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The Brave New Science of Love

What casual sex, pigeon relationships, and a drug for broken hearts can tell us about love. The post The Brave New Science of Love appeared first on Nautilus.

earning that romantic feelings, the fireworks of joy and transcendence, are ignited by nothing but biochemistry is a total downer. Or so it might seem. But we bet you will come away from reading these articles on love, compiled for Valentine’s Day, feeling like researcher Anna Machin, who says the more she studies love, “the more in awe I am of its complexity in

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