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Wide Angle: Love and Technology

Discovery Tech explores how technology helps foster love and relationships.

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Technology helps bring people together and also tells us why we're attracted to each other in the first place.

All we need is love. And all love needs these days is a little boost from technology to get the ball rolling, the sparks flying and the flame burning. In the "olden days," it was the invention of the phone and automobile that did the trick. Now, it's virtual dating, social networking, genetic partnering and chemical analysis that not only bring us together, but help us understand how we got there in the first place. Find out how by diving into our Wide Angle on Love and Technology.

News: Virtual Dating Helps Couples Test Waters
Going on a virtual date entails helps eliminate unrealistic expectations based on an ambiguous Web site profile. And believe it or not, the experience is actually quite intimate. See how.

My Take: DNA Could Improve Your Love Life.
The last few years have seen a boom in genetic tests to analyze such things as genealogy and disease. But who'd have guessed that knowing your DNA could also improve your love life. Tamara Brown, chief science officer of GenePartner, explains how.

Top 10: Social Networking Sites
Nothing has changed the Web more than the rise of social networking sites. Before social networking, the World Wide Web was full of interesting information, but there was little opportunity to contribute or participate. Information flowed one way: from the Web to the user. Today, social networking sites are fulfilling the potential of the Web: connecting people across the globe.

Video: Science of Sex Appeal: Testosterone vs. Dopamine.
Testosterone and dopamine drive sexual behavior. What's the difference? Find out in Discovery Channel's "The Science of Sex Appeal."

Blog: Hot for Mama Earth.
What does passionate, romantic love have to do with sustainable technology? I went out on a limb and asked neuroscientists who study couples in love if it's possible to feel for the Earth the way we do about the ones who make our hearts beat faster.

Puzzle: Emotional Robots.
Humans aren't the only ones that wear their hearts on their sleeves. Robots are learning to express themselves, too. See a couple of emotional robots in this week's puzzle.

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