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    The Impending Age Of AI

    With the development of Artificial Intelligence systems and their ever-expanding capabilities, we have found ourselves living in an exciting, yet potentially dangerous, new age. Impact's Evie Crossland explores the background behind AI, how its designers intend for it to grow, and what is needed to ensure that this is...
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    Mistakes and the Human Experience: Becoming Yourself by Getting it Wrong

    Olivia Noronha For many of us, mistakes and failure are touchy subjects. It’s unpleasant to think about the idea that we are not reaching our full potential. We might become so afraid of the sting of regret that we desperately try to avoid making mistakes altogether, which is ironically...
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    The Strength of Sensitivity

    Alice Bennett Being sensitive can come with a lot of challenges, like being misunderstood and dismissed as a ‘crybaby’ or ‘snowflake’ but Alice Bennett highlights the lesser talked about strengths of being a highly sensitive person.  If you feel everything more intensely, are prone to crying at seemingly small...
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    Social Anxiety: It’s More Than Just ‘Being Shy’

    Ella Pilson We all know someone who is shy, and many of us are familiar with having ‘imposter syndrome’ during our university lectures and seminars, and many of us dread having to do presentations. But when does this shyness turn into social anxiety? What are some of the symptoms...
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    Significant or Superficial: Self-Love, Self-Worth and Why They Matter

    Olivia Noronha When I first became acquainted with the concepts of self-love and self-worth, I thought they were trends which existed to excuse our personal failings. Olivia Noronha discusses the importance of self-love and self-worth and how you can cultivate them in your own life…  In my head, love...
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    The Effectiveness of Psychotherapy

    Josephine Hatton In an age where mental health now has just as much focus as our physical health, we are hearing more and more about the most effective ways to treat it. As with our physical health, there is not a one size fits all approach, however there is...
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    The Male Contraceptive Pill: Why Has It Taken So Long?

    Leacsaidh MacDonald Marlow The BBC has just reported on the development of a new prototype for a male contraceptive pill. But why has it taken so long to come about? Leacsaidh MacDonald Marlow discusses… The function of this pill is based on the location of a cell pathway which...