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Researchers in Tel Aviv tracked fruit bats and established how they developed maps of which fruit trees were where

They found that fruit bats set out toward trees that fruited for longer time periods after they were kept in captivity for a few days

They also planned to go toward protein-rich fruit trees as necessary

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...

See summary here: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ads575...

Landed a year ago and now publishing results!

The moon's surface seems fairly uniform, supporting an early-molten-moon hypothesis

Some material detected, as expected, indicates a major impact that drove "mafic" rock from deep inside the moon up to the surface

Overview: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-02695-w

Science article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07870-7

Histamines promote inflammation and blood flow to regions under attack... even by pollen or peanut butter

https://www.webmd.com/allergies/what-are-histamine...

Too optimistic! There are usually fewer fish than we assume.

Fishing should leave a rebound-able amount of fish in the ocean for ecology and, of course, for future generations to eat

But complicated models by fisherman tend to be really rosy about whether fish populations are growing, especially in overfished regions, or places where temperatures are rising

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adr548...

Research article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adl628...

Plasma around black holes can emit x-rays in two different states: hard or soft. Sometimes black holes switch between these states very quickly, over just a few days

New research from U. Helsinki shows how quantum effects are essential to establishing both of these states

The hard state arises when the plasma is turbulent; the soft state happens when soft x-ray photons drive the system into a stabler equilibrium

Antimatter and matter, positrons and electrons, drive this system through birth and annihilation

Popular article: https://phys.org/news/2024-08-supercomputer-simula...

Research article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-51257-1

Umami power in a juicy red box

Unless, of course, you are eating a modern commercial variety, bred to be pretty and not delicious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Modern_commer...

Are green tomatoes full of solanine/tomatine and poisonous? Maybe, maybe not: https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/29/dining/29curi.h...

But most importantly, why are they so hard to stand up?? Tomatoes are bred to have big fruits, not to be sturdy, so gardeners must work hard to support them: https://seedmoney.org/blog/5-ways-of-supporting-yo...

Plus, suckers: https://www.gardenary.com/blog/pruning-tomatoes-10...

Frogs stay in the same den as the tarantula, keeping its eggs and young safe from insects

Tarantulas might have hairy legs to prevent fire ants from crawling up them

And they might have predator-repellent chemicals they emit... more research necessary

Popular article: https://phys.org/news/2024-08-tarantulas-hairiness...

Research article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222...