It's their fourth meeting, and the man and the woman seem to be a perfect match. They count the days, hours, and minutes that have passed since they last saw each other: "Five days, two hours, six minutes." They talk about their fears: "What was it today? The black dog? The climate?" They don't communicate digitally, but write on pieces of paper what they want to say to each other at their next meeting: "Monday. I wake up thinking of you." But what actually happens in our hearts, brains, and guts when we're in love? Neuroscience has been studying this topic for 20 years and has now proven which hormones are necessary and which brain areas are involved in creating a lifelong bond between two individuals. So, could we in the near future control all of our emotions using chemicals and build neural networks so similar to our brains that they can not only learn but also feel?

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The fourth meeting

Theater Lübeck

It's a well-known cliché that mothers develop superpowers when their children are in danger. Playwright Sina Ahlers goes even further in her play "Milk & Guilt": "The generic mother survives in complete isolation, able to do without solid food. She is the disciplined human being that capitalism needs and will open up a new planet." Mothers as humanity's last hope? Yeah, right! Saving the world for a second would, after all, be just another completely unreasonable expectation our modern society places on mothers.

Lara Jung

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