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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Tory Shepherd

Love story: Australian researchers becoming world leaders in the study of romantic love

Couple in bed
For something so complicated, romantic love can feel entirely instinctive, natural, and for some, mystical. Photograph: Vera Vita/Getty Images

Is romantic kissing a fetish? How long does love last? Are dick pics the modern-day version of showing off your hunting prowess with a bison carcass? What is love?

For all the books, poems and lyrics about it, we know very little about love, actually.

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