Brittany Peterson

4 days ago | phys.org | Seth Borenstein |Brittany Peterson |Carolyn Kaster |Andrew Zinin

Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope these hailstones will reveal secrets about storms, damage and maybe the air itself. But what do you do with nearly 4,000 melting iceballs? A lot.

6 days ago | post-gazette.com | Seth Borenstein |Brittany Peterson |Carolyn Kaster |Shannon Najmabadi

WASHINGTON — Health officials want you to think twice before buying one of those brightly colored little bottles often sold at gas stations, convenience stores and smoke shops. Sometimes called “gas station heroin,” the products are usually marketed as energy shots or cognitive supplements but actually contain tianeptine, an unapproved drug that can be addictive and carries risks of serious side effects.

1 week ago | japantoday.com | Seth Borenstein |Brittany Peterson |Carolyn Kaster

Wind roared against the SUV's windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, several miles away. Then came the loud metallic pings on the roof. First one, then another. Then it was too fast to count and too loud to hear much of anything else. Hailstones were pelting down, and the car was driving toward them. “How big are they?” meteorology professor Kelly Lombardo asked from the passenger seat.

1 week ago | claimsjournal.com | Seth Borenstein |Brittany Peterson |Carolyn Kaster

Wind roared against the SUV’s windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, several miles away. Then came the loud metallic pings on the roof. First one, then another. Then it was too fast to count and too loud to hear much of anything else. Hailstones were pelting down, and the car was driving toward them. “How big are they?” meteorology professor Kelly Lombardo asked from the passenger seat.

1 week ago | whig.com | Seth Borenstein |Brittany Peterson |Carolyn Kaster

INSIDE A TEXAS HAILSTORM — Wind roared against the SUV's windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, several miles away. Then came the loud metallic pings on the roof. First one, then another. Then it was too fast to count and too loud to hear much of anything else. Hailstones were pelting down, and the car was driving toward them.