• The Dangers of Medical Misinformation – the True Plight of Media Illiteracy

    Leacsaidh Marlow The National Institute for Health (NIH) defines health misinformation as “any health-related claim of fact that is false based on current scientific consensus”. In an age where almost all of the information we need to individually verify or nullify a scientific claim being made by someone is...
  • Romanticizing the Ruin: How Nostalgia Warps Art, Memory, and Ourselves

    Soha Kassab   A few weeks before I sat down to write this, I deleted TikTok. Not for the first time, but this time, it felt more permanent. I could tell you it was because of the micro-trends that chipped away at my attention span, or the niche audios...
  • Paint Your Wardrobe Red: How To Wear Red This Spring

    Ellena Olik Regardless of season, red is always the colour envied for everybody’s wardrobe. Extremely stylish and wearable, red is the colour you want to be able to make a statement and stand out in a crowd. Impact’s Ellena Olik writes all about how to incorporate this bold passionate...
  • You Snooze, You Lose: 10 hacks to help you get up in the morning

    Ellie Jupp Waking up in the morning, especially during these dreary winter months, can be a struggle for anyone – I know I certainly find it hard sometimes. As someone whose New Year’s resolution was to become a morning person, I’ve had to discover ways to get myself up...
  • 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...
  • Gut health or gut wealth? Unpacking the stress around gut-focused diet trends

    India Harridge The gut microbiome is taking the dieting world by storm. Containing trillions of tiny organisms called microbes which are made up of bacteria, viruses and fungi, the microbiome is crucial to digestive, and overall health. So how does the microbiome work? As your body breaks down the...
  • US House Bill Threatens TikTok Ban

    On 13 March, the US House of Representatives passed a bill forcing a sale of the social media app TikTok. The bill, however, has the potential to ban TikTok should a sale not go through in the name of protecting national security from threats imposed by China....