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![Almost 200 pilot whales perish on Australian beach](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0b/8b/30/Almost-200-pilot-whales-perish-on-A-334366_small.jpg)
Almost 200 pilot whales perish on Australian beach
Almost 200 whales have perished at an exposed, surf-swept beach on the rugged west coast of Tasmania, where Australian rescuers we...
![Whale strandings: Five questions answered](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0b/8b/30/Whale-strandings--Five-questions-an-368668_small.jpg)
Whale strandings: Five questions answered
The death of about 200 pilot whales at a Tasmanian beach has renewed questions about what causes such mass strandings and whether...
![NASA says delayed Moon rocket passed fueling test](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0c/9e/b8/NASA-says-delayed-Moon-rocket-passe-130316_small.jpg)
NASA says delayed Moon rocket passed fueling test
NASA said Wednesday it had successfully trialed the fueling process for its new rocket, after technical issues a few weeks ago hal...
![As tiny Tuvalu sinks, PM fights to save the archipelago's identity](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/40/4c/d8/As-tiny-Tuvalu-sinks--PM-fights-to--177969_small.jpg)
As tiny Tuvalu sinks, PM fights to save the archip...
The flag of Tuvalu contains nine yellow stars -- one for each of the islands that make up the tiny Pacific archipelago, home to so...
![American, Russians reach space station as war rages in Ukraine](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/74/68/26/American--Russians-reach-space-stat-178119_small.jpg)
American, Russians reach space station as war rage...
A US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts have arrived safely at the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said Wednesday, after...
![Neptune's delicate rings captured in new Webb image](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f6/08/3d/Neptune-s-delicate-rings-captured-i-707971_small.jpg)
Neptune's delicate rings captured in new Webb imag...
The James Webb Space Telescope has turned its gaze away from the deep universe towards our home Solar System, capturing an image o...
![Bookish Balkans hamlet a 'village of enlightenment'](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/0f/41/32/Bookish-Balkans-hamlet-a--village-o-619373_small.jpg)
Bookish Balkans hamlet a 'village of enlightenment...
Most people packed up and left the remote North Macedonia village of Babino years ago.
![Theatre project aims to ease isolation of Japan's social recluses](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/5f/2b/70/Theatre-project-aims-to-ease-isolat-666361_small.jpg)
Theatre project aims to ease isolation of Japan's...
Disillusioned by work and tired of life, Seiji Yoshida withdrew from the world for seven years, but now he's taking part in a play...
![Flowers left for Queen Elizabeth to be composted, re-used in parks](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/88/7e/6d/Flowers-left-for-Queen-Elizabeth-to-887800_small.jpg)
Flowers left for Queen Elizabeth to be composted,...
The sea of floral tributes left in London's parks for Queen Elizabeth II will be composted and re-used on planting projects, the c...
![Israeli researchers find opium residue in 3,500-year-old pottery](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/77/02/b3/Israeli-researchers-find-opium-resi-816683_small.jpg)
Israeli researchers find opium residue in 3,500-ye...
Israeli archaeologists said Tuesday they had discovered opium residue in 3,500-year-old pottery pieces, providing evidence to supp...
![Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying up](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/10/7b/28/Twilight-of-the-Tigris--Iraq-s-migh-661118_small.jpg)
Twilight of the Tigris: Iraq's mighty river drying...
It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself.
![Four feared dead after typhoon hits Japan](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/66/a1/a4/Four-feared-dead-after-typhoon-hits-146636_small.jpg)
Four feared dead after typhoon hits Japan
Two people were confirmed dead and another two were found "without vital signs" after Typhoon Nanmadol slammed into Japan over the...
![How many ants are on Earth? 20 quadrillion, study says](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/34/6e/31/How-many-ants-are-on-Earth--20-quad-346411_small.jpg)
How many ants are on Earth? 20 quadrillion, study...
There are at least 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, according to a new study that says even that staggering figure likely underestima...
!['Extremely rare' Rameses II-era burial cave found in Israel](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/05/8d/34/-Extremely-rare--Rameses-II-era-bur-236336_small.jpg)
'Extremely rare' Rameses II-era burial cave found...
Israeli archaeologists on Sunday announced the "once-in-a-lifetime" discovery of a burial cave from the time of ancient Egyptian P...
![Tunisian 'hanging garden' farms cling on despite drought](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/86/5e/04/Tunisian--hanging-garden--farms-cli-142740_small.jpg)
Tunisian 'hanging garden' farms cling on despite d...
High in the hills of northwestern Tunisia, farmers are tending thousands of fig trees with a unique system of terracing they hope...
![In crisis zones, an urgent UN push to put millions in school](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/f9/24/9d/In-crisis-zones--an-urgent-UN-push--334036_small.jpg)
In crisis zones, an urgent UN push to put millions...
From Pakistan to Ukraine to Venezuela to vast stretches of sub-Saharan Africa, rising crises and climate disasters are taking an a...
