Tag: Social Services

Jun 23 2022

Boy bands, break-ups and BTS: what's 'yet to come' for the worlds most popular K-pop group?

Blog by Sianna Madigan | Student Engagement Officer The chart-topping boy band, BTS, recently announced their hiatus during a pre-recorded...

Jun 20 2022

How can we make animals happier?

Blog by Emily Jane Dickson | TuneFM Team Member We all know a person (or maybe we are one ourselves)...

Jun 14 2022

Why is it so cold right now? And how long will it last? A climate scientist explains

Andrew King, The University of Melbourne Anyone living in the southeast of Australia will have noticed the chill that has...

Jun 13 2022

'Running Up That Hill' runs up the charts: what does it prove about the power of TikTok?

Blog by Sianna Madigan | Student Engagement Officer Recently, season four of Stranger Things featured the classic Kate Bush track,...

Jun 13 2022

Need to renew your passport? The weird history of Australian passports explains how they got so expensive

David Lee, UNSW Sydney Now borders are open, Australians are applying for and renewing passports in droves. Wait times have...

Jun 10 2022

Do people drive differently in the rain? Here’s what the research says

Nirajan Shiwakoti, RMIT University Driving in the rain can be demanding. It gets harder to see, sudden stopping is difficult,...

Jun 09 2022

Wild animals are evolving faster than anybody thought

Timothée Bonnet, Australian National University How fast is evolution? In adaptive evolution, natural selection causes genetic changes in traits that...

Jun 08 2022

Get out and go fungal: why it’s a bumper time to spot our native fungi

Gregory Moore, The University of Melbourne When COVID forced Melburnians to isolate during large parts of 2020 and 2021, many...

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