• A deeper dive into DeepSeek

    DeepSeek is a large language model (LLM), this is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that learns to understand and analyse text-based prompts and reply in turn. It can be used to generate text, code and complete complex maths problems much quicker than humans or standard search engines. Its...
  • Dark Matter Under Our Noses

    Jess Lewis Our universe contains millions of galaxies of all different types, but what they all have in common is rotation. Galaxies spin around their centre of mass at hundreds of kilometres per second, but these speeds are not what scientists expected. These galaxies were rotating at speeds so...
  • Is The Social Media Detox Even Possible?

    Katie Barr Katie Barr tells Impact Magazine all about social media addiction, the doom scrolling, and the need to check every notification. But most importantly, Katie debates if users can actually live without this stimulation. Scrolling through social media has become second nature for most of us. From checking...
  • It’s time to give your ears a rest

    Summer Revely There’s no denying that the world is moving faster than we may find comprehendible, and on top of that, all of these advancements typically mean that it’s getting a heck of a lot noisier outside. With that in mind, now is the chance to reflect on whether...
  • The sporadically spiralling nature of climate change

    Hannah Atkinson With the world under the constant threat of natural disasters, which seem to be increasingly frequent due to the irreversible artificial damage caused by humankind, climate change is no longer a question but rather something very real that needs more attention and research investment. Hannah Atkinson highlights...
  • How science culture fuels misconduct

    Giselle Dailey Scientific research, built on the principles of rationality, evidence, and objectivity, faces an ongoing challenge in maintaining its integrity amidst growing incidents of misconduct. From fabricated data to unethical practices, such as those seen in the infamous case of Hwang Woo-Suk, the pressure to publish and succeed...
  • Should ‘JustStopOil’ just stop?

    Harriet Hobbs “Irritating.” “Disgraceful”. “Pathetic”. Just a few of the colourful adjectives used to describe the controversial climate-change activist organisation. Despite only having been founded in February 2022, ‘JustStopOil’ has captured the nation’s fullest attention; but for better or worse? Harriet Hobbs delves into the controversy of the group...