Rachel Tan

1 week ago | mannkal.org | Rachel Tan

Lorraine Finlay’s thought-provoking session titled ‘Are Human Rights Nonsense on Stilts?’ offered a powerful exploration into the philosophical, legal, and practical dimensions of liberty in modern democracies. Rooted in a classical liberal framework, her discussion reaffirmed that human rights are not privileges conferred by the state, but inherent entitlements held by all individuals by virtue of their humanity.

1 month ago | femalemag.com.sg | Rachel Tan

When you think of art, you probably picture museum halls and gallery walls. But what if the exhibition was an entire island – or 17 of them? Welcome to the Setouchi region, home to a collection of remote ‘art islands,’ including Naoshima, famous for Yayoi Kusama’s iconic polka-dotted Pumpkin. Stretching across the western part of Japan, the region spans thousands of islands and the coastal areas of seven prefectures surrounding the Seto Inland Sea.

1 month ago | jcp.bmj.com | Haihui Liao |Timothy Weber |Rachel Tan |Jeffrey Liu

AbstractAim Over the past several decades, optical sectioning technologies have emerged as valuable tools for evaluating tissue histology. Unlike conventional tissue sectioning, these technologies allow for real-time intraoperative assessments and more efficient tissue triage.

2 months ago | physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Samantha Rowland |Mariasole Da Boit |Rachel Tan |Liam Heaney

1 INTRODUCTION The call to prioritize research on females in areas including medicine (O'Bryan et al., 2022), nutrition (Kuikman et al., 2023; Rogan & Black, 2023), psychology (Avila-Varela et al., 2024), exercise physiology (Lew et al., 2022) and sport (Burden et al., 2024) continues to grow, with increasing recognition of the need to address the historical under-representation of this population in studies.

Nov 17, 2024 | femalemag.com.sg | Rachel Tan

The nightlife scene in Tokyo is a psychedelic fever dream, vibrant and chaotic, where one moment you feel like you’ve stepped into the electric hum of a futuristic metropolis, and the next, you’re tumbling down a back alley straight out of a Gaspar Noe film, gritty and raw. Whether you’re after a club with bone-rattling sound systems that shake your very soul, or a hidden gem where the DJs spin for the cool kids in the know, Tokyo’s nightlife pulses like a heartbeat – unpredictable and alive.