{"id":3632,"date":"2014-01-20T09:42:21","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=3632"},"modified":"2014-01-20T09:46:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T14:46:17","slug":"the-science-of-loooooove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/the-science-of-loooooove\/","title":{"rendered":"The Science of Loooooove!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/01\/The-Science-of-Love-beaker.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"The-Science-of-Love beaker\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2014\/01\/The-Science-of-Love-beaker-300x223.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><\/em>It\u2019s time to get your groove on!\u00a0 Get your Mojo working and get in the mood for love!\u00a0 McGill\u2019s Freaky Friday series is sponsoring a love-in of sorts with their Science of Love Competition just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day!\u00a0 Open to undergraduate students in science, the six best one-page proposals on the chemistry, biology or physics of all things love-related will be chosen to deliver a 4-slide 4-minute presentation at Redpath Museum for the McLovin\u2019 Science Prize.\u00a0 The big event will take place on Valentine\u2019s Day (of course!) at 5pm in Redpath Museum and is open to the public.\u00a0 Proposals are due Jan. 31.\u00a0 Please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/channels\/event\/valentines-day-freaky-friday-science-love-competition-231771\">here<\/a> for further contest details.<\/p>\n<p>In need of some inspiration to get the juices flowing?\u00a0 Check out the BBC\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/science\/hottopics\/love\/\">Three stages of falling in love<\/a> page, PositScience\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.positscience.com\/brain-resources\/brain-facts-myths\/brain-in-love\">Your brain in love<\/a> page, Nature\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/scitable\/blog\/our-science\/love_in_02_seconds\">blog post<\/a> reporting on research that confirms the existence of love at first sight and Scientific American\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=optical-illusions-and-love\">Illusions of love<\/a> page.\u00a0 Or check out McGill\u2019s home grown talent from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/science\/events\/mini\/2013\/webcasts\">Mini-Science lectures on Science, Sex and Gender<\/a> delivered by some of McGill\u2019s most renowned scientists like Chemistry\u2019s own Dr. Joe Schwarcz and Dr. Ehab Abouheif from the Department of Biology.<\/p>\n<p>What could be more romantic than seducing the apple of your eye by showing him or her what an expert you are in love talk and winning the grand McLovin\u2019 Science Prize?\u00a0 Go ahead and wear your heart on your sleeve.\u00a0 Share what you know about the Science of Love!<\/p>\n<p><em>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/arif-nma.com\/2011\/12\/07\/the-science-of-love\/the-science-of-love\/\">Arif-nma.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s time to get your groove on!\u00a0 Get your Mojo working and get in the mood for love!\u00a0 McGill\u2019s Freaky Friday series is sponsoring a love-in of sorts with their Science of Love Competition just in time for Valentine\u2019s Day!\u00a0 &hellip; 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