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Amazon Prime Air drones are facing renewed scrutiny following customer complaints about packages being dropped from perilous heights. Videos show Amazon’s aircraft dropping packages from roughly 10 feet in the air, leaving items smashed on impact. Some depict drones hovering above driveways and backyards before letting boxes fall to the …

One of the perks of being a science journalist is being regularly wowed by the very best images from the world’s various space agencies.  This week, Hubble was the darling, and the venerable space telescope has provided us these five absolutely beautiful images of stars, galaxies, and nebulae. We’ll start …

Bait-and-switch might just be the oldest trick in the book, but maybe it’s time to start kickin’ it old school. At least a little bit. In search of another way to manage the endless slog against antibiotic-resistant bacteria, scientists just figured out how to bait bacteria into developing an Achilles’ …