Category Archives: Science & Health

It is the nervous tick that tips off the detective to the lie.

The marine snail’s siphon, a tube-like organ used for breathing, contracted for about a second when touched.

Lobsang Rapgay retained his monastic vows as a Buddhist monk until 1998, leaving to pursue his career in psychology.

Though he left his religious studies for a career in medical science, Rapgay’s work is still influenced by his Buddhist background.

The research psychologist and director of the Clinical Training program for Mental Health Professionals at the UCLA Semel Institute presented his work at Monday afternoon’s symposium on the connection between neuroscience and Buddhism.

Rapgay’s story began in 1959 when Tibetan rebel forces began to clash with Mao Zedong’s occupying Chinese army.

Rapgay, then only 4 years old, fled Tibet with his family on a seven-day trek through the Himalayas and escaped to India, settling in what would become the home-in-exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Dharamsala.

There, Rapgay attended Catholic boarding school, developing a strong interest in medicine and psychology.

But even in a foreign land pressured by Western influences, his ties to Tibet remained strong.

The metaphor Susan Smalley uses to define well-being is the image of a coin rolling along the inside of a spiral-shaped funnel.

The show was sold out, but there were a lot of empty seats in Royce Hall on Monday afternoon.
After it was announced on Sunday that His Holiness the Dalai Lama would be unable to come to UCLA because of a sore throat, many ticket holders opted for a refund.

A lecture the Dalai Lama had planned to give in the morning was canceled altogether.