![Top Kenyan photographer's unseen images of the queen](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/1d/95/3d/Top-Kenyan-photographer-s-unseen-im-693365_small.jpg)
Top Kenyan photographer's unseen images of the que...
Queen Elizabeth II smiling at children waving Kenyan flags and the Union Jack, alighting from the "Royal Train" or shaking hands w...
![Long lost moon could have been responsible for Saturn's rings](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/91/1d/2a/Long-lost-moon-could-have-been-resp-740676_small.jpg)
Long lost moon could have been responsible for Sat...
Discovered by Galileo 400 years ago, the rings of Saturn are about the most striking thing astronomers with small telescopes can s...
![Biden administration seeks to tap into offshore wind](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/48/aa/af/Biden-administration-seeks-to-tap-i-961366_small.jpg)
Biden administration seeks to tap into offshore wi...
The Biden administration announced plans on Thursday to expand the use of wind energy by building floating offshore wind platforms...
![Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock samples](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/fa/ce/cf/Mars-rover-sees-hints-of-past-life--622523_small.jpg)
Mars rover sees hints of past life in latest rock...
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has detected its highest concentrations yet of organic molecules, in a potential signal of ancient...
![Welsh turn against Prince William's new title](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/36/bc/9d/Welsh-turn-against-Prince-William-s-722062_small.jpg)
Welsh turn against Prince William's new title
The faded photo shows two tiny but unmistakeable figures atop Wales' imposing Caernarfon Castle, a snapshot taken by a schoolgirl...
![Provenance probe of Nazi era trove goes on display in Bern](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/8d/d7/2d/Provenance-probe-of-Nazi-era-trove--663432_small.jpg)
Provenance probe of Nazi era trove goes on display...
When a Bern museum inherited a spectacular collection of some 1,600 artworks, including by masters like Monet, Gauguin and Picasso...
![Shy male albatrosses prefer divorce to confrontation: study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/88/9c/71/Shy-male-albatrosses-prefer-divorce-116341_small.jpg)
Shy male albatrosses prefer divorce to confrontati...
Most albatrosses mate for life but shy males who avoid confrontation are more likely to get dumped, researchers said Wednesday, ad...
![Sudanese recall queen's visit in years before partition](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/2a/46/30/Sudanese-recall-queen-s-visit-in-ye-882614_small.jpg)
Sudanese recall queen's visit in years before part...
It has been more than 50 years since Queen Elizabeth II visited Sudan but there are still some who remember her tour of the former...
![Five minute walks best way to comfort crying babies, says study](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/07/52/b8/Five-minute-walks-best-way-to-comfo-306060_small.jpg)
Five minute walks best way to comfort crying babie...
Science has perfected the answer to calming a crying baby: Hold and walk with them for five minutes.
![Thai pop-up wins fans with crunchless cricket burgers](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/64/f5/ec/Thai-pop-up-wins-fans-with-crunchle-124413_small.jpg)
Thai pop-up wins fans with crunchless cricket burg...
There's no crunch or crackle, but crickets are on the menu at one Bangkok pop-up serving fusion bug burgers, demonstrating the lat...
![New king visits a tense and changing Northern Ireland](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/ed/ac/42/New-king-visits-a-tense-and-changin-660660_small.jpg)
New king visits a tense and changing Northern Irel...
As he tours the four corners of his fractious new kingdom, Charles III faces the most testing task of reconciliation in Northern I...
![NASA's Moon mission pushed back, again](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/14/b3/59/NASA-s-Moon-mission-pushed-back--ag-052313_small.jpg)
NASA's Moon mission pushed back, again
NASA is now targeting September 27 as the earliest possible launch date for its uncrewed Artemis 1 mission to the Moon, the agency...
![Ex-Google CEO says Ukraine proves value of IT in war](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/7a/7a/24/Ex-Google-CEO-says-Ukraine-proves-v-103224_small.jpg)
Ex-Google CEO says Ukraine proves value of IT in w...
Ukraine has been a very effective proving ground for the use of contemporary information technology in war, from satellite dishes...
![Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes in setback for space tourism](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/96/e0/35/Uncrewed-Blue-Origin-rocket-crashes-313446_small.jpg)
Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes in setback for...
An uncrewed Blue Origin rocket carrying research payloads crashed shortly after liftoff from Texas on Monday, but the capsule carr...
![Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes, capsule recovered](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/96/e0/35/Uncrewed-Blue-Origin-rocket-crashes-116461_small.jpg)
Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes, capsule recov...
An uncrewed Blue Origin rocket carrying research payloads crashed shortly after liftoff on Monday, but the capsule carrying experi...
![Webb telescope captures 'breathtaking' images of Orion Nebula](https://www.rcatelegramnewscalifornia.com/media/shared/articles/2b/85/3c/Webb-telescope-captures--breathtaki-309606_small.jpg)
Webb telescope captures 'breathtaking' images of O...
The wall of dense gas and dust resembles a massive winged creature, its glowing maw lit by a bright star as it soars through cosmi...