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1. The Athena lander reached the moon – but seems to have fallen over
   Intuitive Machines' Athena spacecraft has landed on the surface of the moon, but it seems to have fallen over and we do not yet know if it will be able to drill for ice
2. Experts say US flights are safe now but flag warning signs to look for
   Flying commercially in the US remains low risk despite a recent mid-air collision, near misses and job cuts at the Federal Aviation Administration. But aviation safety experts and former FAA employees identify warning signs that would stop them from flying in the future
3. The US may start vaccinating chickens and cows against bird flu
   The US Department of Agriculture announced it will allocate $100 million to develop vaccines and other therapies to help contain the spread of bird flu on poultry and dairy farms
4. Birds' nests in Amsterdam are made up of plastic from 30 years ago
   Coots' nests in Amsterdam are built using discarded plastic, providing a time capsule into the material's use over the past few decades
5. Lasers can help detect radioactive materials from afar
   In a record-breaking test, researchers remotely detected radioactive material by shooting it with infrared laser pulses and analysing how the light scattered
6. Two huge black holes merged into one and went flying across the cosmos
   A supermassive black hole that doesn't appear to be where we would expect seems to be travelling at more than a thousand kilometres per second – the result of a giant cosmic collision
7. Do we all see red as the same colour? We finally have an answer
   It is impossible for us to know exactly how another person's experience of the world compares to our own, but a new experiment is helping to reveal that colour is indeed a shared phenomenon
8. Global sea ice levels just hit a new record low
   Sea ice cover in both the Antarctic and Arctic remained far below average throughout February as global average temperatures linger near record highs
9. Men taking antibiotics could cut rates of bacterial vaginosis in women
   Bacterial vaginosis, which is caused by bacteria overgrowing in the vagina, can be hard to treat, with women often experiencing recurring symptoms. Now it seems that asking their male sexual partners to use antibiotic pills and cream could be key to tackling the condition
10. Quantum disorder is dependent on who is looking for it
    A new understanding of how an observer can change the disorder, or entropy, of a quantum object could help us probe how gravity interacts with the quantum realm