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Rachel Soon

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Rachel Soon is a science communicator with a passion for delving into the living world's workings, from microbes to ecosystems, and helping others do the same. She graduated from Imperial College London, UK, and holds an MA in Science Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.

Stories by Rachel Soon


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Golden Connections

Today’s connectivity technologies are helping older people in Asia stay socially active and take charge of their own wellbeing.
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Playing The Molecular Chess Game

In the search for new drugs for critical diseases, generative AI might be the helping hand researchers need to speed up a years-long process.
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Good Trip

For those struggling with the long shadows of depression, conventional medicines can be a frustrating hit-or-miss. Psychedelics might offer a novel solution.
In the Lab

Filtering Poisons With Seeds

Waste from vegetable oil manufacturing could cheaply and effectively remove toxic heavy metals from contaminated water, find a Singaporean-Swiss research team.
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Fighting Mosquitoes With Mosquitoes (VIDEO)

Public health leader Associate Professor Ng Lee-Ching explains how Singapore’s Project Wolbachia is helping stem rising dengue cases—by using the very same species responsible.
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Shallow Waters, Deep Troubles

Researchers have found that shallow lakes may not only be more sensitive to human-caused nutrient pollution, but harder to restore compared to their deeper cousins.