The shelves of supermarkets and drugstores are full of foodstuffs and supplements that are claimed to promote well-being or health. Producers have much leeway to make such claims. Soon, however, nutritional and health claims will be allowed only if they have been approved by the European Union.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) together with the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) organised a symposium concerning fundamentals and applications of complexity science.

Looking for the genes for behaviour and health.

A unique gathering of 80 top scientists from all over the world addressed the urgent need to deal with the ever increasing gap between the rapidly growing number of cancer patients, and the development of effective treatment.

Lecture by Frits Staal

Lecture by Prof. Eelco Rohling, Professor of Oceanography, National Oceanographic Centre SOES, Southampton University