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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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Traveling to London on a Student Budget
London is a great destination for college students for a trip of any length. I had an amazing experience there — really unparalleled in my lifetime — when I spent three months studying abroad in my junior year. Although London can be very expensive, there are plenty of ways to experience the city on a… 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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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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How Climate Change Could Intensify Flash Flooding Globally
Climate change and other human activities are amplifying the likelihood and intensity of flash floods, a new study by engineers at Columbia University suggests. The study, which uses long-term weather data from across the world to decipher climate trends, demonstrates that increasing atmospheric temperatures are causing higher storm runoff and precipitation extremes, in turn making… Read More
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Top 10 College Music Scenes
Colleges can be breeding grounds for great live music, though some certainly stand above others. Whether you’re an aspiring musician or simply a passionate fan, going to college presents an opportunity to get involved in a thriving music scene. From the University of Georgia to Belmont University, here are some of the best college music… Read More
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Lightweight VR Gloves Let People Feel, Grab Virtual Objects
Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and ETH Zurich have jointly developed a lightweight haptic glove that allows users to touch, feel and manipulate objects in virtual reality as if they were actually there. The glove, named DextrES by the researchers, recreates a highly realistic sensation of touch, and can… Read More
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Fighting Fake News by Targeting the Source, Not the Story
The onslaught of media in the social media era has made it ever-more challenging to know what news to trust. The phrase “fake news” has become a part of common parlance as fabricated stories stating false or misleading claims spread misinformation to thousands, even millions, of readers each day. This has created a major problem… Read More
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New System Stores Summer Solar Energy for Use In Winter, at Night
The future of solar energy may not look the way you might expect. As solar panel and battery technologies grow more and more sophisticated, making it possible to dream of a day where we live off the sun’s energy, scientists at Chalmers University, Sweden, are developing a bold new solar technology — a chemical liquid… Read More
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Thickening Plant Leaves: A New Threat to Climate Change
In some parts of the world, CO2 levels have risen so high that plant leaves have begun to thicken. Because thicker plant leaves are less efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide, this seemingly harmless physiological response to rising carbon dioxide levels may worsen the effects of climate change, according to researchers at the University of Washington.… Read More
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130-Year-Old Brain Coral Reveals Nitrogen Pollution Not As Bad as Previously Thought
Every year, hundreds of millions of tons of nitrogen fertilizers seep into nearby bodies of water, wreaking havoc on marine life by causing algal blooms and creating massive dead zones. However, while nitrogen pollution is increasingly recognized as an urgent threat to marine ecosystems in coastal areas across the world, little is known about how… Read More
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Smartphone System Can Detect Lead in Water
Researchers from the Cullen College of Engineering at the University of Houston have developed a novel system that makes it possible to detect lead in drinking water using a smartphone. The device is both low-cost and reusable, and may be available to consumers in the future. “We were inspired by the water crisis that happened… Read More
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Atlantic Forest Mammal Population Devastated by Human Activity
Centuries of human activity in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest have cut its local mammal populations in half since the 1500s. This was the conclusion of a team of researchers from Brazil’s Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and the UK’s University of East Anglia, whose paper is published in the journal PLoS ONE. Although the forest is… Read More
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New Robotic Skin Can Bring Everyday Objects to Life
As robotics quickly progress, robots are becoming increasingly capable of performing specific tasks at a very high level. But one important characteristic that many robots still lack is versatility. Even in today’s advanced field, robots are still generally rigid and only capable of performing specific tasks. Now, imagine a flexible robot that could be reprogrammed… Read More
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Beyond Plastic Straws: Any Piece of Plastic Can Kill a Sea Turtle
Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans poses considerable dangers for the marine life that inhabits those waters. Two recent studies suggest that ocean plastic pollution could threaten the survival of entire populations of sea turtles. The findings come in a year that saw a campaign to ban single-use plastic straws blossom into a global movement,… Read More
