Science Might Hold the Secret to Love That Lasts

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1. Science might hold the secret to love that lasts.

By Michele W. Berger at the University of Pennsylvania

2. Making the case for the “self-driven child.”

By Gareth Cook in Scientific American

3. Could Amazon’s new headquarters turn a red state blue?

By Ronald Brownstein in the Atlantic

4. This Russian rapid response Twitter bot army is already skewing the conversation about gun violence.

By Erin Griffith in Wired

5. Everyday chemicals — think paints, pesticides and perfumes — rival car exhaust as urban air pollution.

By CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder

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