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Tribune News Service
Lifestyle
Adithi Ramakrishnan

As Valentine’s Day approaches, what’s the science behind love and attraction?

DALLAS -- As Valentine’s Day approaches, love seems to be everywhere, sewn onto teddy bears and piped onto heart-shaped cakes. Some people can fall in love at first sight, or, according to Netflix’s "Love is Blind," without seeing each other at all.

What does science have to say about it?

It’s impossible to bottle meet-cute butterflies in a test tube or put that first-kiss feeling under a microscope. But by uncovering what love means to different people — scientists who study love on the brain and couples who know exactly what it feels like — it might be possible to understand it.

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