the images abruptly stop...
![Direct impact or nuclear weapons? How to save Earth from an asteroid](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7b/5e/42/Direct-impact-or-nuclear-weapons--H-460064_small.jpg)
Direct impact or nuclear weapons? How to save Eart...
NASA's DART mission to test deflecting an asteroid using "kinetic impact" with a spaceship is just one way to defend planet Earth...
![NASA to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary defense](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/b3/b0/1f/NASA-to-deflect-asteroid-in-key-tes-368131_small.jpg)
NASA to deflect asteroid in key test of planetary...
NASA will on Monday attempt a feat humanity has never before accomplished: deliberately smacking a spacecraft into an asteroid to...
![Climate activists block superyacht marina in French Riviera](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/59/bf/f5/Climate-activists-block-superyacht--288861_small.jpg)
Climate activists block superyacht marina in Frenc...
Activists blocked a quayside on the French Riviera on Saturday to protest against what they called ultra-rich "climate criminals".
![NASA scraps Tuesday Moon launch due to storm](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/14/e8/14/NASA-scraps-Tuesday-Moon-launch-due-063606_small.jpg)
NASA scraps Tuesday Moon launch due to storm
NASA has called off the scheduled Tuesday launch of its historic uncrewed mission to the Moon due to a tropical storm that is fore...
![Bangladesh PM denounces 'tragedy' of rich nations on climate](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/e4/be/8f/Bangladesh-PM-denounces--tragedy--o-436638_small.jpg)
Bangladesh PM denounces 'tragedy' of rich nations...
A country of fertile, densely populated deltas, low-lying Bangladesh is among the most vulnerable nations in the world to climate...
![NASA's Tuesday Moon launch threatened by storm](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/14/b3/59/NASA-s-Tuesday-Moon-launch-threaten-369669_small.jpg)
NASA's Tuesday Moon launch threatened by storm
NASA's historic uncrewed mission to the Moon is facing fresh difficulties.
![Pakistan's dire floods signal global climate crisis, PM tells UN](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/a1/6d/78/Pakistan-s-dire-floods-signal-globa-663066_small.jpg)
Pakistan's dire floods signal global climate crisi...
Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif warned Friday that his country's worst-ever floods were a sign of climate catastrophes to c...
![Thousands attend pro-hijab Iran rallies](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/9f/50/11/Thousands-attend-pro-hijab-Iran-ral-221361_small.jpg)
Thousands attend pro-hijab Iran rallies
Thousands demonstrated across Iran on Friday at government-backed pro-hijab counter rallies, after a week of bloody protests over...