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7 Young Rock Bands for College Music Fans to Keep an Eye on
Following our profile of the best college music scenes in the U.S., TUN has decided to highlight a few young bands that have recently emerged from college music scenes across the country. The following seven bands span different rock subgenres making their way out of the college circuit. From Crumb’s psych-funk to Acid Dad’s fuzz-overloaded… Read More
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Social Media Is Contributing to Your Depression, Loneliness
Too much time on Instagram, Snapchat and Facebook could increase depression and loneliness, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania find. When social media first started, many people understood it as a platform to reconnect with far-away family and friends. But social media has since evolved. Celebrities, social influencers and even friends post pictures of expensive… Read More
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New Study Shows Evidence of Persistent Brain Damage in College Football Players
Football, America’s favorite contact sport, has come under a lot of scrutiny in recent years as the link between the sport and chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a degenerative brain disease that causes cognitive impairment, depression, memory loss, emotional instability and other psychological problems, becomes clearer. Evidence continues to build that repeated hits to the… Read More
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New Green Energy Solution Could Create 22,000 US Jobs
Replacing coal with a green technology that uses biomass and carbon capture and storage technologies could create 22,000 new jobs in the U.S. by 2050, according to a new study led by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. These new jobs will be in forestry and transportation, they say. In addition, the researchers believe… Read More
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New Research Could Save Northern White Rhino From Extinction
Researchers from Cardiff University and the University of Venda may have found a way to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. The northern white rhino is currently the most endangered mammal in the world. In March, the species made headlines with the death of its last male, Sudan, who had been living at Ol… Read More
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A Year Later, Has the Twitter Response to #MeToo Been Effective?
While many sexual violence prevention strategies on Twitter can be potentially effective, a new study has found that they still have gaps and may even leave room for some misinformation and myths about sexual violence. Since October 2017, the #MeToo movement has exploded into a global phenomenon, giving victims of sexual violence a voice, confronting… Read More
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New Insights Fit to Change Culture of Blackout Drinking in College
Most college students who drink alcohol don’t intend to drink to the point of “blacking out,” and many don’t fully grasp the specific drinking habits that increase the risk of memory impairment, according to a new set of studies. Blackouts, or episodes when an alcohol consumer can’t remember anything for some period of time, are… Read More
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Why Marine Conservation Efforts Must Include Seagrass
As coral reefs continue to decline, it is becoming increasingly important to turn conservation efforts towards seagrass meadows, researchers urge. Coral reefs have a long history of supporting many of the ocean’s organisms, and nearly 500 million people worldwide rely on coral reefs for food and income. But climate change, overfishing and alterations in land… Read More
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New Method Transforms Plastic Bottle Waste Into Valuable Tools
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a method to convert plastic bottle waste into aerogels for many sustainable uses. This research comes at a pivotal time, as plastic pollution continues to pile up, litter oceans and destroy ecosystems. Currently, it is estimated that, by 2050, there will be more plastic than… Read More
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Study Finds Underlying Reason for Bias Against Immigrants
A new study led by Yale University has found that fear of disloyalty drives members of a majority group to hold negative bias against minority group individuals who claim more than one identity. The researchers wondered if the societal majority group had negative bias against immigrants, specifically those who prefer to hold dual identities —… Read More
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Alcohol Disrupts Memory Formation, Tricks People Into Addiction
A new study on fruit flies found that alcohol causes cravings by disrupting a memory formation pathway and changing proteins expressed in neurons — which may explain why alcohol addiction is so prevalent in humans. Researchers at Brown University used fruit flies as a model for the study because the molecular signals involved in forming… Read More
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Top 10 College Music Festivals
Every year, colleges across the country host huge music festivals for their students. Typically occurring at the end of the academic year, they give students an opportunity to let loose before they leave campus. Sure, they are no Coachella or Lollapalooza, but many of these festivals host some of the biggest acts in the country.… Read More
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Concussions Can Occur After Brain Hits ‘Tipping Point’
A new study gives evidence to the concept that concussions in some college football players can occur from multiple hits to the head, instead of one big blow. “There are two separate mechanisms for concussion,” said Brian Stemper, an associate professor at the Marquette University and Medical College of Wisconsin Biomedical Engineering Department and lead… Read More
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How Financial Literacy Is Key to Reducing Student Debt
Updated March 23, 2022 We are at a crisis point when it comes to student loan debt. Student loan debt in the United States has reached an all-time high of $1.749 trillion, with 43.4 million students having federal student loan debt. The average student graduates with $37113 in federal student loan debt, and the average… Read More
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New Study Could Spur Pivotal Mediterranean Climate Action
An international group of researchers has combined the risks of accelerated climate change in the Mediterranean Basin with the region’s additional environmental changes. The study is the first of its kind. It was led by Wolfgang Cramer from the Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and included researchers from the City University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The… Read More
