The X2 Project conducted a workshop on the future of science at National University of Singapore on July 25, 2008.

The X2 project conducted an expert workshop at National University of Singapore on July 24, 2008, with academics from NUS and Nanyan Technological University, and members of the Singaporean government. The workshop generated a map of the future of science, with particular attention to science in Singapore.

Robin Mejia, writing for Nature Magazine, reports on some of the practical and ethical issues surrounding accepting corporate funds to conduct academic research in the life sciences. (1)

Two types of thought processes that drive motivated behaviour are controlled by different parts of the brain suggests a study in tomorrow's Nature. An imbalance of these two factors is common in neuropsychiatric disorders such as drug addiction and eating disorders, in which responding to general feelings, such as the satisfaction of delicious fast food, may directly contradict desires for the current outcome. By teasing apart the mechanisms for the two processes, this study points to a possible cause for this imbalance.