Love isn’t just about romance. This Valentine’s Day, we’re exploring the power of deep nonromantic bonds. Host Rachel Feltman sits down with <a href="https://www.rhainacohen.com/">Rhaina Cohen</a>, a producer and editor for NPR’s podcast Embedded and author of <a href="https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250280916/theothersignificantothers/">The Other Significant Others</a>, to discuss the history and psychology of friendship—and the reasons these connections deserve just as much celebration as romantic partnerships.Recommended reading:—<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-evolutionary-origins-of-friendship/">The Evolutionary Origins of Friendship</a>—<a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-reconnect-with-old-friends-who-have-become-strangers/">How to Reconnect with Old Friends Who Have Become Strangers</a>Subscribe to <a href="https://rhaina.substack.com/">Rhaina Cohen’s newsletter</a>.E-mail us at <a href="mailto:sciencequickly@sciam.com">sciencequickly@sciam.com</a> if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover!Discover something new every day: <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/getsciam/">subscribe</a> to Scientific American and <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/newsletters/">sign up</a> for Today in Science, our daily newsletter.Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg, Naeem Amarsy and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman. Our show is edited by Madison Goldberg with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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