Love is in the air on Scienceline

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Scienceline has some stories you are going to LOVE!

Think a blackout might set the mood for your Valentine's night fun? Katie Palmer tells you all about tracking vulnerable nodes in power grids.

Computer-musician Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony, captured in video by Katie and Madhu Venkataramanan, might fit the bill for romantic music. If you develop a crush on Perich, then you simply must read Katie's profile of him for more juicy details.

And what could be more intimate than a brain-machine interface? Madhu explores the state of the art in neuro-prosthesis.

Astronomy-philes, we've got your Thirty Meter Telescope right here. Joey Castro describes the relationship between native Hawaiians and astronomers on Mauna Kea, and the struggle over a new observatory.

Hey, is that a good-looking monkey over there, or just your reflection? Mary Beth Griggs discovers what self-recognition may mean to the evolution of the primate mind.

Sarah Fecht gets up-close and personal with astronomer Mike Shara, who fell in love with stars at the tender age of seven, and never looked back.

Meanwhile, Lena Groeger spent some time with artist Laura Splan, whose ink of choice is her own blood.

Love can make you happy.  But as Lena will also tell you, scientific debate over the definition of happiness is ongoing.

Finally, face it, you love turtles, who doesn't? Rachel Nuwer reports on a fungus infecting loggerhead turtle eggs that you will want to know about.

xoxo, Scienceline

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