Musings on the natural world that will blow your mind (and make you mindful). If something feels hot, it's actually getting cooler. A shooting star isn't a star. It's a pebble about the size of an apple pit. At least 500 billion atoms could fit in the period at the end of this sentence. These are just a few of the more than 100 thought-provoking tidbits you'll find in Zen Science, a collection of the most awe-inspiring things you never realized you...

When the iron bird flies takes us on an up-close and personal journey, exploring the complex interactions between contemporary Tibetan Buddhism and western culture. The film goes in-depth to portray the experiences and insights of both teachers and practitioners in the US and around the world. Along the way, it illuminates the wide-ranging dialogs taking place between Buddhist teachings and science, psychology, gender theory and the arts.

If you change your brain, you can change your life.

Great teachers like the Buddha, Jesus, Moses, Mohammed, and Gandhi were all born with brains built essentially like anyone else's—and then they changed their brains in ways that changed the world. Science is now revealing how the flow of thoughts actually sculpts the brain, and more and more, we are learning that it's possible to strengthen positive brain states.

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At a monastery in a remote part of southern India, a unique partnership is taking shape between scientists and Tibetan Buddhist monks. It is a convergence between science and spirituality, forming insights into mindfulness, meditation, even happiness, and the impact all of that can have on our physical health. The champion of this cause is none other than the Dalai Lama himself. CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with His Holiness for a special one-on-one...