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Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg testified at a House hearing on climate change along with other youth leaders. In her opening statement, she told lawmakers, “I don’t want you to listen to me, I want you to listen to the scientists.” » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of …

When astronaut Stuart Roosa boarded for the Apollo 14 in 1971he wasn’t alone. He was carrying a canister the size of a soda can, filled with 500 seeds from various tree species. Almost 50 years later, some of those so-called Moon Trees are still growing across the United States. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: …

For many scientists, Greenland is a place where global warming’s impact is most apparent — and where the effects of rising temperatures, warming oceans and melting ice could have the most dire consequences. For the people who make their home on this massive, ice-covered island, the realities of climate change are complex, bringing both unexpected benefits and acute challenges. » Subscribe to …

By some estimates, as little as eight percent of the population are southpaws. And now, for the first time, scientists have discovered the genetic links connected to left-handedness—plus a core advantage that lefties may have over righties. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news …

The small desert town of Willcox, Arizona survives off groundwater. Families are running out of water as their wells dry up, and residents are blaming newly-arrived, out-of-state corporate farms. Residents say they fear one operation in particular, Riverview LLP, that came to Cochise County in 2014, sunk dozens of deep wells, and increased pumping to support two 65,000 cow dairy …

From Greenland to the Amazon, Alaska to Rhode Island, a startling look at climate change arriving on our doorstep. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, …

Across the world, more than 300 billion tons of glacier ice melts annually, accounting for about a third of the rise in global sea levels, according to a scientific paper in the journal Nature this year. Tonight in our weeklong series “Climate in Crisis,” Richard Engel travels to Iceland, home to nearly 300 named glaciers. » Subscribe to NBC News: …

Dorian’s 1-mile-per-hour slog across the Bahamas could become more commonplace. The powerful hurricane made landfall as a Category 5 storm and stayed put for two days. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News …

The chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization Kailasavadivoo Sivan and Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to disappointed employees after the agency lost contact with its Chandrayaan-2 Vikram lunar lander. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging …

NASA is tracking an asteroid bigger than a one hundred story building that is expected to hurtle past Earth within about 4.6 million miles of us. It will be the closest call for our planet since 2001. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news …

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The elite category of endurance athletes is truly incredible. They run 50-mile ultramarathons, bike the 23-day Tour de France, and generally achieve physical feats that seem superhuman. But there is a limit to the human body, and scientists have found it. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of …

In “Fast and Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” the odd couple pair of Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham bring plenty of high-speed and high-risk thrills. The latest Mach at the Movies looks at how the high-octane action franchise elicits the famous adrenaline rush from audiences. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital …

Former NASA Astronaut Leroy Chiao explains the hopes and challenges associated with traveling to Mars. FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — the business capital of the world — FBN launched in October 2007 and is the leading business …

Forbes Media Chairman Steve Forbes, former Obama economic adviser Robert Wolf, Kingsview Asset Management CIO Scott Martin and FoxNews.com columnist Liz Peek react to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) comments about climate change. FOX Business Network (FBN) is a financial news channel delivering real-time information across all platforms that impact both Main Street and Wall Street. Headquartered in New York — …